My 10 year old wanted to write a review of this place, so here it goes:…read more "First thing, the tacos are SUPER good! These are the second best tacos I've ever had (the first best are mom's). The guy who works there is always super kind and friendly." My 10 year old wanted to write a review of this place, so here it goes: "First thing, the tacos are SUPER good! These are the second best tacos I've ever had (the first best are mom's). The guy who works there is always super kind and friendly."

Food was great. Mushroom & Swiss was phenomenal and catfish was the bomb. Service was fast and…read morefriendly. Restaurant was decked out in veterans' photos along with military memorabilia.

This is a cute bar café that is very patriotic. The walls ceilings and bathrooms are covered with…read morephotos, news articles, military uniforms, all sorts of paraphernalia related to the military. Our food was good. I gave it three stars because it's not anything gourmet. The staff is so friendly and took very good care of us. They knew we wanted a lower table and let us start at a high top and then move when a lower table became available.

10/10/2020 Drove here and sign is up that it is closed until 3/2021. I had looked on their website…read moreprior to driving over and I did not even see it posted on the website. I don't want to rate this place but would like others to be aware.

From the intersection of 160 and Highway 14, it only took 18 minutes, as calculated by Apple Maps,…read morecertainly less if you could travel as the crow flies. Apple Maps told us we had arrived just shy of the restaurant, which is up the hill a bit further. Just keep going. Many of us have heard of Hootentown through the years, and a few lucky ones have actually been to a music festival or put in for a float trip there. This relatively new diner is a real gem! It is run by a mother/daughter duo with the mama manning the kitchen with her extraordinary homemade, from-scratch comfort food! However, I was on a health kick today so I ordered the Taco Salad. Yeah, I know, so I didn't eat the lightly deep fried, crispy shell to my chagrin! Seasoning on everything is superb. She's not afraid to wake up your tastebuds & not just with the one-note spicy heat that masks as complex flavor. My mother thoroughly enjoyed her Philly cheesesteak chicken sandwich on a hoagie roll. She also went for the potato Fripps which (we had never heard of them) are spiral cut whole potatoes that are lightly deep fried into beautiful flowering shapes. We DO eat with our eyes after-all. Well done. So cool. Now, you must order one of theIr desserts at minimum and make sure it comes with their homemade whipped cream! Even if you're stuffed you'll have to take a couple bites. It's whipped & stabilized so well that it looks like homemade ice cream but, WOWZA, it ain't! When you devour it, you will want to kiss your grandmother, your great-grandmother, and the many mothers before that! Isn't it wonderful, every once in a while, to wax & wane nostalgic?!?! They even make their own rock candy from scratch which they thoughtfully provide with your bill. What is more country crafty than that? Bags of it are for sale @ each table. Make sure to look around at the collections on the walls. The daughter is fun to answer any questions you might have about the food, the dwelling, the kitsch, the river, and the politics in general. We even bought a dozen farm fresh eggs from her as we were walking out the door for, wait for it, one buck. Take a trip through the Ozark Hills, into the woods, and down to the James River. This place is an undiscovered gem! And, a HOOT(entown)!!!

Highly recommend this place! One of the best taco spots in Springfield. I always get the steak…read moretacos, it comes with 5 tacos for like $15, great price for the amount of food! It's always seasoned perfectly and never too chewy. I've recommended this place to everyone who mentions they like tacos lol. Overall food is amazing, costumer service is amazing, I like how they come out to the car so you can avoid getting out of the car. The restaurant itself is a small taco truck off chestnut and they have recently opened up a little building for people to go in and eat and enjoy time with their family. 10/10 will be coming back!

Top notch.. great food.. great portions. You won't leave disappointed! Fast service too. You…read moredon't even get out of your car. And the sauces are Awesome..

Wow! The most tender and juicy brisket I believe I have ever had…read more Friendly service. Clean environment and a "peaceful picnic" atmosphere. Everything was good (smoked chicken, pulled pork.) In fact everything was so good he was sold out of a few things. So my advice would be go to lunch and go hungry. Can't make it for lunch? Call and see what's available late afternoon. Numerous carry out orders during our visit. Yep, it's just that good! Let's just say my speed dial is adding a new number. Not to far from Walmart. Tucked in a shopping center behind the Conoco across from Arby's in Republic. See ya there...

Great food good people always a good time. I feel like it's…read morethe best place to have barbecue in Springfield Missouri. Wish there were more locations.

The biggest issue we had here was the fact that a cockroach was crawling on our table and made it…read moreto our food before we noticed. It was a baby one during lunch time which typically means there is a large population near by and not the cleanest environment. We stopped eating immediately and let the staff know. The cashier just told me she'll let the manager know and that was it. Pretty disappointing considering we were not even half way through our $50 meal for two people. Cockroach aside the food was not great. We had burnt ends, brisket, and ribs. Everything was extremely bland, I couldn't even see seasoning on the ribs. The photo they used to promote their ribs was titled "best ribs in the Ozarks" and had very nice color and obviously seasoning on it. What came out looked like they were boiled and a pinch of salt and pepper were sprinkled on top. The brisket was paper thin and flavorless. Burnt ends were not much better, barely any char or coloring on them. Everything just tasted like it was boiled or cooked with no sauce or seasoning on anything. The do supply a spicy and regular bbq sauce at the table and those tasted good but I suspect those were some generic sauce from a food supplier. The sides were ok. We had coleslaw, beans, potato salad, and the fried corn. The potato salad is the pretty common white potato salad you get from the food supplier. It's good but don't come here expecting home made potato salad. I've been to BBQ places all across the country and this was probably the worst I've been too by far. Cockroach aside I wouldn't be back, would've rated it two stars if it weren't for that. Very disappointed and absolutely disgusted to say the least.

While in Springfield, recommend trying this small fast food joint out…read more Had the burnt ends sandwich and it was next level good.

EXCELLENT FOOD! The loaded nachos are the best I have ever…read morehad. Get there early they do run out of meat!

Yummy ribs and LOCAL to Nixa!! My husband and I ate their…read morecouple days ago. We got ribs, beans and potato salad and it was all so good.

We went to the food truck in Ozark and the baby back ribs are amazing!! We are from St Louis and…read morelove ribs. We were pleasantly surprised with how good these ribs were. We will definitely come back!!