St. Louis taco restaurant serving up third Kansas City-area location


Mission Taco Joint is opening its third Kansas City-area location and first in Kansas at Leawood’s Park Place shopping center.

The West Coast-style taco restaurant will open next year inside a 4,554-square-foot space formerly occupied by The Ainsworth, an upscale sports bar that opened in 2018. St. Louis-based Mission Taco Joint tapped SPACE Architecture + Design to redesign the space at 11563 Ash St., which will seat about 120. The restaurant overlooks Park Place’s outdoor area used for concerts,…

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