St. Louis Standards: Mission Taco Joint Is a Good Time for All

For a decade, the Mexi-Cali restaurants have been winning St. Louis hearts — and stomachs

By Cheryl Baehr

Jason Tilford can't help but chuckle at the request he and his brother Adam would often get when they opened their first Mission Taco Joint (Multiple locations, including 6235 Delmar Boulevard, 314-932-5430) on Delmar Boulevard in 2013. "We'd get asked all the time if we had a regular taco," Jason recalls, referring to the Old El Paso-style ground beef and iceberg lettuce concoction of so many St. Louisans' youth...

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