Kirk&#x27;s Nebraskaland Restaurant

Tired from a long drive, we stopped for the night in Lexington and looked for something off the…read morebeaten path. The Papusaria offered warmth and smiling service. I'd encourage folks to order 3 or so papusas with a variety of fillings! They were so good and better than the steak burrito (chopped beef & rice inside). The chicken & pumpkin papusas were particularly tasty.

We got the pupusas with pork, cheese, beans, and loroco and they were amazing! perfect stop during…read moreour road trip and very friendly staff. The prices were also great since we ate three pupusas and two jarritos for about 15-16 dollars. Would definitely come again if we weren't on our way across the country!

Beef Soup. Caldo Res

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The sign just says "Restaurant" - what more do you need to know?

Cunningham's on the Lake

3.9(241 reviews)

34.3 mi

Good food, excellent service, and a great restaurant with sports on the TVs. Go eat here!!…read more Enjoy!!

Our visit to Cunninghams On The Lake was appalling. The owner/manager was using profanity (mainly…read morethe "F" word) while talking with other men, loud enough that everyone nearby -- including kids -- could hear it. When my husband respectfully asked him to tone it down, the owner actually walked around the bar (where we were seated) to confront him and insulted him, calling him self‑righteous and that he wasn't apologizing for his language. As customer's were leaving they stopped to tell my husband that he was right in asking this man to be aware of where and what words he was using while women and children were dining. What owner/manager thinks this is beneficial for his business?? If he treats the customers as such how on earth does he treat the employees?? I am so sorry for the young ladies that have to work for this man. I've never seen a business owner behave with such arrogance and disrespect toward paying customers. This is not a family‑friendly environment, and we won't be back. Whatever happened to the statement that "the customer is always right even if they aren't"? ---

Dessert!! Brownie and Oreo.

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Cucumber Mojitos & cold beer

Three 21 Tavern

2.9(10 reviews)

2.7 mi

Had there chicken fried steak hash browns and corn the only thing good was the gravy steak was…read moretuff the hash browns was grease and the corn was terrible other then that the waitress was fantastic and the place was clean I give the place and waitress a 10

Had not remembered being here in past. Apparently was. Snickerdoodle cheesecake for start. Pretty…read moregood. A cauliflower crust pizza and salad bar, which looks good. Mostly basic salad fixings. Aloha pizza is good. Appears to be pre-made frozen crust. And all is pretty good. Not more.

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Meridian Tap House

4.8(32 reviews)

15.3 mi

No outside patio except for out front. Alcohol is not allowed. Burgers were good! Will be back to…read moretry more food when we don't have a dog.

First, the waitress was great. She told us the menu was new but then told us the things that she…read morewanted to try. Very nice. As we are just passing through the area, it was helpful. Food was fast and good. I had the Cubano and it must have weighed 5 lbs. Very tasty and I could only eat half. Fries were great, crispy and hot. LAM had the In the Club sandwich. It looked good but the bacon was overdone (for her). She thought her fries were salty...

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Outside view of block

The Speakeasy

4.0(74 reviews)

33.5 mi

•$$$

Great ambiance. Sweet little place on the middle of nowhere…read more Service was okay, but we waited twenty minutes for our check after we got our take away container. They seem very understaffed. Musscles were excellent. Mozzarella croquettes were good. They were out of two big menu items at opening on Saturday, that was disappointing. Prime rib is EXTREMELY smokey, and can't be served rarer than medium rare. New York strip was ordered medium rare, but arrived at table medium to medium well. I'm sure it was cooked properly at first and sat under the warmer- there is no way a chef would overcook a steak like that. All in all, for 200+ bucks it was pretty underwhelming.

Speakeasy is the perfect name for this steakhouse! You walk into an old beat up building through an…read moreold beat up door then immediately walk through a little bit nicer door and bam, you're in a fine dining, white linen table cloth restaurant! Taylor was amazing, our bartender made perfect martinis and the food was off the charts! The shrimp cocktail was six of the biggest shrimp ever, the Chicken Dianne was rich and delicious and hubby's Wagyu Ribeye was spectacular! The show stealer was the pork belly, it was rendered to the perfect melt point with a flavor all it's own, no sweet sauce, just pork! It's in the middle of nowhere but oh so worth the trip!

Hot Honey Coconut Shrimp

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House made custard with 100% Vermont maple syrup and a pinch of sea salt

Stockman's Bar & Grill

3.9(8 reviews)

25.6 mi

A quick stop in Amherst for lunch at The Stockman's (or Stockmen's--as it was spelled on the wall)…read morewas a pleasant surprise both in the food and service categories. My husband declared his thick cheese dripping burger as the best burger he has had in recent memory and he is a burger loving farm boy. My patty melt was so thick I could not get it in my mouth without several cuttings. Most burgers come with seasoned fries, a few basic selections came with chips instead so my husband snitched a few of my fries to compliment his burger. Our table server was attentive, friendly, and apologetic when my first choice entre was not available because of missing ingredients (goat cheese and fig sauce). Restrooms were clean, tables were promptly cleared, and we parked at the front door. A stop on the 2022 Nebraska Passport even gifted us a drink sleeve! I can see why the passport crew selected Sportsman's as a stop this year!

Something has happened to this cafe. I think they lost their identity and also lost the great meals…read moreand salad bar. We had been regulars. tonight their monthly special was Rocky Mountain Oysters. The guys like em the women won't try them, anyway we make the trip. I ask the waitress about the special: she says the RMO dinner is $30.00 and there is an all you can eat for x$, i didnt hear that price cuz i was shocked at the 30.00 price and she tells it comes with fried cabbage ( like this is the way you RMO's). We all declined since a flat iron steak was 21.00. We all ordered cheeseburger. Menu said cheeseburger $9.00, Fries and apprently every topping had a cost, cause the two burger with fries was $32.00, we had water and a diet pepsi. Burgers meat had a weird (maybe getting old ) taste, so we all ate some of the burgers, left the rest. The ambiance was ok until some customer came in and they cranked up the volume on the tv so he could watch volleyball from the bar. We were totally disappointed and it is off the to do list.

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Angus Burgers & Shakes

4.0(333 reviews)

34.4 mi

Great food and service. Stopped here on a long trip and was very surprised at how good it was.read more

Noticing fragments of cockroaches made me bring this to the chefs attention. However it seems as if…read morethe chefs nonchalant or takes no notice to this issue or any other issue that takes place here. I mean who's drinking the alcohol him or me. I'm serious this place is a rats hole. Wouldn't recommend . Place is also filthy. Look at the walls closely. Never had a problem at McDonalds. And wow . Look at the prices.

Wall inside building

Tex Mex salad with chicken

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The bar!

Thunderhead Brewing

3.8(203 reviews)

34.7 mi

Best pizza in town. Great pretzels & basic salads. Nothing fancy. Just good every time! An…read moreextensive selection of beers.

An absolute institution with good pizza and beer! Please don't ever change. If you're traveling…read morethrough have someone at your table get thunderpunch! Get a shot of Windsor in your second one! ;)

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Dairy Queen Grill & Chill

2.2(5 reviews)

2.0 mi

I'm so sad to see how this Dairy Queen has gone down hill. Incredibly slow service, not maintained…read moreinside or outside. I feel bad for the three young people working, they were so overwhelmed. They clearly had not received sufficient training and there was no obvious manager on site. We had placed a mobile order and received it 25 minutes after the posted time. While we were waiting, we noticed food in the warmer area. After about 20 minutes, to our surprise, they actually took it out and served it to people in the dining area!

Took us 40 minutes to get our food The food was ok, then had…read moremore time to get our ice cream, Short staffed everybody in the dining room was frustrated

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McDonald's

1.7(55 reviews)

0.6 mi

You know your experience is already going to be under-par when the restaurant is impossible to…read moreaccess. If you don't turn into this restaurant immediately, you get to enjoy an overly complicated labyrinth where every single sign tells you that you cannot enter the restaurant. Long story short, if you don't turn right into the restaurant, you might as well go to the next closest one. The ordering and paying was not a problem (although the screen that shows your order was broken), but receiving the food was. After giving us all drinks of the wrong size, the employee showed clear signs of agitation. If this wasn't bad enough, after ordering 2 diet cokes and 1 regular, the same employee gave us the regular coke saying it was a diet. This could have been catastrophic, as this was given to a diabetic in our party. Aside from this, the Egg McMuffin was burnt, and there was no meat inside. I was extremely disappointed with the experience, and I'm hoping that no one else has had similar problems.

This place needs to be shut down as soon as possible before someone gets seriously sick or dies…read more The place was infested with flies, unbearably hot, and smelled off. I watched employees pack food without gloves, touching their phones and wiping their noses with their hands before handling food and bagging fries. The floors were filthy, flies were everywhere, and the food was cold, old, and foul. I took one bite and something was off, so I threw all the food away. Absolutely disgusting.

Inside

Are you even serious?

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Hair in the burger

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Ramona T.

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12 years ago

Cockroach capital... Not sure why the state hasn't closed them. Eat here if you enjoy sharing your food with a few cockroaches. Gross!!

Jason C.

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2 years ago

This place was horrible. The food was not good and the service was very sloppy. We will not be returning.

Gary T.

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3

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5 years ago

Very slow . very dirty. Spaghetti terrible.

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