Tasty Tacos — East Grand Avenue

A taco with a Des Moines accent

Tasty Tacos has served its own family flour-taco recipe in Des Moines since 1961. Richard and Antonia Mosqueda founded the business in 1961, and the family recipe at its center is a flour taco with a soft, inflated shell. At the East Grand Avenue restaurant, that signature is the sensible starting point: choose the original beef filling for the closest look at the house style, or one of the pork, chicken, steak and bean options. Lettuce and cheese complete a format distinctly different from a small corn tortilla dressed with onion and cilantro.

What to put beside it

The menu offers a crisp corn-shell alternative, enchiladas, tostadas and burritos, so a group need not order the same thing. Tasty Tators, refried beans and rice can turn an individual taco into a larger meal; Krispos provide a sweet finish. The business highlights the flour taco as its signature, rather than publishing a sales ranking. On the menu reviewed, prices included tax and a cash-payment discount was advertised; delivery totals can differ.

Six addresses, one family business

The principal address in this profile is East Grand. These are the other metro locations, each with its own telephone:

• South: 5847 SE 14th Street, Des Moines; 515-285-1946.
• Northeast: 2900 E Euclid Avenue, Des Moines; 515-262-1100.
• West: 6326 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines; 515-226-1300.
• Ankeny: 2401 SE Delaware Avenue; 515-964-2400.
• Clive: 2249 NW 86th Street; 515-331-2000.

The published schedule for all six is Monday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–10 p.m., closed Sunday. Online delivery is linked from the official site; the branch phones are restaurant contacts, not a separately advertised delivery dispatch line. For East Grand, call 515-266-4242.

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