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 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.

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 accessories.
The ability for players to save their progress in the game is now made available.

Taco Mia! Customers

Tohru (Tutorial)
Franco (Tutorial)
Taylor (Random)
Wally (Random)
Rita (Random)
Sue (Random)
Vicky (Time)
Greg (Time)
Bruna Romano (Time)
Timm (Time)
Lisa (Time)
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)

Closers

Robby (Day 2)
Akari (Day 3)
Allan (Day 4)
Quinn (Day 5)
Rico (Day 6)
Xandra (Day 7)
Jojo (Day 8)

Customer Debuts

Bold customers are closers.

Georgito
Nick
Zoe
Jojo
Quinn
Rico
Xandra

Ingredients

Meats

Beef (Start) (Big Beef)
Chicken (Unlocked with Zoe on Day 2 ) (Chicken Champ)
Pork (Unlocked with Nick on Rank 8) (Carnitas)
Steak (Unlocked with Georgito on Rank 12) (Steak House)

Taco Shells

Hard (Start) (Hard Shell Hero)
Soft (Unlocked at Rank 3) (Serve Softly)
Pita (Unlocked at Rank 7) (Pita Pro)

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.

Toppings

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 (Unlocked with Big Pauly on Rank 2) (Rice Wrangler)
Jalapenos (Unlocked at Rank 5) (Some Like It Hot)
Peppers (Unlocked with Kingsley on Rank 10) (Fajita!)
Black Beans (Unlocked at Rank 11) (Beans, Beans)
Brown Rice (Unlocked at Rank 13) (Whole Grain)

Sauces

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

Minigames representing Taco Mia

Badges

There are 60 badges in Papa's Taco Mia!:

Work up the Ranks: Reach Rank 5, +$30
Taco Career: Reach Rank 10, +$50
Better Than Papa!: Reach Rank 44, +$200
Spending Spree: Buy any 10 Upgrades from the Upgrade Shop, +$10
Poster Motivation: Buy all of the Posters, +$15
Grilling Gear: Buy all of the Grill Upgrades, +$40
Serving in Style: Buy all of the hats, +$100
Bronze Beginning: Earn 5 Bronze Customer Awards, +$30
Customer Service: Earn 15 Bronze Customer Awards, +$50
Silver Medal: Earn 10 Silver Customer Awards, +$70
Coming Back For More: Earn 15 Gold Customer Awards, +$100
Go For the Gold: Earn Gold Customer Awards on all customers!, +$500
Tomato Time: Serve 10 Tacos with Tomatoes, +$10
Cheese Please: Serve 30 Tacos with Cheese, +$10
Lettuce Lover: Serve 30 Tacos with Lettuce, +$15
Pinto Prize: Serve 40 Tacos with Pinto Beans, +$15
Guac Attack: Serve 20 Tacos with Guacamole, +$15
Onion Fun: Serve 20 Tacos with Onions, +$15
Some Like It Hot: Serve 30 Tacos with Jalapeños, +$25
Fajita!: Serve 30 Tacos with Peppers, +$25
Beans, beans: Serve 30 Tacos with Black Beans, +$25
Rice Wrangler: Serve 30 Tacos with White Rice, +$25
Whole Grain: Serve 30 Tacos with Brown Rice, +$25
Wild for Mild: Serve 40 Tacos with Mild Sauce, +$25
Cool it Down: Serve 40 Tacos with Sour Cream, +$25
Taco en Fuego: Serve 40 Tacos with Hot Sauce, +$25
Cheese Whiz: Serve 30 Tacos with Nacho Cheese, +$25
Go Green: Serve 30 Tacos with Verde Sauce, +$25
Solve the Mystery: Serve 30 Tacos with Loco Mystery Sauce, +$25
Getting Started: Serve 4 Tacos in Hard Shells, +$5
Hard Shell Hero: Serve 30 Tacos in Hard Shells, +$25
Serve Softly: Serve 30 Tacos in Soft Shells, +$25
Pita Pro: Serve 30 Tacos in Pita Shells, +$25
Big Beef: Serve 50 Beef Tacos, +$50
Chicken Champ: Serve 50 Chicken Tacos, +$50
Carnitas: Serve 50 Pork Tacos, +$50
Steak House: Serve 50 Steak Tacos, +$50
Grill Expert: Get a 100% Grilling Score on 20 orders, +$70
Build Expert: Get a 100% Building Score on 20 orders, +$70
Order Expert: Get a 100% Waiting Score on 20 orders, +$70
Perfect!: Get a Perfect Score on 30 orders, +$100
Critically Acclaimed: Get a Blue Ribbon from Jojo the Food Critic, +$40
Best Restaurant: Get 5 Blue Ribbons from Jojo the Food Critic, +$100
Quality Assurance: Get 90% Service Quality or higher on five different days, +$50
High Quality: Get 95% Service Quality or higher on 20 different days, +$100
Romano Family: Serve everyone in the Romano Family Quartet, +150
Franchise Friends: Serve the employees of Papa's Pizzeria and Papa's Burgeria!, +$150
The Competition: Serve Kingsley and James from the Taco-Eating Contest, +$150
Meet the Creators: Serve Matt and Tony from Flipline Studios!, +$150
The Gang's All Here: Serve all of the customers!, +$300
First Paycheck: Get your first paycheck on Pay Day, +$10
Month's Pay: Receive your wages on four Pay Days, +$50
Sauce Sampler: Unlock all of the Sauces, +$25
Shell Selection: Unlock all of the Taco Shells, +$20
Meat Mania: Unlock all of the Meats, +$25
Pico de Gallo: Serve 30 Customers while wearing the Taco Hat, +$50
Mariachi: Serve 45 Customers while wearing the Sombrero, +$65
Culinary Cap: Serve 60 Customers while wearing the Chef Hat, +$75
Tacos from the North: Serve 75 Customers while wearing the Viking Helmet, +$90
Taco Royale: Serve 100 Customers while wearing the Crown, +$150

Badge Gallery

Ranks

Rank Number	Rank Name	Total XP	Payday increase (+$5 each rank)	Unlocks
1	Newbie	Start	$100	―
2	Taco Trainee	300	$105	Big Pauly, White Rice
3	Tray Cleaner	750	$110	Soft Taco
4	Cashier	1,350	$115	Peggy, Hot Sauce
5	Part-Time Cook	2,100	$120	Jalapeños
6	Ticket Handler	3,000	$125	Nacho Cheese
7	Order Attendant	4,050	$130	Pita Bread
8	Line Cook	5,250	$135	Nick, Pork
9	Taco Apprentice	6,600	$140	Verde Sauce
10	Hard Taco Pro	8,100	$145	Kingsley, Peppers
11	Soft Taco Server	9,750	$150	Black Beans
12	Pita Pro	11,550	$155	Georgito, Steak
13	Taco Filler	13,500	$160	Brown Rice
14	Tomato Topper	15,600	$165	Loco Sauce
15	Cheese Champ	17,850	$170	Cletus
16	Lettuce Lover	20,250	$175	Mindy
17	Pinto Pro	22,800	$180	Sarge Fan
18	Onion Expert	25,500	$185	Olga
19	Guacamole Pro	28,350	$190	Hugo
20	Rice Wrangler	31,350	$195	Edna
21	Jalapeño Master	34,500	$200	Matt
22	Pepper Fan	37,800	$205	Cecilia
23	Sauce Specialist	41,250	$210	Little Edoardo
24	Nacho Squeezer	44,850	$215	Mary
25	Brown Rice Boiler	48,600	$220	Gino Romano
26	Black Beans Expert	52,500	$225	Kayla
27	Verde Veteran	56,550	$230	Mitch/Maggie
28	Loco For Loco Sauce	60,750	$235	Carlo Romano
29	Beef Broiler	65,100	$240	Penny
30	Chicken Champ	69,600	$245	Chuck
31	Pork Puller	74,250	$250	Sasha
32	Steak Server	79,050	$255	Roy
33	Master of Meats	84,000	$260	Marty
34	Expert Taco Builder	89,100	$265	Tony
35	Stove Top Champ	94,350	$270	Doan
36	Spatula Pro	99,750	$275	Clover
37	Knife Expert	105,300	$280	Alberto
38	Grade A Griller	111,000	$285	Mandi
39	Top Topper	116,850	$290	Connor
40	Part-Time Manager	122,850	$295	Clair
41	Taco Shop Manager	129,000	$300	Cooper
42	Tex-Mex Legend	135,300	$305	Prudence
43	Taco Mia! Master	141,750	$310	James
44+	Better Than Papa!	148,350	$315+	―

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 peeking behind the restaurant.
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 the last game where the items purchased as decorations for the store are placed in specific areas and cannot be moved.
This is the last game that shows a cash register on the counter when taking orders.
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].
The tray for the taco is the same one for the Pancakeria.
The three regular locals make their first appearances to the restaurant when a new meat is introduced.
Meat that is ordered the most is Chicken.
Quinn and Robby are the only closers to order Pork.
All local closers appear in the shop as the last four closers to serve, as the first three closers to serve have appeared in previous games.