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    4.1 (19 reviews)
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    9 months ago

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    3 years ago

    Tailwinds is open once again. Their frog legs, fried chicken and prime rib are all excellent.

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    2 years ago

    Food, service and drinks were great. The new spring drink called Spring dreamin was my favorite. Had the smothered chicken and horseshoe.

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    7 years ago

    First time eating here, was very satisfied with my meal, & service was very good. A little gem in a small town!

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    7 years ago

    The food is very good. It all was comes out hot and ready to eat. That is why I give it a five star

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    8 years ago

    Service is top notch and friendly. Food was great and atmosphere was perfect for a small town!

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    6 years ago

    Excellent service and the best fried chicken you will ever eat . The mushroom and Swiss burger is also an excellent choice.

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    Gabby Goat American Pub & Grill - Hand cut ribeyes wed and fri starting at 5

    Gabby Goat American Pub & Grill

    4.4(449 reviews)
    29.9 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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    Gabby Goat American Pub & Grill - House beer, brewed for us at Main St. 4204 brewery

    House beer, brewed for us at Main St. 4204 brewery

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    Drunken pig (menu item)

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    Niemerg's Steakhouse - Two piece fried chicken, all white meat

    Niemerg's Steakhouse

    3.6(276 reviews)
    29.4 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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    Outside front parking lot

    The Ribeye

    The Ribeye

    3.7(178 reviews)
    48.1 mi
    $$

    I've had better steaks at waffle house. No flavor, no seasoning! Don't know how they are cooking…read moretheir steaks but it is SO bland! Salad bar is like Golden Coral only worse and the only vegetable they offer is broccoli. The cocktails were like Applebee's but not as good! If you're going to call your restaurant a steakhouse then please provide an experience for the prices you are charging.

    Not bad for a college town. Came in on a Friday at 5:30 with a party of one. Was told the wait…read morewould be 30 minutes. Took under 10. Started with an Old Fashioned. The taste was fine, but rather than an orange peel, there was an orange slice. Rather than a a deep purple cherry, there was a bright red maraschino. Salad bar is a blast from the past. Can't remember the last time I saw one at a restaurant. Good mix of fixings in it, no complaints. They also bring a fresh backed mini loaf of bread which is decadent. They steak was perfectly cooked. Got the 8oz ribeye with Cajun seasoning done medium. Spot on, and fairly tasty, though I had to salt it a bit towards the end. The mushrooms were good, the broccoli was mushy. The ambiance gives me mixed emotions. The lighting was as bright as a Denny's. Totally uncharacteristic of a steak house. Though, there were a lot of children dining and everyone was dressed casually. Yet from the outside, the place looks classic steakhouse and elegant. They also have Illini sports paraphernalia hanging in the walls which was pretty cool. Service was fast and friendly. I was in and out in an hour, including my 10 minute wait. Plenty of hired help waiting and bussing tables. Line out the door. I read some recent reviews of people bashing this place because of food quality and service. That was not my experience, and I look forward to coming back again. Just no broccoli!

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    The Ribeye - Illini decor!

    Illini decor!

    The Ribeye - Old Fashioned and fresh bread- breakfast of champions!

    Old Fashioned and fresh bread- breakfast of champions!

    The Ribeye - Salad bar

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    Tailwinds Steakhouse - steak - Updated July 2026

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