Papa's Taco Mia! is the third game in the Papa Louie's restaurant management series. The game was announced on March 21, 2011. Mitch and Maggie are the workers in this game. The game is located in Tacodale. The game was released on May 20, 2011.
Previews[]
- 03/21/2011: Sneak Peek: Papa’s Taco Mia! [1]
- 05/05/2011: Papa’s Taco Mia! opening May 20th! [2]
- 05/20/2011: Papa’s Taco Mia! now open! [3]
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 unexpectedly given the shop by Papa Louie.
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.
- A customer will be unlocked on day 2 instead of just rank 2
- In-game badges that players can earn during gameplay, and also provide extra tips 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 and/or new accessories.
- The ability for players to save their progress by using the backup system to help store files of their progress.
Cast[]
Stations[]
- Order Station
- Grill Station
- Build Station
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)
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)
- Jalapeños (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[]
- Papa's Pancakeria: Spin N' Sauce
- Papa's Wingeria: Hot Shot
- Papa's Hot Doggeria: Mitch's Mess
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 Mystery 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[]
- The representative gameria color of Papa's Taco Mia! is orange.
- Sometimes, the car that passes the shop at the start of the day is Roy's car.
- This is the first game that the player needs 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.
- This is the first game where a customer is unlocked on day 2 instead of just rank 2
- The sign above the apartment behind the shop will advertise either 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 the player would see the word "Perfect!" when 100% is achieved in all stations.
- 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.
- The workers from previous games, Roy, Marty, and Rita, make a cameo in the intro.
- 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 [4].
- 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.
- All local closers appear in the shop as the last four closers to serve. The first three closers to serve have appeared in previous games.
- This is the first Gameria to introduce Closers, as well as the first Gameria where the Closer on Monday is not a local.
- This is the first and only Gameria so far (not including HD and To Go! games) to not have the suffix -ria in the title.
- Jojo is the only closer that orders Beef. There’s only a 1/4 chance of him ordering it due to the fact that his order is random.
- This is the first Gameria to have a backup system where players can store progress from the game to the files.
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