Tucker's Cafe — Restaurant in Boone

Well what can I say... I'm a Chicago native where we have the best restaurants who literally compete for business. Not having a gyro for over 6 months since moving here, I finally was told to check this place out. And so I did, and didn't want to immediately judge by lettuce coming as default on the gyro, so I ordered ,minus the lettuce. I walked in, ordered, and was ready quickly. Good quick service. But coming home and opening it, this thing looked nothing like what is served in the Windy City. It had a paper wrap covering it and looked quite disappointing for a take out 9.56 costing gyro. The taste was ok, but overpowered from more pita than substance. Tzatzaki tasted good. I would describe in it as a small taco. You buy a gyro for meat, not the pita and lettuce. There was a need to wrap halfway in waxpaper because it was small enough to eat it on the go as a taco Bell taco. When I called to ask to speak to a manager, I aired my grievance, and was told it is a lot smaller without the lettuce. I will gladly try again and edit this if someone reaches out to me to try again, but I suppose they can get away with this since nobody sells gyros in town and sets a standard.

edit= reply to owner= I don't play around at Arby's. If you didn't get the point, I was simply stating if you served the midget gyro for 9.50 in an area with a competing restaurant, you would have to pull it off the menu because you couldn't match price quality...

I’m always in search of a good “Mom and Pop” restaurant where most of the food is made from scratch with very little heat and add water items! Tucker’s Cafe at the Mall in Boone was a pleasant surprise. There was something on the menu for everyone in my family

The food arrived to the table at an excellent temperature, every thing we had was super tasty. I ordered the Margarita Quesadilla, my husband had (Patsy‘s) Pita and our son had the Grilled Cheese. We ate everything and plan to return for more!

The fresh vegetables in the Quesadilla and Pita were fabulous. Portion sizes are just right and the price is good. I was so pleased with how crispy and crunchy the tater tots, grilled cheese and quesadilla were!

I would have given the place 5 stars, the only downside was entering the restaurant through a huddle of people by the counter. The entry was covered up with customers and some people one of the workers knew. She was a bit loud and too chatty with friends while customers were waiting to be seated, pay and even just enter the cafe. The front was terribly congested, because of her “visiting” which continued through half our meal. I’m very glad to see people happy and enjoy their friends, but someone needed to reel her in.

Overall we were satisfied and will return again if we’re able when...

NOT HAPPY with new menu! Tuckers has been my favorite restaurant since the 3rd grade, and when I went there today I saw that their menu had changed! I would always get the grilled cheese and it came with fries, but when I went there today not only had the price of the grilled cheese increased, but it no longer came with a side!!! It could come with pickle chips but nobody wants that, I WANT FRIES! So I decided that I would just order a side of fries, but when I got it there was barley any fries in the basket! NOT HAPPY! When I would normally go there with my family it would cost $20 with a generous tip and now it costs $30 for the same amount of food! EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED! My support...