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    LA Chona

    3.0 (2 reviews)
    Open • 8:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Margaritas - Vegan Pico de Gallo

    Margaritas

    4.0(176 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    •$$

    When traveling on I-80 we stop for lunch or dinner at Margaritas (called "3 Margaritas" on Google…read moreMaps). It offers delicious Vegetarian and Vegan options. We choose the latter and are never disappointed. When we travel, we plan on stopping in Ogalla, NE to have Black Bean Soup without cheese . This with some chips and salsa make for a delicious and nutritious vegan meal for us. It's not on the menu but we'll worth asking for. Same is true for the vegetarian version with the Mexican Cheese. The servers are helpful un answering questions about ingredients so we can stick to our diet while traveling. The restaurant is located next to the Tesla Supercharger so our car refuel while we have a delicious meal. Salsa De Hongos (mushroom salsa) Guacamole Salad Mexican Salad (Slaw) Pico de Gallo Vegan Black bean soup minus the Cojita cheese We order Vegan Black bean soup minus the Cojita cheese and add Salsa De Hongos, Pico de Gallo, and salsa to make it even better.

    As we traveled from Wyoming back toward Illinois at the end of our six-week national parks road…read moretrip, we stopped in Nebraska for our second to last overnight break before getting home. After weeks of hiking, driving, unpacking, repacking, and surviving on road snacks and caffeine, we decided to have dinner at Tres Margaritas. The restaurant itself is very cute and colorful, with lots of traditional Mexican décor and bright painted chairs that give the place a lively atmosphere. We arrived pretty early, around 5 PM, thinking it would be quiet, but the place filled up surprisingly fast. It definitely seems to be a very popular local spot. The food was actually very good for a road-trip dinner stop. We shared a large steak taco salad that was absolutely enormous and honestly could have fed two hungry hikers without any problem. It came loaded with carne asada, avocado, beans, tortilla chips, and very fresh ingredients. Definitely the highlight of the meal. I also had a margarita, while my husband ordered an Arnold Palmer, and both were good. Now, the funniest part of the evening was honestly the service. Our server, Daniel, was polite and friendly, but for reasons we never fully understood, he addressed only me during the entire dinner. Since I speak Spanish, he kept calling me "señora" and speaking directly to me while almost completely ignoring my husband's existence. Not in a rude way exactly, just... very specifically focused on me. He would take the order looking at me. Bring the food looking at me. Ask questions looking at me. Meanwhile my husband was sitting right there like some kind of invisible travel ghost. At one point my husband joked, "I guess I disappeared and nobody told me." Honestly, it became more amusing than anything else, and we spent most of dinner quietly laughing about the strange dynamic. The only slightly annoying part was that the check arrived before we were asked whether we wanted dessert, which seems to be becoming a recurring theme on this trip. Overall though, the food was fresh, satisfying, and generous, the atmosphere was lively and colorful, and it was a pleasant stop at the tail end of a very long journey. After six weeks on the road, sometimes a giant taco salad and an unintentionally hilarious dinner experience are exactly the kind of memories that stick with you.

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    Taco John's

    Taco John's

    2.2(28 reviews)
    0.2 mi

    Looks like a brand new operation and they are still training employees. I decided to walk up and…read moreorder inside. Reviews of the drive-thru process sounded tedious. Inside wasn't any better. Wow, was that a process and I was woefully patient. I watched, patiently as a junior associate mishandled my order over and over and over and over again. Many times the order was incorrect. It was as if, we were both going through training discovering the nuances of their menu ordering system. All while a senior employee was watching from nearby and just prodding her to keep going despite the many hiccups. It was awful. If the manager had just stepped up, I could have had my order and been out of there in 20 minutes flat. What should have been a quick order took far too long to assess and then the wait and having to re-check the order after it was prepared. We went over that order 4-5 times and yet in the bag a few items were incorrect. I left some 40 minutes later. Thankfully the food was decent and breakfast hit the spot. I've never been to a Taco John's; so for those also unknowing, it's a mild equivalent of Taco Bell. (If you can believe that anything can be more mild than Taco Bell) Their condiment sauces are so timid/mild. Bringing your own salsa or hot sauce is recommended. **During my visit employees were wearing ppe.

    I grew up with Taco John's in the Midwest, so I was super excited to see there was a location near…read moreour hotel in Nebraska while traveling. I was craving a taco salad all day, like seriously, ALL DAY. We checked into our hotel, chilled for a bit and left for dinner shortly after 6 pm. When I went to the counter to order, I was informed that they were out of shells. At 6:15 on a Tuesday. How tf does that happen on a Tuesday? We left, very disappointed, to eat elsewhere. Thank you for making me sad, Taco John.

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    LA Chona - mexican - Updated October 2026

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