Regular Joe's Guide

Latest visit: Jun 2025 (Colby, KS) First visit: May 1989 (Cedar Rapids, IA) HQ: Cheyenne, WY (Founded: 1969) ---6/8/25 update (Colby, KS) We are back at the Colby, Kansas location, a convenient stop over on any road trip going out east or coming home on I-70. This was to be the conclusion of our trip from Detroit. Much good news to report here. We arrived to see the touch screens, but the assistant manager immediately offered to take our order. Good thing too as she then informed us that lunch wasn't ready (it was about 10:15 in the morning). Mrs. RJG blurted out that we only wanted tacos. "Oh! We can make you those". Yaay. And they came out super hot and delicious. Even better is they have the green sauce back! Note the 2023 update below. The manager said it was probably available two years ago but they didn't want to offer it separately. She said that won't happen at this location again. Given that her family owns another Taco Johns in Colorado tells me she'...

Last visit: Sep 2022 First visit: Mar 2020 Based on our last visit, we were most anxious to retry one of the last restaurants we visited before the pandemic wiped our lives away for a year plus. Right away, things went south when we learned they no longer serve alcohol. Why the heck would they do that? Well you know how we are with our white wine and Thai Food. OK, we'll tough it out with water I guess. We already knew we were going to hit a couple of breweries afterwards. On this visit I tried their Pad Kee Mao with chicken. Again, it's more of a western interpretation. The noodles were excellent and hot temperature. The sauce has a very similar flavor to Pad Thai. The chicken breast had a nice flavor. Not a favorite but enjoyable. Speaking of Pad Thai that's what the Mrs. had. She said it's a good variation. We didn't go with appetizers this time, and I don't remember seeing the Shrimp Blanket either. This will likely be our last visit. There's another Tha...