Participants in a recent national survey 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 the survey, conducted by USA Today, the best fast food taco is the Taco Bravo from 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.
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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. At the time, the company had challenged competitors to take the money that would have gone into a lengthy legal battle over the trademark and instead donate it to charity.
The Taco Bravo 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,” according to an official description from Taco John’s.
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 third.
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A full ranking of the top fast food tacos in the U.S., according to USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards, can be found at the USA Today website.
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