Three Wichita taco restaurants, three additions that will make dining tastier, more fun
A few Wichita taco restaurants are trying some new things that will make dining out more delicious and entertaining.
A favorite downtown restaurant has added taco bowls to its menu. A new kid on the taco block is now offering breakfast tacos. And a Mexican restaurant is now offering Friday-night cultural entertainment along with its lengthy Tex-Mex menu.
Here’s some more information on the delicious additions:
Breakfast at Taco Locale
One of Wichita’s newest taco restaurants has just introduced Sunday brunch tacos made with house-made chorizo, eggs, and sweet potatoes confit, which are cooked overnight in beef fat.
The owners of Taco Locale, which opened in September in shipping container mall Revolutsia, Central and Volutsia, is now open Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and its new brunch tacos are served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to the above-mentioned taco, Taco Locale will also offer a vegan breakfast taco made with eggplant and house-made vegan queso.
The mini-restaurant, owned by Carlos Vera, Myranda Miller and Jason Rickard, is super small with no room for seating inside. Most people order their tacos to go and can dress them from a taco bar with interesting organic ingredients like pickled onions and house-made salsa.
The chefs also have started offering catfish poached in house on Saturdays.
Taco Locale’s hours are from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays.
Bowls at District Taqueria
Michael Farha opened his District Taqueria at 917 E. Douglas back in 2015, and since then, he’s slowly added items other than tacos to the menu. His latest addition is taco bowls, which customers can request to be made with either cilantro lime rice or salad mix as a base. Then, they can choose a taco from the menu, and the kitchen will add all of that taco’s toppings to the bowl. Custom-built bowls are also available.
The bowls were introduced about three weeks ago, Farha said. They’re $9.
Photos on the restaurant’s Facebook page show colorful bowls filled with things like shrimp, barbacoa, picked onions, cilantro, sliced radishes, corn and lime wedges.
Farha said that burrito and taco bowls have become commonplace and he wanted to offer his customers that option, too.
“We just kind of wanted to mix things up and try something new, and it’s been something that’s been asked for,” he said.
Cultural performances at El Vaquero
El Vaquero, the Mexican restaurant that opened at 1320 E. Central in March 2018, now has free entertainment to go with free chips and salsa almost every weekend.
The owners have invited a group called Fiesta Mexicana, which includes folkloric dancers in traditional costumes, to perform in the restaurant on weekends. Most the time, it will happen at 8 p.m. on Fridays. Sometimes, the day will change if the group is booked elsewhere, but this weekend, it’s on Friday.
The entertainment is free for those dining at the restaurant, said owner Armando Michel.
“It’s to bring people together,” he said. “It’s 100 percent family entertainment.”
The performances last for about an hour.
This story was originally published October 30, 2019 at 2:28 PM.
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