Posted: 3/29/2017 10:03:51 PM EDT
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I will be spending a few days in Springfield next month. What are a couple of decent places the locals like to go to?
Open to most types except sushi and indian. Thanks. |
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Not from around here...as in Missouri?
Try Lamberts in Ozark. Directly south of Springfield. Throwed rolls and home cookin. Touch is kinda fancy. Flame is a fancy steakhouse place downtown Actually haven't been out to eat dinner in a long while. Those are the places that come to mind. Good luck. |
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When we're in Springfield we usually hit Di Giacinto's Italian Restaurant just south of Bass Pro on Campbell. Traditional Italian food and an Italian bakery.
Be sure and get a Pineapple Whip while you're in town. It's the best thing in Springfield! They're usually in one of the lots on the main drags around town. |
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I would skip Lambert's, for sure. Long lines, mediocre food, high prices. Mostly a place for tourists to get rolls thrown at them.
Last time I was in Springfield to see my parents, I took my parents to eat at the Farmers Gastropub (for my mom's birthday). Everything there was delicious. Price was not nearly what I was expecting for the food we got. We didn't pay that much, and we had appetizers, four entrees, and three desserts. |
| Pizza House on Commercial. Springfield Brewco for casual dining & Lost Signal Brewery for BBQ, downtown. Bubba's BBQ on West Bypass. Mexican Villa some folks don't like it, but I do and I'm not alone, several locations in town. Ceasar's Old Mexico on E. Sunshine. These are not chains and are locally owned. |
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I will be spending a few days in Springfield next month. What are a couple of decent places the locals like to go to? Open to most types except sushi and indian. Thanks. Let's stay away from the touristy B.S and have some really great local cuisine. Ocean Zen Pacific Rim. In the old Mr. Yen's, National and James River. Absolutely wonderful Asian and American fusion and a martini menu that will blow you away. I recommend ONE Northern Lights martini. My favorite is the Mongolian glazed ribeye and lobster/blue crab and cream cheese stuffed won tons. The Tan boys know their shit. Pizza House now on Commercial. The best pizza you will put in your mouth. Ever. You can't go wrong with the large deluxe or four meat. Just don't wear any StL Cardinals gear. The founders were from Chicago and were Cubs fans. I know her husband passed many years ago, but Dorothy may still be around. The restaurant has changed hands a couple of time since it was forced out of its original location on Glenstone. Leong's Asian Diner on Republic. The creator of Springfield style chicken with cashew nut. Now in his 90s, David Leong is a Chinese American WW2 vet and inventor of the signature dish. Now lets talk about the most important meal of the day. Breakfast. While Scramblers and Jimmy's Egg are good options, Cedars makes the best four egg omelets you'll ever put in your mouth and the biscuits for the B&G are as big as your fist. There are two, one on S. Campbell and Walnut Lawn and the other (original) on West Bypass north of Chestnut Expy. |
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Pizza House on Commercial. Springfield Brewco for casual dining & Lost Signal Brewery for BBQ, downtown. Bubba's BBQ on West Bypass. Mexican Villa some folks don't like it, but I do and I'm not alone, several locations in town. Ceasar's Old Mexico on E. Sunshine. These are not chains and are locally owned. |
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When we're in Springfield we usually hit Di Giacinto's Italian Restaurant just south of Bass Pro on Campbell. Traditional Italian food and an Italian bakery. Be sure and get a Pineapple Whip while you're in town. It's the best thing in Springfield! They're usually in one of the lots on the main drags around town. |
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Not from around here...as in Missouri? Try Lamberts in Ozark. Directly south of Springfield. Throwed rolls and home cookin. Touch is kinda fancy. Flame is a fancy steakhouse place downtown Actually haven't been out to eat dinner in a long while. Those are the places that come to mind. Good luck. Touch and Flame are owned by the same family. They also have a restaurant on Walnut St. over by MSU but the name escapes me. Ebbets Field is a great local burger and beer joint. The founder was a Mets fan and former sports jock for KICK 1340 am but his name escapes me. Nick something. |
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Let's stay away from the touristy B.S and have some really great local cuisine. Ocean Zen Pacific Rim. In the old Mr. Yen's, National and James River. Absolutely wonderful Asian and American fusion and a martini menu that will blow you away. I recommend ONE Northern Lights martini. My favorite is the Mongolian glazed ribeye and lobster/blue crab and cream cheese stuffed won tons. The Tan boys know their shit. Pizza House now on Commercial. The best pizza you will put in your mouth. Ever. You can't go wrong with the large deluxe or four meat. Just don't wear any StL Cardinals gear. The founders were from Chicago and were Cubs fans. I know her husband passed many years ago, but Dorothy may still be around. The restaurant has changed hands a couple of time since it was forced out of its original location on Glenstone. Leong's Asian Diner on Republic. The creator of Springfield style chicken with cashew nut. Now in his 90s, David Leong is a Chinese American WW2 vet and inventor of the signature dish. Now lets talk about the most important meal of the day. Breakfast. While Scramblers and Jimmy's Egg are good options, Cedars makes the best four egg omelets you'll ever put in your mouth and the biscuits for the B&G are as big as your fist. There are two, one on S. Campbell and Walnut Lawn and the other (original) on West Bypass north of Chestnut Expy. But yes-their breakfast is good. Used to allow smoking inside which was a major turn off. Haven't been in there in so long don't know if it's been outlawed. Thinking it has. |
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Cedars is the QUINTESSENTIAL "greasy spoon". But yes-their breakfast is good. Used to allow smoking inside which was a major turn off. Haven't been in there in so long don't know if it's been outlawed. Thinking it has. |