Ricos Tacos Lupe

Holy moly. I live in Houston currently and good tacos are everywhere, so when I say this falls into one of my top three taco experiences of all time please understand the magnitude of this statement. I got the carnitas, al pastor, and chorizo while my husband got the carnitas, pollo, al pastor, and barbacoa. Our favorites were the al pastor and chorizo. The tacos are on the smaller side but all of the ingredients tasted incredibly fresh and home made. The service was stupidly fast. You gotta try this place if you like authentic street tacos. They are SO good.

Best $ 1 taco Tuesday joint in KC… trust me. The carnitas and veggie tacos are my go to’s, but you can’t go wrong with any of them

Their burritos are everything. I always add avocado. And the green sauce on top. Love their chicken. And the price for the food is amazing. $ 3 burritos. Nice little hole in the wall Mex.

Who doesn’t love a good street taco throwdown? Made to order, these tacos are inexpensive and better than many of the more «upscale» street taco spots in town. The fact that you can get six or seven different types of tacos all for $ 1 on Tuesdays is incredible. When we were at Rico’s last, we watched someone beat the then current record of 30+ tacos (based on how he looked — I would not recommend this). A few weeks later when we came back, the person he had replaced as top dog had already came back in to reestablish himself as the undisputed champ of cheap street tacos.

First time here and we will be back for taco Tuesday! We had asada, pollo, carnitas and al pastor tacos. All were fantastic. The 3 salsas on the table were fantastic. The food was made fresh so don’t expect to be out in 5 min.
Nice staff! They made us feel right at home. It probably helped that we ran into friends who have come here for ages.

Just great street tacos at a great place. Nothing fancy, but great sauces to go with the food. We have been going here for years and the food is always good, and the service has gotten better. Highly recommend it!

This place has great tacos, but their hours are the absolute worst. It’s like they open on time based on the sign on their door but they close early and often. They’re almost never open when I try to go.

Decent not the greatest but good enough to come back especially the Asada. Tuesday’s best option and most packed.

Just ate here tonight. I was not impressed. Food very mediocre and bland, edible, but lacking. Service not good. Bathroom disgusting. Probably won’t be back.

Taco addiction is real, friends. That simple combo of corn tortillas, carne asada or pastor meat, chopped cilantro and diced onions can completely take over your mind. Luckily for anyone in and around the Crossroads, Ricos Tacos Lupe delivers your fix at just $ 1.50 per hit. I mean per taco.
These authentic little tacos are worth every penny, bursting with flavor and with three table sauces to doctor them up if you’d like. I tried the pastor and asada which are always my personal favs. These didn’t disappoint, although I did have to add on to my original order of three because I was both starving and they were hitting the spot.
We also tried out the guac which was awesome as well.
As others mention, the place is a hole in the wall, not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s not about having cloth napkins and service, it’s about getting that taco fix.
Prices are right, tacos are delicious, and I’m glad there’s a spot that is close enough to get to regularly when those taco cravings strike again.

Went for taco Tuesday where taco’s are 99c. Had 5 asada tacos and left full and happy. The taco’s are real street tacos and the whole place is BYOB so it’s kind of an interesting vibe in the place.

Went here on a whim after seeing a $ 1 taco Tuesday sign out front. Ordered 5 tacos (chicken, pastor, steak, chorizo, carnitas) with the works. I was immediately served up some hot tortilla chips and salsa. Also ordered guacamole which was the same price as my beautiful taco plate combined.
The tacos were great. Authentic street tacos with a nice selection of salsas to go with them. The guacamole was fresh and delicious. A squeeze of lime, dollop of guac, squirt of salsa and my tastebuds were dancing around all over my mouth. Rinse and repeat x 5.
On another note I saw a man with a pint of tequila and several tecates on the table. BYOB maybe?

Le-​freakin-​git street tacos? CHECK
Bomb donkey kong burritos? CHECK
Salsa’s that make your tongue dance? CHECK
The people that gave this place negative reviews not good people? PROBABLY

Solid but not amazing, authentic Mexican tacos. I had two chicken and a veggie (black beans, was expecting pinto but fine). White corn tortillas were fine. The chicken flavor was good but the tiny dice made the texture a bit strange.
The salsas are GREAT, though overly salted, even for me and I love salt. I bought a pint of each (red and green) to take home. The salsa fresca was, again, OK but not great. The tortillas were a little stale.
My nephew got a chicken quesadilla and horchata. Both were fine. Would have liked more cinnamon in the horchata but that’s personal taste.
The restaurant itself was clean: didn’t use the bathroom so can’t comment on that.
The service was solid, not overly friendly but not rude. Just moved here from California so I expect more friendly/​warm service but haven’t encountered that in general in KC, so I guess I can’t complain.
I’m looking forward to trying more taquerias on SW Blvd. and probably will go back to Lupe’s, though not right away.

So, I had a taste for tacos and on a Tuesday in midtown the options are endless. I wanted to try a new place and after reading some reviews decided to give Ricos a try. Understanding it was Taco Tuesday, I decided to go later to not be in the prime lunch hour. I arrived at the restaurant just after 1:30 pm and waited for nearly 10 minutes before even being acknowledged by anyone even though several waitresses and the hostess walked by me several times.
Since I was now nearly 30 minutes into my lunch hour after battling parking and waiting, I decided to order steak nachos and a carnitas taco to go. The taco was tiny. The carnitas was overcooked, hard and crunchy. I love nachos so I was hoping for better luck but was quickly disappointed. The cheese sauce was very strange and tasted like a ranch dressing that has cream added to it. There was also a strange yellow cheese substance that was a cross between real cheese and cheese whiz. The steak was actually good but overall the visit was disappointing. I ended up throwing most of the food out and will stick with one of the other options on the Blvd. for my next Taco Tuesday.

The real deal here! Good authentic tacos. Nothing fancy, but very well prepared.

Seriously the best tacos, just like for real Mexico’s street tacos. The price totally makes you not even care your in a hole of a wall kind of place. I just wish they were open later. They have other options but honestly just go for that tacos. Avoid Tuesdays which you will be waiting way to long for the cheapest of yummy tacos on Tuesday get even cheaper.

You want to go where to eat?! Fear not my fellow gringos. Even in the darkest hour this place is full of your fellow hipsters toting a six pack of KC’s finest local beers (this place is BYOB). It’s not quite what you’ll get on the streets of Juarez but Taco Tuesday’s is on point and the asada tacos are decent. Sauce (chile) is a bit too creamy for my liking but it’s their thing and it works.
Look crowded? No worries. At the busiest it’s maybe a 10 minute wait and your food shows up before you’ve finished people watching.
*They do not have lengua.
**Hours are odd and not guaranteed, see pic.

Along Southwest Boulevard you can find some of the best Mexican/​South American food in the metro. The best street tacos on the block are at Ricos Tacos Lupe!
At regular price they are $ 1.50 each for your choice of meat, double corn tortilla and topped with onions and cilantro. Four tacos is a solid meal and it gets better because on Tuesdays they are a dollar each! I have tried the beans and rice, in my opinion just buy more tacos if you are feeling super hungry. I recommend the seasoned beef and seasoned pork, both were delicious. Their house made salsas were terrific, I was particularly fond of the green one.
Quality of these tacos paired with great pricing makes me think I will be putting Ricos in heavy rotation on my places to eat for lunch from now on.

Don’t believe the other ²⁄₃ star posts below… Rico’s is where it’s at, my friend. Great, no-​frills street tacos, absolutely freshest and best salsa around (ask for the pineapple habanero, as they only serve it upon request), and now TAMALES. Not just any ol’ tamales, but tamales made by Lupe’s grandmother. In a word, fantastic.
Oh, and Rico and Lupe are just about the nicest, most inviting folks you would ever want to meet.
Go get some. Like, now.