Tag: Eric Knott

Tiki Taco ticks up giving alongside expansion; CEO owns up to taco shop’s neighborhood impact model

By Tommy Felts / October 23, 2025

A month-long campaign in the popular Kansas City-based chain offers easy add-on: joining KC GIFT’s network of donors  Restaurant executive Eric Knott wants Tiki Taco’s operators to own the neighborhoods into which the popular taco shop expands, he said, but that doesn’t just mean dominating the fast-casual market in each pocket of Kansas City. “Our…

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Tiki Taco plans to double its restaurant count in 2025, starting at one busy Olathe corner

By Tommy Felts / November 12, 2024

A rapidly scaling taco spot with a trio of locations across the metro is adding an Olathe restaurant this March. Four more Kansas City-area eateries are already in the works with the partners at Tiki Taco hungry for regional expansion — even if it isn’t yet on the table. “I’m stoked,” said Richard Wiles, one…

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