Guidebook for Springfield
Food Scene
You MUST try the freshly baked chips with Bleu Cheese and their pizzas are wonderful!
The Grotto West Coast Grill
301 E Battlefield RdYou MUST try the freshly baked chips with Bleu Cheese and their pizzas are wonderful!
It's authentic, inexpensive and GOOD! If you are a red beer drinker, the Michelada is soooo refreshing! Great place for kids, too. $1 tacos on Tuesdays!
Amigos Mexican Restaurant
2118 S Campbell AveIt's authentic, inexpensive and GOOD! If you are a red beer drinker, the Michelada is soooo refreshing! Great place for kids, too. $1 tacos on Tuesdays!
You can't stay in Springfield without trying Springfield Cashew Chicken! If you want to go with the inventor, head south to Leong's but if you want to keep it close, Asia Express is the place to go!
Asia Express
2462 S Campbell AveYou can't stay in Springfield without trying Springfield Cashew Chicken! If you want to go with the inventor, head south to Leong's but if you want to keep it close, Asia Express is the place to go!
Drinks & Nightlife
Just up the road, they are brewing some of the best beer around... go in for a tasting. And chances are, there is an event happening in their back yard!
29 locals recommend
Mother's Brewing Company
215 S Grant AveJust up the road, they are brewing some of the best beer around... go in for a tasting. And chances are, there is an event happening in their back yard!
Arts & Culture
Check out a show while you're here... there's ALWAYS someone great playing at the Gillioz, located Downtown, just a few minutes up the road!
11 locals recommend
The Historic Gillioz Theatre
325 Park Central ECheck out a show while you're here... there's ALWAYS someone great playing at the Gillioz, located Downtown, just a few minutes up the road!
Shopping
Another "must see" while you're here and just around the corner... okay, maybe a couple of corners, depending on your route. What can I say? You just have to check it out for yourself! Be sure to take the kids and plan on spending an hour or two!
141 locals recommend
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World
1 S Campbell AveAnother "must see" while you're here and just around the corner... okay, maybe a couple of corners, depending on your route. What can I say? You just have to check it out for yourself! Be sure to take the kids and plan on spending an hour or two!
The local Farmer's Market runs all year long, every Saturday. Get there early for the local goodies before they run out!
20 locals recommend
Farmer's Market of the Ozarks
2144 E Republic RdThe local Farmer's Market runs all year long, every Saturday. Get there early for the local goodies before they run out!
Everything Else
There is something for EVERYONE Downtown; movie theater, shopping, dining, dancing, drinking, live music, art, sightseeing, sports, event center, science center, video arcade, crafts, even sunsets at the top of the parking garage! Take a left onto Campbell from Tracy St., keep driving for a couple of miles and you'll run right into it! Keep going another mile or so and you'll bump into the smaller version on C St.!
34 locals recommend
Downtown Springfield
There is something for EVERYONE Downtown; movie theater, shopping, dining, dancing, drinking, live music, art, sightseeing, sports, event center, science center, video arcade, crafts, even sunsets at the top of the parking garage! Take a left onto Campbell from Tracy St., keep driving for a couple of miles and you'll run right into it! Keep going another mile or so and you'll bump into the smaller version on C St.!
Essentials
Easy to get to from my place; go West out of the driveway, turn left onto Fort, make a right at Battlefield Rd. and you're there!
10 locals recommend
Hy-Vee
1720 W Battlefield RdEasy to get to from my place; go West out of the driveway, turn left onto Fort, make a right at Battlefield Rd. and you're there!
Springfield Family Laundry
429 W University StA convenient place to do your laundry, and just around the corner.
Parks & Nature
Can't miss out on this... just a great place to get some excercise and take the kids for some wildlife viewings!
37 locals recommend
Springfield Conservation Nature Center
4601 Nature Center TrailCan't miss out on this... just a great place to get some excercise and take the kids for some wildlife viewings!