Thai fried chicken tacos, cocktails. This restaurant is adding a 2nd Kansas City spot

After nearly five years on 39th Street’s “restaurant row,” Tiki Taco is expanding with another location, on Troost Avenue.

Tiki Taco opened in mid-2017 at 1710 W. 39th St. with just a walk-up menu. But new owners recently took over — brothers Lyndon and Lindsey Wade and their mother, Judy Rush.

They added a dining room with a “beachy 1980s/1990s vibe” and seating for 45 people.

Now they are remodeling a building at 5400 Troost Ave., near Rockhurst University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, for a new location. Coffee Break also operated in the spot.

A June opening is scheduled.

Tiki Taco also has a new menu, including Thai fried chicken tacos and Thai chili pork burritos, along with vegetarian and vegan options including a jackfruit taco and “Mean Bean” burrito (with crispy fried green beans, black beans, curly fries, guacamole and sour cream in a spinach tortilla), along with desserts such as a cheesecake chimi and cocktails.

It has four different salsas and tortillas from Yoli Tortilleria.

The new owners also own The Guild event space and the Paradise Garden Club, an urban plant nursery — both in the East Crossroads.

This story was originally published March 3, 2022 at 1:39 PM.