A great place to get out for a quick meal. The hamburger was fresh and delicious…read more The service was great.

very good catfish dinner to go!!!! even had heinz ketchup…read morepacks. very good thanks randy

Pretty good spot. Great place to go when it's just adults, as there (to my knowledge) isn't a kids…read moremenu... but that's the nature of these types of restaurants/clubs. Good atmosphere, the beef is usually pretty good.

We visited on a Saturday before a show at J & June's. Two of us had the bacon wrapped pork chop…read more The others main entrees were hamburger steak and lemon pepper chicken. All were very good, as were the sides including green beans and asparagus. The salads were top shelf and the home made poppyseed was excellent. Server was very friendly and food came fast. Could not have been happier. Great place for this small town or any town.

Passing through and found this place on Yelp. It was a little hard to find as our maps app said we…read morewere there and we couldn't see it. Then we first smelled and spotted the smoker and figured out how to get around to the entrance. It's in a big warehousey type building and everything looks brand new inside. I had the brisket sandwich. So tender and loaded with meat. The loaded potato salad was really nice. I think it had pulled pork in it, something smokey, but not bacon. My friend had the brisket nachos. She got the half order and barely made a dent in it. Service was very fast and it's right off the interstate.

A minute off the highway in a warehouse style building with impeccable bathrooms, and picnic tables…read moreon the inside is the most amazing barbecue I've had in a long time. We went on a Sunday night and they were down to two orders of chicken which they served us and it was moist and tasty. Probably the best barbecue chicken I've had in years. They were out of everything else at 8 o'clock at night on a Sunday, but it was delicious! Will be back to try the brisket and the pulled pork. This is so much better than standard fair. I highly recommend this.

Food was great. I got the brisket - delicious but MAN those waffle fries with the butter rub sauce…read moreor whatever it was. GET THEM!!! My son loved his burger. Their fries were too! Service was great. Sports bar but families wwre around also and chill area for low top tables. Lots of TVs! Lots of parking!

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

It's good place for a burger or some ice cream. Service is great and if you don't mind some outside…read moreseating and maybe a chat with someone while you wait for your order. I personally like the Mayberry feel but just remember it's opened more seasonally.

From the owner: Crystal's Country Cream specializes in all types of items. We have Ice cream treats that can't be…read morebeat, like a Turtle Sundae or Twister (blizzard) several varities available, or just a plain Vanilla , Chocolate, or Twist cones. We have a variety of Sandwiches too. Stop by and try a Western Burger, this is a fresh hamburger fried to perfection with a piece of american cheese, Bacon and sauteed onion, with some BBq sauce to top it off. Yum YUm. Pizza's are available too. They are 12 inch pizza made with your favorite topping. Try one today. Crystal's also sells Tri-State Carports.

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.

Great food, friendly staff, so much to pick from on the salad bar! Very comfortable surroundings!!read more

As long as you're wanting a drink or ice cream, they've got pretty good choices. But if you're…read morewanting a burger, it's not like your average Dairy Queen. They do have a few warm items on the menu so definitely check them out. I'd recommend a Rainbow Sprite if you wander through Flora.

Always a great coke. You have to try it. It's a different mix than any other DQ. Been going to…read morethat same DQ for about 40 years. Always good food service and atmosphere.