Kansas City’s Mexican food scene continues to evolve, especially as restaurants like T’AHA, Jarocho and Yoli Tortilleria work to highlight the regional depth of Mexican cuisine.
There’s also Kculichi Sushi, a Mexican sushi food truck with proud roots in Sinaloa. Now, Kculichi’s cheesy, beefy rolls are getting a space of their own with the opening of its first standalone restaurant in KCK, set to debut next month (542 Southwest Blvd., KCK).
Owned by Jorge Sotelo Garcia and brothers Noel Lugo and Fidel Lugo, Kculichi Sushi (pronounced koo-lee-chee) has been the subject of viral videos posted by local food influencers since opening in November 2024. All three owners have roots in Sinaloa, where the cross-cultural cuisine originated and is known as Sushi Culichi, or Sinaloan sushi. (“Culichi” is a colloquial term for a person from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.)…