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In-A-Tub
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- None
3 reviews for In-A-Tub
Anywhere that sells both quick Mexican food and ice cream is right up my alley. I stopped here after passing it on many a trip to work at Zona Rosa.
The menu through me for a loop and the drive through is way on the right side. The sign that tells you to be ready to order stressed me out because I was anything but...
I ordered a burrito with cheese and a chocolate shake(while I fumbled for my Tums in my purse).
I then pulled a half mile around to the window and read a sigh saying that they make everything fresh after you order so be patient. hmm thought I...but you cannot be patient while I indecisively ho-hum in front of the drive-up speaker?
Oh well. My wait was not too long and my burrito ended up being more like a little chimichanga. It was good(it tasted like something frozen you get get at the grocery store but then cooked right and covered in a cheese sauce). and my shake was creamy and super chocolatey. The salsa was thin and mild like I like me fast food salsa to be. Overall for five bucks, it was tasty.
In an effort to branch out and embrace the culture of the strange breed known as Northlanders, I agreed to attend a lunch outing at In-A-Tub. In-A-Tub is apparently a Northland tradition, likely because no other KC suburb wants to be attached to the franchise.
The basic premise is that a number of the items are fried in a tub. The menu is full of "tex mex," hot dogs, loose beef sandwiches and a wide array of fried side items which includes a number of vegetables. They apparently have also brought back ice cream. Having never been here before, I did not know that it left. The Tub Tornado ice cream might be a better description of what your guts will feel like after dining.
At this location, you can dine-in or drive-thru. When entering, you have only booth seating to your left and to the right is a hallway leading to the bathrooms and the counter you order and pay at. There are three flat panel TVs in four of the establishments corners. Overall, the place looked clean enough. The bathroom hallway smelled of wet dog, which is great for when you stand there to fill your drink. I also enjoyed it when the counter girl walked through the seating and sporadically sprayed some lemon pledge for me to enjoy with my meal.
I ordered a wide array of items to get a good feeling for the place. I first went with the fried cauliflower, which comes with a side of cheese for dipping. It was pretty much what you would expect. I next moved to a meat, bean and cheese taco. For those not familiar, they put soft, velveta-like cheese in the shell along with the taco meat, then chili beans, lettuce, sauce and powdered cheese. This was one of the worst food-related items I have ever put in my mouth. There are many things taco meat should be described as, and creamy is not on that list. The beans were an awful addition, and I don't know what in the hell the sauce was. But the topper is the bright orange powder cheese. One of my co-workers got a tostada, which I don't think I would have been able to raise to my mouth with its orange glow.
I then ate a corn dog, which they actually have on the menu as korn dog for whatever reason. It was pretty large and fried up well. I thought it was good, but another co-worker almost spilled the contents in-his-stomach because of how nicely the dog glistened in its own juices after biting into it. I finished things off with an everything burrito. I always thought a fried burrito was a chimichanga, but they still call it a burrito. It's basically a microwave, chili burrito topped with more chili, cheese, lettuce, onions and sauce. There is so much lettuce on the thing, you need to stab the tray it comes in just to know something is in there. It kind of reminded me of something my grade school cafeteria would have served.
From other trays, I had a veggie stick and some apple sticks. The apple sticks were pretty good; just diced up apples in cinnamon sauce. The veggie stick was the worst of everything I had. They are basically sticks comprised of the contents of a bag of frozen mixed veggies. Completely wretched.
Pricing is not horrible, unless you actually want to get full here...which I'm not sure you do. My four items and a drink were around $13, which is ridiculous since the food was only in my person for 2 - 3 hours.
The afternoon following this meal was one of my longest in recent memory. I can't honestly say I will never eat at In-A-Tub again. I would highly recommend this place to those looking to shave decades off of their lives. Apparently, Northland traditions involve things that cause you to keep in close proximity to a toilet for a number of hours after.
This is heart-attack inducing, mostly deep-fried far-from-authentic fast and cheap Mexican. I love this place for what it is (sort of a Northland KC tradition... my dad went here when he was a teenager!) but I don't eat here too often, to be honest. Usually feel a little bit... sluggish afterwards, but its worth it now and then!
