El Charro Mexican Restaurant

Amazing food, excellent service (Antonio is the best!), and reasonably priced. I love this place!

If you are looking for a place to eat in Lamar on Yelp, you are either lost, stranded or visiting Presidential birthplaces in the US.  Lamar is the birthplace of President Truman.
Outside of the landmark, this town of about 4,000 has one of the best Mexican restaurants in the Midwest.
El Charro (The Cowboy) has great platters (my fav is the shrimp, chicken and beef with rice and beans), burritos and fresh chips.
Service is pretty good and food comes out of the kitchen pretty fast.
I spent about a 10 months in the area on business and this was my 2x week lunch place.

This is my favorite place in Lamar.  There are several El Charro restaurants in the area including Joplin and Pittsburgh and they are about the same.  The food is good and it is not expensive.  You get seated and served very quickly and everyone there does a good job.  The food is consistent and I have never been disappointed.