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    Chicken Empanada
    Raquel D.

    my favorite local spot. if I could give this place 10 stars, I would. delicious and authentic Argentinian food, owned by the sweetest Argentinian couple. call 40+ min ahead for take out because the two of them run the whole place by themselves so give them ample time to make your dish

    Milanese Clerico Bomb with 2 Regular Sides
    Scott H.

    This place is AMAZING!! The portions are huge and everything is homemade and delicious. It feels very authentic and I was so surprised to find an Argentine restaurant in central Texas but this place can't be missed. I had the Milanese Clerico Bomb and it was the bomb. It was bigger than my head and I wish I could have eaten more. The service is also top notch. This family deserves your business and I know you will love the food. I will definitely come back and have already told friends and coworkers to come and eat here. Can't wait to go back and try something new.

    Malinesa
    Paul K.

    This is hands down the best resturant in Killeen. The owners are amazing and the service they provide is too notch. Ive been here several times and have tried a lot of the items on the menu. I havent been able to find something that I dont like. Everything is made from scratch and is cooked yo perfection.

    Tommy C.

    Great little place with friendly staff and amazing food. Bring an appetite food was great with large potions. Took a Togo box and made two more meals out of the portion. Food was served fresh, warm, and had great flavor. For desert we had the chocolate torte' which was absolutely delicious. Will definitely eat here again.

    Fondue

    We came here on a whim and it was AMAZING. The couple was so kind and made us feel at home. And the food was phenomenal. The prices were great and we left full and happy!

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    Hands down the best place in Killeen. Like way too good to be in town. It's BYOB. Everything is made with love.

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    We love Clerico! The owners are so friendly and the empanadas are really amazing. Highly recommend if you are in Killeen!

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    La Empanada Y Más

    La Empanada Y Más

    5.0
    (2 reviews)
    5.8 mi

    I was craving Colombian empanadas and luckily found this location. Plenty of parking, nice outdoor…read morecovered patio with tables to eat in. The owners were very welcoming and helpful. The food was excellent and fast service. It wasn't crowded when we went on a week day for lunch. The music was not loud but pleasant. I order and decided to dine there as it was quiet. I even added items at the end and they quickly cooked it and bagged it. I plan to return and recommend it.

    My wife discovered this little food truck out at the top of trimmer road in Killeen the woman that…read morerun the truck is extremely nice!!! The cuisine: My wife is from Venezuela and tells me this is authentic Colombian Empanadas and arepas. My family loves both of these options and go and grab them to eat whenever we are headed out to go shopping or run errands and need a mea. Amazing finger food for the car or if you want to stay and eat it there, there are picnic tables. There is more to menu to explore but we haven't gotten that far but are looking forward to it. Ordering: We give her a call at her number on her Facebook page and order and pick it up because she makes everything fresh. So far I think this is the best way but at her location she does have a place to sit and eat and order. Next time my family goes I will take some more pictures of the food to share.

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    Tostones con chorizo. Opción morcilla, chicharrón,  carne molida, pollo desmenuzado, hogao (sofrito colombiano)
    Tostones con chorizo. Opción morcilla, chicharrón, carne molida, pollo desmenuzado, hogao (sofrito colombiano)
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    Puerto Rican & Caribbean Grocery Store

    Puerto Rican & Caribbean Grocery Store

    4.0
    (37 reviews)
    1.8 mi
    $$

    Pasteles! Pernil! Everything you need for Puerto Rican dishes (and they even sometimes have mavi…read morebark, quenepas, pastel and pastelillo de guayaba, turron, and morcillas)! If you can't find what you're looking for, just ask one of the employees. This grocery store is THE "go to" tiendita for all Boricuas and NewYoricans in Bell County.

    Because my "second family" is Cuban and I have a great affinity for all things Cuban (not just the…read morecigars and the rums) I always have a complex about non-Cubans preparing Cuban like things. There is even a Seinfeld episode on point about this with the Dominicans rolling the crepes. If you don't believe me compare a Romeo y Julieta (DR) to a real one, or any of the other cigar companies that have a DR factory with non-Cuban torcedores to one from the motherland. With the limited reviews of this joint on yelp I was having to read between the lines that the ladies preparing the food were probably not authentic Cubans. But based on the very favorable four to five star reviews of the Cuban sandwich from other yelpers, they seemed to know how to put in work on the gentlesir's favourite panini type class of sandwich so I was sold on giving it the olde "college try" since the prices seemed quite reasonable and I needed to submit receipts for travel reimbursement to my organization that were not handwritten. Just a note for yelpers - the "grocery store" part of the business is actually called Killeen Nutritional Center which has a separate yelp business page and this is the page for the to-go restaurant portion of the biz. I wandered around there for several minutes trying to find the sammich counter until I realized I was at the deli (in the grocery store) and the girl behind the deli counter was actively ignoring me. So I spotted the door behind the registers the other way and walked into the sammich place I wanted to be in. They could really use a sign or something, or workers that will acknowledge your existence and direct you appropriately. I actually know some spanglish so I know enough to be helpful asking where ya boy can obtain his emparedado. There is "prepared food" cafeteria style that most people dining in seemed to be getting so there is a line for that. However if you are gentlesir in for a sammich then you go straight to the register to order it there, pay for it, then you go wait for it to come out. There are also people buying the pastries out of the case at the register which are neither sammiches nor prepared cafeteria style take out, so there is some light confusion and at one time there appeared to be three separate lines of people trying to get it in at the one girl working the one register at the counter. The Cuban comes with Swiss cheese, pork, ham, mustard, pickle, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo. Or if you are bi-curious: el cubano (es una balleza tambien) tiene queso suizo, pernil, jamon, mostaza, pepinillo, lechuga, tomate, cebolla, y mayonesa. Homey costs $3.35. You read that right. This is not the best Cuban I have ever had if we are being honest. It was not prepared by authentic Cubans, but they never represented that they were authentic Cubans so we have to temper expectations accordingly and especially at this price point. I have to review the sammich in accord with Antone's last non-chain outpost in the Med Centre who also was not Cuban, but they mastered the non-Cuban art of making Cuban food. I am pretty sure my order ticket they put in to the kitchen said something along the lines of me being a gringo, possibly a puta also but I will never know even though I always assume this is being said behind my back and the main reason why I learned spanglish. This thing came with a Shania Twain sized heaping of mayo. So much mayo. Goddammit I don't even like mayo, that racist stereotype has to end. Meanwhile I love mustard and that was nearly nonexistent. I also love pickles and there was little pickle to speak of. If I knew they were going to go HAM on the mayo I would have just told them to hold it entirely and slide some pickle magic into the sammich in its place - but I would have to be careful that nothing got lost in translation since sliding a pickle into something is a double entendre which we snuck past the censors, just like that lemon party joke. So that is my most useful tip I can give you for your visit, tell them to hold the mayo unless you want six pounds of it on your sammich just ruining everything and your good time. THAT IS NOT HOW A CUBANO IS SUPPOSED TO GO. The meats were extremely dry and I suppose the giant dosing of mayo was an effort to mask that desert dryness, which was exquisitely unsuccessful on me but may have worked its charm better on other diners. I put the sammich on par with Subway quality at best (especially the underwhelming tomato and lettuce quality) but not customizable at your own instruction as Subway is, so you don't need to take any responsibility for the creation of this monstrosity. This was my worst meal on my road trip through this area. However, I am still rewarding them with a three star yelp review (an #upgrayedd of stars taking into account the totality of the circumstances beyond the disappointing sammich) since unlike KMB they printed me a proper receipt I could actually use for reimbursement from my organization.

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    The cubano in all his glory. If he was a cigar I would smoke him but he is a sammich so I will eat him. Many ways to live your best life.
    The cubano in all his glory. If he was a cigar I would smoke him but he is a sammich so I will eat him. Many ways to live your best life.
    Got that sammich in my hands
    Got that sammich in my hands
    Waiting for my order at the table nearest the register. If you aren't getting food from the hoppers at back you just order at the register

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    Waiting for my order at the table nearest the register. If you aren't getting food from the hoppers at back you just order at the register
    The HotSpot Grill

    The HotSpot Grill

    4.3
    (11 reviews)
    2.6 mi
    $

    call it luck or call it what you want, but this is an actual food truck that landed today in the…read morehotel I am staying in Killeen TX, and boy, is this food tasty. Its a Boricua own truck that serves cuban sandwiches, empanadas of all type of meats, pork, beef, chicken, and they also have Spanish rice and pull pork. Now looking as some of their previous pictures, I guess it depends of the location, the menu may be different. So let me talk about what I had. I had the spanish rice, with pull pork and beef empanada. They also included a slice of avocado in my plate. It was $8.00 for my plate and the serving was generous. Flavor, well, lets say I though my mama made this food, and I love my mama's cooking because she can cook. Rice flavor was not overbearing, it was just wright, the pull pork was also very flavorful and moist. The beef empanada was not greasy and the empanada was full of meat, unlike other places where the empanadas are full of air, hardly any meat. The meat had great flavor. They had special sauces you could add, but the flavors were such that I didn't have to add anything to it. Since this is a food truck, I have no idea of their hours or their next location, but their business card says to check them out Facebook@TheHotSpotGrill and if you subscribe, i guess you can check out their events and next spot. Unfortunately I don't have a Facebook account, but I do have a phone and I am sure that if I call them and I don't sound like a stalker, they will let me know of their next service spot which I would have no problem visiting. In case you are wondering, their ph # is 254-458-2150. I am all about promoting great places with great flavors!!! : )

    The garlic sauce is delicious!!!…read more The ladies here are so friendly! These hard working women make everything from scratch & it is so worth it!! I got the fried chicken wings with gandule rice & empanadas. The chicken is so crispy & moist at the same time with juicy flavor that's not too salty. The gandule rice is perfect, not dry or hard, you can taste the flavors which makes it addicting! The empanadas!!! Yessss!!! Crust is flakey & the insides are moist & very flavorful! Ask for the garlic sauce, it was a little party in my mouth!! When you're looking for the place, it's on the left side In front of anther building. It's like a little stop truck. I believe they cater to other places & also they go to tyku a lot.

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    Marinated pork roast (pernil)
    Marinated pork roast (pernil)
    Festival lines
    Festival lines
    The HotSpot Grill

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    Hierba Fresca Restaurant

    Hierba Fresca Restaurant

    4.5
    (111 reviews)
    1.9 mi
    $$

    Really yummy, authentic PR food in Killeen. As in, things I'd never heard of before! The building…read moreis really cute inside with lots of art and friendly staff. Portions are huge, so get ready to share at your table because most things do not "reheat" well. Seriously. The food is great when it's fresh, but we over-ordered (because we wanted to try different things) and brought home a lot that got thrown away because it was just not good after refrigerating and reheating. But fresh? Oh YES!! Order any specials. They're bound to be terrific! And make sure to get something with pork--it's so moist and flavorful! Thanks to the staff for making all our dishes with love!

    OMG soooo good! We got:…read more * Passion Fruit drink * Homemade Lemonade * Corn Fritters (Jengarullos) * Cheese Croquettes * Stuffed Mofongo with Caribbean Jerk Chicken * Sweet Plantains * Chicken Breast Stuffed with Shrimp * Mashed Yuca * Mampasteao Rice * Stuffed Mofongo with Chicken, Pork, and Ham * Grilled Chicken Breast * Fries * Mashed Potatoes * Coconut Flan * Cheese Flan First off, there were four of us and we still left stuffed and with leftovers. Second, the food was tastyyyyyyyy even for this white boy Third, just go there and thank me later. Try everything you can think of and then go back and try some more. It's that good!

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    Alcapurria (I think I spelled it right); an off-menu special only made every so often
    Alcapurria (I think I spelled it right); an off-menu special only made every so often
    Corn fritters (sorullitos)
    Corn fritters (sorullitos)
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    Killeen Nutritional Center

    Killeen Nutritional Center

    3.6
    (38 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $

    The selection of groceries is second to none and the restaurant attached omg what can I say it…read morereminds me of my abuelos cooking. Takes me home every time. I don't get to go often but when I do I am always more than pleased. I can't thank you enough for your amazing cooking and understanding of my horrible Spanish. Please please never close

    Let me start off by saying I've came to this place for over 10 years and as a Killeen native, this…read moreplace is a staple. But it has SEVERELY gone down hill and I will never come here again! Today I order 2 Cubans and 2 beef empanadas. It took 30 minutes to get my food but I've gone here awhile and excuse the long wait times. Finally, I get my food and rush back to work since the wait took so long. Sit down to eat my food, get done with a quarter of the sandwich when I see a COCKROACH smushed against the 2nd half of my sandwich. I called the restaurant 4 times asking for a manager and got hung up on every time. I clocked out and drove back to the restaurant with the sandwich. I asked for a manager and the dark haired lady behind the counter barely let me tell her the issue before she took the bag with the sandwich and went into the kitchen. She came back out with cooks following her. I don't speak fluent Spanish but I do understand it. The cooks were calling me a liar, saying it was impossible and that I should eat at home. The "manager" told another lady at the counter with red hair to refund ONLY one sandwich. I was not going to accept that when I couldn't eat any of the food I purchased after that discovery. I asked for the head manager/"her boss" and after a while, I got the right person who heard me and refunded both of my orders. Regardless, I will never come back here. I know a lot of people who come here including soldiers and I'll be sure to spread the word. My whole experience was disgusting and unacceptable including the service.

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    Cockroach on sandwich
    Cockroach on sandwich
    Avocado and Tomato salad
    Avocado and Tomato salad
    Says "Masa Carne" but it's full of PORK inside.

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    Says "Masa Carne" but it's full of PORK inside.
    Quisqueya Family Restaurant

    Quisqueya Family Restaurant

    4.5
    (13 reviews)
    2.4 mi

    Food is always 10/10! the ambiance is very inviting, making one feel like the have a home away from…read morehome. Their service is top-notch! Never had any problems and they always ask for feedback on their dishes/desserts and use the constructive criticism to improve. I would 100% recommend this restaurant to everyone as i have and will continue to do. I'm a loyal customer and enjoy their representation of their pride for their culture!

    First, I must point out that I love Dominican culture and food. I travel 4-5 times a year to DR for…read morevacation and to buy cigars. There truly is no comparison to the food in DR vs the States however I was eager to check them out as they were highly recommended by my Airbnb host. For a plate of stewed beef (3/4 cup), arroz con grandules (1/2 cup), maduros (1 fried plantain), verde ensalada (1 tomato slice, 1 cucumber slice and 1/3 cup of iceberg lettuce), and tamarind drink came to $26. For lunch, for 1 person, I felt that per the quality of the meal it was overpriced. I have paid less in Washington Heights and or the Bronx, NY. The beef although seasoned well was super dry, everything else was okay but did not wow me. I usually tip however, I felt the meal did not impress nor cause me to want to recommend or visit again. I will say the people were kind and hospitable. I believe of they had less on their menu and perfected that with love they would really be something. Welp, that was my 2 cents.

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    Quisqueya Family Restaurant
    Quisqueya Family Restaurant
    Quisqueya Family Restaurant

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