Whit’s End 48

Around 6 last night (Friday) we went to Taylorville’s Whit’s End, pleasantly surprised. The place was about half full, has a lot of seating inside. We got seated immediately, got menus, asked what we want to drink, and got our drinks all pretty quick. The place was clean, not fancy but nice, and had people coming and going.
Because I felt like having a few beers, I ordered their deal on appetizers, two for $ 7.99. I got 5 hot wings, they turned out to be good size, and fried chicken livers. Our other dish was half a fried chicken with a salad as the side. The salad was nice. It came with plenty of dressing, onion, a little diced tomato and shredded cheese. Good salad. Was told chicken would take 20 minutes and it also turned out to be really good. I got to eat the thigh which was tasty.
On the way out we found they have a bar area with eating up front, I like this place.
We didn’t try the rids (had bad review), steaks or sandwiches. We will return to try other things not just because we had 3 or 4 beers, 1 glass of wine, the half chicken dinner and two appetizers for $ 30. Believe we will return on a Friday again to try the prime rib. We were told its a whole prime rib and cooked there.
UPDATE:
Returned on Friday to try their prime rib. Found they also serve it on Saturdays and have 10 and 12 ounce cuts. Ordered a medium rare 10 oz. cut and it was great. Served with au jus and two sides all for $ 15. Very pleased and will be back for the prime rib.
Like the last time we were there, we ordered the two appetizers for $ 7.99. Had the shrimp and wings. They were both jumbo pieces and we thought were very good. We again both had their dinner salad. It’s a nice size salad with a lot of extras, also enjoyed this.
We will return again.

Don’t let the outside stop you. It’s very nice, modern & clean inside. Lots of seating.
We ordered the 2 for $ 7 appetizers for starts — 6 shrimp & 6 poppers. I left the shrimp for my wife since it was her birthday & she’s crazy about shrimp. The shrimp were nice size & wife said they were not fresh New Orleans quality shrimp but still good. The poppers were pretty good. Just a bit of heat but not burning.
We both ordered sirloin with ½ rack ribs, baked potato & salad, hers with 1000 Island & mine with bleu cheese.
The salads came quickly. Nice size with lettuce, tomatoes, onion, & crutons. The dressing was on the side & was plenty.
The sirloin was pretty good & cooked as ordered. No fat. Nice piece of meat.
The ½ rack was nice size with a lot of meat. However flavor was a bit disappointing. It appeared the ribs had been boiled or pressure cooked then the BBQ sauce painted on just prior to serving. The meat fell off the bones & was tender but it didn’t have the good BBQ bark or smoke.
The baked potatoes were large. They were cooked perfectly giving them a fluffy inside. Came with plenty of butter & sour cream on the side.
The bread stick was a bit odd. Sweet bread with a touch of garlic. We both prefer with garlic bread or sweet bread but not together.
Service & wait staff were quick & responsive.
Overall we give it a 3 star. OK good. Not exception. Nothing about it bad. We’ll be back to try other menu items — but it won’t be the ribs.

I had already eaten at the Whits end in Macon, Illinois, where everything I have had there was done well but took way to long. So I decided to try out the one in Taylorville to see if they same was true here. I was happy that the food cane out much quicker here.
They serve typical bar food. I ordered the blue cheese burger which was great but the fries were under cooked, and apparently under a heat lamp for a while, mushy and oily. My daughter ordered meatloaf and mashed potatoes that she didn’t care for (but she’s a bit fussy) but I ate them them the next day and thought they were pretty good. Three stars is the result of empty glasses on our table and no offer of a refill, we had to ask when the waitress accidentally wandered to close to our table, Cold limp fries, and even though the place was mostly empty they seated us booth to booth with a small group who had a SCREEEEEAAAAMMMMINNG child. I know that it’s not their fault he was screaming but the place was empty so put us somewhere else.