Barbosa’s Express opens today on Oak

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• Chelsea Taylor (far right) is ready to introduce Barbosa’s to KC.

Kansas Citians craving a bite of Mexican food from Barbosa’s don’t have to wait any longer. The well-known Mexican restaurant with two locations in St. Joseph opens a new family franchise, Barbosa’s Express, at 1124 Oak today at 10:30 a.m. Owner Chelsea Taylor, whose aunt and uncle run the business in St. Jo, has fielded regular inquiries since the sign went up last month in front of the eatery she will manage.

“I knew people in Kansas City knew about Barbosa’s. It’s just, we’ve had people stopping in all the time asking when we were opening,” Taylor says.