USA Today readers have chosen their favorite fast food taco for 2025, and it comes from a chain that’s primarily in the Midwest and Mountain regions.
According to USA Today’s national survey, the best fast food taco is the Taco Bravo available only at Taco John’s.
Taco John’s is a Wyoming-based restaurant chain that specializes in “West-Mex” cuisine—Mexican-style staples with western range influence.
It’s also the restaurant chain that owned the “Taco Tuesday” trademark and refused to surrender it to bigger, more powerful restaurant chains or NBA superstar LeBron James. In 2023, the company ultimately agreed to relinquish the trademark in favor of taco unity. It challenged competitors to donate money that otherwise would have gone to fighting a legal battle to charity.
USA Today readers have put Taco John’s and its Taco Bravo atop the fast food charts in its annual 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards.
The taco is made with “warm refried beans spread on a soft tortilla, wrapped around a freshly fried crispy taco shell, and filled with seasoned 100% North American beef, cheddar cheese, taco sauce, and lettuce,” officials said.
To celebrate the taco-mplishment, Taco John’s is offering $1 Beef Taco Bravos all day on Wednesday, July 30 at its more than 300 locations.
“Taco is in our name, and from our beginnings as a small taco shop in Wyoming, crafting delicious, quality tacos served at a great value is at the heart of what we do,” said Taco John’s President Heather Neary. “We’re thrilled that America has spoken, and they know what our entire organization already knows: that the Taco Bravo is the best fast food taco in America, and now we get to celebrate with both longtime and new guests.”
Landing at No. 2 in the USA Today readers’ rankings was the Trailer Park taco from Torchy’s Tacos, another regional Mexican fast food chain located primarily in the Southwest and Southeast regions of the country.
The Beer Battered Fish Taco from Del Taco came in at third.
The full ranking of the top fast food tacos in the U.S., according to the 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards is below:
- Taco Bravo – Taco John’s
- Trailer Park – Torchy’s Tacos
- Beer Battered Fish Taco – Del Taco
- Chicken Taco al Carbon – El Pollo Loco
- Potato & Egg Breakfast Taco – Taco Cabana
- Sauced & Loaded Tiny Tacos – Jack in the Box
- Cholula Hot & Sweet Chicken Taco – Qdoba Mexican Eats
- The Muchaco – Taco Bueno
- Adobo Chicken Taco – Moe’s Southwest Grill
- Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco – Taco Bell
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