Poco's on the Boulevard

What happened after

Original Southwest Blvd location closed March 2015 and relocated to a smaller building at 240 E Linwood Blvd; that Linwood location is now also tagged closed.

Closure date on record: 2015-03

What happened on the show

In Kansas City, Poco's on the Boulevard was the Mexican restaurant Irvine came to reset in the fifth season, on Southwest Boulevard. The durable record holds few specifics of the Poco's on the Boulevard visit, and Wikipedia gives this Kansas City episode no summary. So at Poco's on the Boulevard the fixed rescue applied: Irvine tastes the Mexican menu, works the Kansas City kitchen, confronts the owners, and rebuilds the Kansas City room across two days on a small budget. Rather than fabricate a Poco's on the Boulevard scene, we admit the Kansas City record kept no dish, quote, or design detail. So the format and the Kansas City location are what this Poco's on the Boulevard entry can genuinely assert, and no more. What sets Poco's apart is a winding aftermath, a relocation and then a second closing, which the documented Kansas City trail lets us follow.

After the cameras left

Poco's took a two-step path to its end. The original Southwest Boulevard location closed in March 2015 and the business relocated to a smaller building on East Linwood Boulevard, per local outlet The Pitch; that Linwood location is now tagged closed as well. A stale Facebook page updated in 2024 still lists the old Southwest Boulevard address, conflicting with the documented move, and the closed tag on the Linwood site carries no date. Those inconsistencies keep the record at medium confidence, though the overall arc, relocation then closure, is clear.