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Taco Trail
Tacos aren’t relegated to only Tuesdays or Cinco De Mayo in Pulaski County! Crunch your way through Saint Robert, Waynesville, or Dixon with our handy Taco Trail!
Route 66 Taco & Wing Company - Saint Robert
Route 66 Taco & Wing Company has gathered a legion of die-hard fans. It offers specialty tacos including the Mother Road Taco (seasoned ribeye steak, cheese, guacamole, red onion, tomato, jalapeno, and cilantro) and the Big Kahuna Taco filled with pulled pork and topped with mango-pineapple salsa and cilantro. Raise the heat level with the Nashville Hot Chicken Taco! Route 66 Taco Company also offers Tamale Tuesday specials.
Cancun Mexican Grill - Saint Robert
Cancun Mexican Grill offers a menu inspired from the gulf coast of Mexico. The restaurant serves a half-dozen takes on the traditional taco including fajita tacos, pollo tacos, carne asada tacos, and ocean tacos. The tacos al pastor feature grilled marinated pork with onions, pineapple, and cilantro.
El Jimador Mexican Restaurant - Saint Robert
El Jimador Mexican Restaurant has been loved by locals for many years. The restaurant has traditional beef or chicken tacos a la carte. It also offers a fajita version of their taco salad, a crisp flour tortilla filled with fajita-style steak or chicken sautéed with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers and topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tomato. Steak lovers will savor an order of tacos de carne asada.
El Cabrito Mexican Restaurant - Saint Robert
In addition to tasty tacos, El Cabrito is known for its table-side guacamole. The restaurant offers a taco salad, seafood tacos, tacos supremos, and other favorites. Tacos a la Plancha are steak or chicken that has been grilled on a round, flat, metal plate. This cooking method originated in Spain and is a precursor to the flattop grill. El Cabrito serves its tacos a la plancha in a soft shell topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and cheese. One of the most requested dishes is Tacos Al Cabrito. Served in a flour shell, these tacos are filled with steak grilled with onions and covered with cheese sauce and served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, and tomato.
La Familia Mexican Restaurant - Saint Robert
La Familia has answered taco cravings in the Fort Leonard Wood area since 1998. It serves a hunger-satisfying taco platter with your choice of three crispy corn or soft flour tortillas tacos. You decide if you would like those filled with seasoned ground beef, shredded chicken, or shredded beef. They are topped with lettuce, cheese, and diced tomatoes and served with refried beans and rice. The restaurant also has top-notch tacos de carne asada.
Agave Azteca Mexican Bar and Grill - Saint Robert
Agave Azteca offers an amazing choice of gluten-free tacos, such as Caribbean filled with grilled chicken and pineapple, grilled or golden fried beer battered tilapia, and marinated pork.
Antonio's Mexican Fresh - Saint Robert
Antonio' s Mexican Fresh is a family-owned restaurant serving traditional dishes made with fresh, local ingredients having Authentic Mexican flavors in every bite! This restaurant has a menu full of different types of tacos including some favorites like street tacos, fried tacos and birria tacos as well as other traditional and new style flavorful dishes. If you're in a hurry, online ordering is also available!
EL CENTENARIO - Waynesville
El Centenario boasts "real Mexican flavors" on an expansive menu of classic dishes and innovative offerings. Get the meal started with their savory choriqueso before digging into their sizzling fajitas in a variety of flavors, from steak, chicken, and mixed singles to their sweet and tangy Fajitas Caribe topped with pineapple.
AVion Mexican Kitchen - Dixon
Avion Mexican Kitchen in Dixon has Tacos Al Pastor, a wonderful slow-roasted pork marinated with anchio-achiote, onions, cilantro, avocado, cheese, and pineapple, it is a dish you won't soon forget!
In search of the "perfect" taco? Check out other dining options to find more restaurants that may serve different tacos, like BBQ style or dessert tacos - you may even find one that makes pancake tacos!