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    La Terraza Express Taqueria

    4.9 (15 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Les D.

    Sucker for a taco trailer, I did a U-ey at lunchtime after getting some tractor parts. Located on the corner of Frederic Ave. on South Banker St. sort of across from Enterprise car rental, next to the burned out liquor store. La Terraza is hope in a dark place. Some dishes I consider sacred: steak frites, beef tendon pho, Belgian mussels and beer. In this pantheon is the three corn tortilla tacos meal. La Terraza perfects it. I don't give a fifth star for nothing. So here's the fifth star stuff: double wrapped fresh corn tortilla perfectly filled, quick service and a super clean facility, astonishing choices (asada, shrimp, chorizo, carnitas, cabeza, suadera, fish, carnitas, tongue. I would give a sixth star. Why? Three of the best tacos I've had, chips, and a pop. $7. Are you kidding me? Giving this stuff away. It should be $11, easy. Sexiest lunch I've had in a long time on such a gorgeous May afternoon. I had the chicken and asada tacos. They were outstanding. No need to elaborate. Great stuff, and so many flavors to try. As always, could be better. Would prefer a side of pico versus queso. Also, a little cilantro garnish would make the combo a little extra. Regardless, so glad I stopped. Amazing eats. Get thee there.

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    David L.

    One of the most authentic Mexican food trailers around!! I like getting the chorizo tacos because you can't get them anywhere else ever. My wife enjoys the beef tacos. We always get the green and red sauce to go along with them. Prices are reasonable. Many other items on the menu also. I definitely recommend!!!

    Consomme

    What a gem! Had four tacos. Shrimp, al pastor, suadero, and cabeza. I can't decide which one was the best because they were all outstanding and perfectly seasoned. Green salsa was amazing. It was kind of chilly so I asked for a small consomme, and it really hit the spot. Not oily or salty. Just right and exactly what I wanted on a cold night. Happy I stumbled on this truck. Nice guy taking orders. Food was ready pretty quickly.

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    Always great no matter what we order. Fresh and delicious! And the green salsa is perfect.

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    Gabby Goat American Pub & Grill

    4.4(448 reviews)
    0.9 mi
    $$

    We've been coming here for years. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, I say that all the time. What can I…read moresay? Wifey and I eat out A LOT. The goat gets you a few ways: 1.) unusual name 2.) cool building 3.) great food 4.) ver good prices 5.) really nice/fun staff I gave you lots of pictures and show the menu. Wifey will comment on our next visit. Have a fantastic day, and eat at The Gabby Goat.

    Effingham was our first stop on a road trip to San Antonio. We pulled in medium late but full…read morehungry. Scanning the food places we picked this because it seemed to have decent ratings and a lot of reviews. Plus, you get go wrong with good ol' American cuisine. The first kind of hiccup is that they must have recently moved building. Though they moved right next to their existing building, there was no signage and we had to rely on our own eyeballs. Which almost led us into the wrong building. Not a bid deal, realistically, but it threw us for a loop. Getting inside, it was super clean. Long bar, plenty of tables, modern, many tvs for many sports. Plus, the building itself seemed rather large. A chonker of a building, if you ask me. Our hostess brought us into what seemed like the back 40 of the building and seated us next to a garage door that overlooked a cement pad that will one day be a cement pad with things on it. Not even mad. Saw a train. Here's the money shot. Have you ever been happy adjacent? Have you ever been right up to the edge, the precipice, the peak, then turn around and leave? That was kind of the ideal feeling here. The ambiance and service and general-ness of the entire place was spot on. The food itself looked top-tier. But it felt a click away from perfection. Let's look into it. As a hefty man (fat, not the garbage bag brand), I'm a man of appetizers. Also of wings. Therefore, sign me up for 12 bone in wings for an app. Split into three flavors: Carolina BBQ, Buffalo, and regular BBQ. They came out looking and smelling delicious. The sauce flavors hit hard. But I was a little let down with the dryness of the wings. I know sometimes it can be difficult to knock a wing out of the park because those damn things just want to get crispy. But I don't want to fight chewing the meat off the bone. It felt like a battle me and my mush mouth would lose. Now, from what I understood, all sides were a la cart. Color me fine with that, fatty will order anyways. Especially since I saw they offered street corn AND hushpuppies. So naturally, that's what I ordered. The hushpuppies came out and were the round kind. Which I am no stranger to. They had good flavor, good done-ness, but missed the mark on the size. If they were hush people, they would have been premies. A little sad they didn't get to experience their full potential. Now, for this part I will say I was forewarned. My server did mention the street corn came in a bowl and was served cold. I thought I was better than somebody who judged street corn by its temperature. I was wrong. It did come cold. And because of that, it was not tasty. Missed the mark completely. I did get a bonus side, your typical, run of the mill French fry. They came out and looked great. Meadiu

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    Chipotle Mexican Grill

    Chipotle Mexican Grill

    2.1(71 reviews)
    2.3 mi
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    I stopped at this location on 5/19/2025 at 9:10pm - this is 50 minutes before closing time…read more I was greeted (if you can call it that) by a hurried, pre-occupied gentleman that seemed to annoyed that I dare stop to eat at this time of the night. The food area was totally in disarray. There was food all over the counters, in between the food bins, and dried something on the inside of the glass. The selection of food was disappointing: I ordered the 3 crispy tacos - I could have 2 crispy and one soft shell. They ran out of crispy shells. ?? Of the four meat choices I could only have chicken (that's all that was left). ?? Even worse, the chicken was cold and chewy. Of the variety of salsa choices I was only allowed the Hot, because all the others were all out.?? I couldn't get any lettuce. ?? Only cheese & sour cream on my tacos.. Or guacamole for an up charge. ?? All the staff looked like they just wanted to get out of there and were just trying to clean up so they could leave. Napkins, plasticware and drink station were mostly empty. Floors were dirty and most of the tables already had chairs on them closed for seating. THIS WAS 50 MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING???!! I doubt I would stop at this location again, especially when there are so many other options in the same area. This location is a poor example for Chipotle!

    Worse chipotle ever .! I don't recommend coming here, I'm in disbelief on how terrible this…read morelocation was . Whole staff needs training on how to properly make and serve the food . There was even an employee in the back eating the food . So disappointed

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    Anthony is a little behind on his dishes. Is this the standard Marcos allows?

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    Niemerg's Steakhouse

    3.6(276 reviews)
    1.1 mi
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    A must try effingham staple…read more Eat on the salad bar or diner side and enjoy a hometown style meal or the spring rolls! Every time we visit this town we try to get in a meal or at least take home one of their handmade pies or cookies. They rotate staff a lot but the food is always the same so it's a good bet you will have a good meal. Don't forget they do a great job catering!

    Passed through Effingham IL again and decided to commence my 30 minutes + off duty break here…read more Low-Key truck stop next door to Niemerg's Steakhouse is the Speedway; the startegy is park your rig there and walk over to this landmark. Haven't not been inside this restaurant ever, i kept an open mind I didn't know what to expect. Theres apparently three dine in area options. You have a whiskey, bar lounge that probably the likes of General MacArthur would patronize for food and cigars like at the Historical Manila Hotel in Manila Philippines. Then you have the open dining room where you seat yourself and it was reminiscent to an Army Chow Hall...sort of with retro 80s decor. And lastly, I chose the Salad Bar room with a booth seating. Server Jessica was fantastic! Went through the standard protocols with me; I was really enjoying the vibes at this place. It's very Mahogany, 1960s - 1980s feeling, almost like that steakhouse Warren Buffet likes to go to in Omaha Nebraska. Very community family oriented, quiet, really quite different than any restaurant or diner you patronize in a city like Los Angeles. A lot of retired folk here and truly, you feel like you been thrown back in time to the 80s and early 90s in some sense. So anyways on to the food. I'm going to state my opinion straight up, the salad bar hot food bar is the star of the show. In fact everything from the soup to the oven potatoes to the COLESLAW (Best Coleslaw Ever), reminded me of that once upon a time Soup Plantation that died during Covid....and the best part is the Cold and hot bar is all-inclusive with your main entree order. Yes you heard that right, you buy the resort tickets, and you enjoy your stay with unlimited cocktails at Cancun...I mean Neimergs... Now to the Iowa Premium Rib Eye Steak. To the kitchen staff: 2 minutes on the top side, 2 minutes on the bottom side. Bake in oven 1 minute on both sides. Done. Medium Rare. A perfectly good steak was destroyed because it came out well done. To future passerbys, skip the baked potato loaded if you decide to dine in at the hot and cold bar room. Last thoughts. I want to give the steak a 3 stars but the overall ambiance, the grandpappy grandma vibes and that overall feel like your dining at someone's home in farm country really elevated the entire experience. Plus the servers are all working their tails off. So I've rated this place a 4 stars. Think anyone on a road trip, or just driving their rig through town should give this historical site a visit. 1978 right? Or something like that. This place also has some of the freshest greens.

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