Submitted by Jimithyashford t3_10veoeu in springfieldMO
robzilla71173 t1_j7hv3l1 wrote
Just start on one end of Commercial St. and work your way to the other. Take a quick side trip to Queen City Soul Food just around the corner and you'll hit soul food, Pizza House, Lebanese, Peruvian, Italian, Cuban, Dutch, and Ruthies for 'Whatever Joe wants to make' night. Joe makes some weird stuff sometimes, but it always looks good. Lindberg's has great burgers and often will have an exotic burger of some sort on the menu. (gator tail about 80% of the time)
Also come spring Millsap Farm pizza club will be back in session. It's a farm out N Glenstone near Fellows Lake. They have clay wood fired pizza ovens and they do buffet style all you can eat pizza outdoors with a live band on Thursday nights in spring and summer. Uses ingredients they grow on the farm. I realize it's technically American fare, but some of their flavor combos are unique. A very tasty white sauce pizza with sliced white grapes stands out in my memory.
If you watch craigslist or facebook marketplace or look for ads at some of the local Mexican restaurants you can find a lot of people selling homemade tamales. Sometimes they're really good.
MSU has Carrie's Cafe and I think OTC has an equivalent. They're the restaurants run by culinary students. I remember Andrew Zimmer going to the SOTO one in Branson and raving about it. I confess that although I work here, I've never been to Carries. Something I have to fix this year. Their season starts in about a week and this is the menu:
My favorite go to for a quick meal in my neighborhood is Misaki (formerly Little Tokyo). Think Nakato's but a lot more casual, cheaper version of it. Tasty hibachi for cheap.
Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j7jkrs5 wrote
Last year Carrie's had a Thai sauce they used for tater tots and I still think about it all the time. So good. They do a really great job, probably better than half the actual restaurants in Springfield
robzilla71173 t1_j7kvok6 wrote
I was looking at their menu for the year, some really interesting stuff on there with Vietnamese and Thai influence. I'm looking forward to trying them in a couple of weeks.
A_Podcast_From_SGF t1_j7i1vjy wrote
Second this Ruthie’s recommendation. We recently went for the first time and Joe was great. We originally planned to go to Cusco but decided to give Joe’s daily special (Salisbury steak) a try. It was great! Just show up before it gets too late as he has limited quantities of the specials at times.
robzilla71173 t1_j7i2g5q wrote
I would say that same thing applies to Lindberg's Sunday brunches. They get really unique and the good ones can sell out fast. Have to pay attention to their facebook page to know what they're serving.
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