Taco Fuego KC
A loaded taco held over the flat top on the Taco Fuego KC truck

Taco Fuego KC

Veteran owned · Chef driven · Bold Mexican comfort foodThis week: The Peculiar Winery · Sat 5-8

What we do

Tacos, burritos, nachos, quesadillas. Cooked where you are.

Off the truck across the Kansas City metro. Catering for weddings, schools, wineries and corporate lunches.

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Street tacos and a quesadilla boxed up at the Taco Fuego KC window
Tacos and a quesadilla, boxed at the window
Taco plate with rice, beans and salsa from the Taco Fuego KC truck
Taco plate, rice and beans

The Board

Three Tacos + Lemonade15
Chicken Al Pastor12
Fuego Pork12
Gringo Tacos11
Veggie Tacos11
Quesadilla11

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Chicken Al Pastor
Chicken Al Pastor · $12

Squeezed fresh, poured over ice

Fresh lemonade while you wait?

Thirty two ounces, real fruit in the cup, cold enough to sweat through the lid. Grab one at the window while the tacos hit the flat top.

A 32 ounce cup of fresh lemonade with fruit and ice, set on a fence post
32 oz, real fruit, over ice

Eight flavors

32 oz · $7

  • 01Classic32 oz
  • 02Strawberry32 oz
  • 03Blue Raspberry32 oz
  • 04Mango32 oz
  • 05Watermelon32 oz
  • 06Cherry Limeade32 oz
  • 07Peach32 oz
  • 08Cherry32 oz

The special

$15

Three Tacos + Lemonade

Any three-taco order off the board with a 32 oz fresh lemonade. Cheaper than buying them apart.

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La Palabra · Week of November 2

Verse of the week

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 · new verse every Monday

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The story

Chef Terrence Herrera

Chef Terrence Herrera in the Robert Irvine Foundation apron, holding up a smothered plate inside the truck
Terry in the foundation apron

Terry packed parachutes for the Marine Corps and deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. Culinary school in California came after the service, then home to Kansas City, where he and his wife Alyssa put this truck on the road with Let's Chow, the Robert Irvine Foundation's food truck program. Off the clock the flat top cooks for food pantries, soup kitchens and church programs.

Home base
Raymore, Missouri
Serves
The greater Kansas City metro
Service
USMC, Afghanistan 2012
Program
Let's Chow, Robert Irvine Foundation

Let's Chow · Robert Irvine Foundation

The road to this truck

Let's Chow puts kitchens on the road for veterans and military spouses coming out of service. Taco Fuego KC is one of those kitchens. This is how it got to Kansas City.

Chef Terrence Herrera laughing at the truck window in his Let's Chow shirt, holding a plate of tacos
Terry at the window, in the shirt

We're not forgotten, you know. We're not unappreciated. We are supported.

Terrence Herrera · Let's Chow food truck recipient

  1. USMC

    Parachute rigger

    Terry packed and inspected the chutes other Marines trusted with their lives. Precision under pressure, every single time.

  2. 2012

    Afghanistan

    Deployed with the Marine Corps. The kind of year that sorts out what actually matters.

  3. After

    Culinary school, California

    Out of the uniform and into whites. The discipline carried straight over to the line.

  4. Home

    Kansas City

    Back to Raymore with his wife Alyssa and a plan for bold Mexican comfort food.

  5. Let's Chow

    Keys to the truck

    The Robert Irvine Foundation's program handed Terry a kitchen on wheels and the training to run it. Taco Fuego KC is one of the Let's Chow trucks.

    The Taco Fuego KC truck with its Let's Chow wrap, awning out and window open
    The truck, wrapped and ready

  6. Now

    Off the clock

    The flat top cooks for food pantries, soup kitchens and church programs across the metro.

    Three people holding takeout boxes from the truck outside the tiny homes at a veterans community
    Plates going out at a veterans village

In the foundation's words

Many individuals enlist in the military before they have a chance to build a career or develop a passion. The skills learned in the military don't always translate to civilian life, leaving many veterans feeling lost during their transition out of service.

That's why we built our Let's Chow Food Truck program, giving veterans a path into the culinary arts and equipping them with practical tools for running a food-based business: food safety training, menu and inventory planning, operational best practices, and mentoring from our foundation's culinary staff.

Today, on National Hire a Veteran Day, we want to remind business owners: veterans may need some extra guidance to find their way professionally, but they are some of the most hard-working, reliable, determined, and ambitious people you will ever hire.

Hire a veteran. Mentor a veteran. Or just go buy a taco from one.

Robert Irvine Foundation · posted on National Hire a Veteran Day

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Terry, the day the story went up

God is real! And prayer does work.... Living testimony! Hope sharing my story will help other to keep working hard and being faithful!

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They put veterans behind the window. Go see who else is cooking.

Where the truck parks

  • The Peculiar Winery

    20709 Harper Rd, Peculiar, MO 64078

    Regular weekend service

  • Private events and weddings

    Across the KC metro

    Booked through the catering form

  • Schools and corporate lunches

    Raymore, Lee's Summit, Overland Park and beyond

    Recurring lunch service available

  • The week to week schedule posts on StreetFoodFinder and Instagram.
The Taco Fuego KC truck with its multicolor wrap, parked and ready to serve
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Want the truck at your thing?

Weddings, corporate lunches, school events, winery pop-ups and block parties. We bring the kitchen, you bring the crowd.

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Or email tacofuegokc1@gmail.com