Papa's Taco Mia!

Papa's Taco Mia! is the third gameria in the Papa Louie series released in 2011. You can choose either Mitch or Maggie as your worker and make delicious tacos for the people of Tacodale.

Description

Mama Mia! It's Papa's Taco Mia!

So what happens when an Italian chef opens a successful Pizzeria and Burgeria? Build the biggest, wackiest Taqueria anyone has ever seen!

After winning a taco eating contest, you're awarded the keys to Papa's Taco Mia! Good luck though, because all your favorite customers are back, and they brought friends. Unlock all sorts of ingredients and upgrade your shop for style and speed. Try to please those picky Closers, and mystify Jojo the food critic with your wild taco making skills!

You can also earn up to 60 Badges while running Papa's Taco Mia, unlocked for a variety of achievements, including using certain toppings, getting high scores in each Station, serving certain customers, and more!

Introduction

One day in Tacodale, Papa Louie opens his new taco shop and hosts a Taco Eating Contest. Mitch/Maggie camps out in front of the shop to be the first contestant. The other competitors are James and Kingsley. The contest starts and the three contestants must eat as many tacos as they can.

In the later afternoon hours, James gets a stomach-ache while eating a taco and gives up. In the evening, as Kingsley tries to eat his next taco, he begins to sweat and surrenders also. This means that Mitch/Maggie wins the contest and the trophy and is unexpectingly given the shop by Papa Louie.

Gameplay

In this game the player makes tacos. You can unlock all the ingredients and upgrade your shop to increase style, speed, and scores. The player must be quick on serving those new, picky Closers (Robby,Akari,Allan, Quinn, Rico, Xandra and Jojo) and show them your wild taco making skills. You can also earn up to 60 Badges while playing the game, unlocked for a variety of achievements including using certain toppings, getting high scores in each station, serving certain customers, as well as many, many more.

Taco Mia! Customers

Tohru (Tutorial Customer)
Franco (Tutorial Customer)
Taylor (Random Customer)
Wally (Random Customer)
Rita (Random Customer)
Sue (Random Customer)
Vicky (Time Customer)
Greg (Time Customer)
Bruna Romano (Time Customer)
Timm (Time Customer)
Lisa (Time Customer)
Zoe (Day 2)
Big Pauly (Rank 2)
Peggy (Rank 4)
Nick (Rank 8)
Kingsley (Rank 10)
Georgito (Rank 12)
Cletus (Rank 15)
Mindy (Rank 16)
Sarge Fan (Rank 17)
Olga (Rank 18)
Hugo (Rank 19)
Edna (Rank 20)
Matt (Rank 21)
Cecilia (Rank 22)
Little Edoardo (Rank 23)
Mary (Rank 24)
Gino Romano (Rank 25)
Kayla (Rank 26)
Mitch/Maggie (Rank 27)
Carlo Romano (Rank 28)
Penny (Rank 29)
Chuck (Rank 30)
Sasha (Rank 31)
Roy (Rank 32)
Marty (Rank 33)
Tony (Rank 34)
Doan (Rank 35)
Clover (Rank 36)
Alberto (Rank 37)
Mandi (Rank 38)
Connor (Rank 39)
Clair (Rank 40)
Cooper (Rank 41)
Prudence (Rank 42)
James (Rank 43)
Papa Louie (Unlocked when all Customers, Closers, and Food Critic have earned the Gold Customer Award)

Customer Debuts

Bold customers are closers

Georgito
Nick
Zoe
Jojo
Quinn
Rico
Xandra

Ingredients

Meats

Beef (start) (Big Beef)
Chicken (Day 2) (unlocked with Zoe) (Chicken Champ)
Pork (Rank 8) (unlocked with Nick) (Carnitas)
Steak (Rank 12) (unlocked with Georgito) (Steak House)

Taco Shells

Hard (start) (Hard Shell Hero)
Soft (Rank 3) (Serve Softly)
Pita (Rank 7) (Pita Pro)

Toppings

All of the unlockable toppings in the game. (From left to right and up to down) Jalapenos, tomatoes, white rice, lettuce, peppers, black beans, guacamole, cheese, pinto beans, onions and brown rice.

Tomatoes (start) (Tomato Time)
Cheese (start) (Cheese Please)
Lettuce (start) (Lettuce Lover)
Pinto Beans (start) (Pinto Prize)
Guacamole (start) (Guac Attack)
Onions (start) (Onion Fun)
White Rice (Rank 2 with Big Pauly) (Rice Wrangler)
Jalapenos (Rank 5) (Some Like It Hot)
Peppers (Rank 10 with Kingsley) (Fajita!)
Black Beans(Rank 11) (Beans, Beans)
Brown Rice (Rank 13) (Whole Grain)

Sauces

Mild Sauce (start) (Wild for Mild)
Sour Cream (start) (Cool it Down)
Hot Sauce (Rank 4 with Peggy) (Taco en Fuego)
Nacho Cheese (Rank 6) (Cheese Whiz)
Verde Sauce (Rank 9) (Go Green)
Loco Mystery Sauce (Rank 14) (Solve the Mystery)

Ranks

Newbie ($100)
Taco Trainee ($105)
Tray Cleaner ($110)
Cashier ($115)
Part-Time Cook ($120)
Ticket Handler ($125)
Order Attendant ($130)
Line Cook ($135)
Taco Apprentice ($140)
Hard Taco Pro ($145)
Soft Taco Server ($150)
Pita Pro ($155)
Taco Filler ($160)
Tomato Topper ($165)
Cheese Champ ($170)
Lettuce Lover ($175)
Pinto Pro ($180)
Onion Expert ($185)
Guacamole Pro ($190)
Rice Wrangler ($195)
Jalapeno Master ($200)
Pepper Fan ($205)
Sauce Specialist ($210)
Nacho Squeezer ($215)
Brown Rice Boiler ($220)
Black Beans Expert ($225)
Verde Veteran ($230)
Loco For Loco Sauce ($235)
Beef Broiler ($240)
Chicken Champ ($245)
Pork Puller ($250)
Steak Server ($255) 5,000 points till Rank 33.
Master of Meats ($260)
Expert Taco Builder ($265)
Stove Top Champ ($270)
Spatula Pro ($275)
Knife Expert ($280)
Grade A Griller ($285)
Top Topper ($290)
Part-Time Manager ($295)
Taco Shop Manager ($300)
Tex-Mex Legend ($305)
Taco Mia! Master ($310)
Better Than Papa ($315)

New Gameria features

New features that are introduced in this game, and will be used in future Gamerias, are:

This gameria is the first to feature opening sequence hints. The customer cheering outside the shop will be the first customer, and the customer that pops out from the side of the building will be the second.
When ordering and presenting, the background shows the outside of the shop, revealing whether it is day, dusk, or night.
In-game badges that players can earn during gameplay are introduced.
Closers and the Food Critic are introduced.
The customers chart is remade.
Pausing will show the player's day, rank, customer points, tips, and hats.
Hats are introduced.
Unlockable ingredients are introduced.
Customers with higher badges will now order faster.
Weekly Paydays are introduced.
Many of the customers get a makeover or new accesories.

Trivia

Sometimes, the car that passes the shop at the start of the day is Roy's car.
This is the first game that you need to interact with the food by using an item (spatula and knife) instead of clicking on it.
This game has 7 order spaces, 5 are building spaces.
The sign above the apartment behind the shop will advertise Cletus' Scrapyard, The Romano Family Quartet, Quinn, Timm and Associates, Kingsley's Comedy, or Jojo's Blue Ribbon Dining.
This game and Papa's Burgeria are the only games that have three stations.
This is the first gameria where you would see the word "Perfect!" when you get 100% in all stations.
The poster for this restaurant appears in all future games. In Freezeria, you can buy it at the Upgrade Shop, but from Pancakeria onward, it's a prize in one of Foodini's mini-games.
In many cases, the start of day animation will show the second customer either peeking behind the restaurant or crossing the road off screen.
This is the second game, the first being Cactus McCoy, to have the modern Flipline opening sequence and menu layout.
All of the previous workers make a cameo in the intro (look at the side of the building, and you'll see Roy, Marty, and Rita).
This is first and so far only game where last 4 cus to me rs are playable characters in other Game rias.
None of the closers (besides Jojo) order beef on their tacos.
This is the last game where the items purchased as decorations for the store are placed in specific areas and cannot be moved.
On April 1st, 2014 Matt and Tony made an April Fools Day joke that there would be a real Taco Mia restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio at Woodland and E. 55th street.
- This is the first gameria to be featured in an April Fool's Day joke.
On April 15th, 2014, there was a post mortem on the Flipline Blog. [1]