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5 Best Restaurants in Columbia, Missouri You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Columbia, Missouri — a city where red-brick streets hum with the footsteps of students and professors, where the scent of coffee and barbecue drifts through the air, where murals bloom on alley walls and the laughter of families echoes from porch to porch. Here, the city’s heart beats in the rhythm of Tigers games, late-night study sessions, and the easy camaraderie of neighbors at the farmers’ market. The architecture is a patchwork: stately columns, sun-warmed bungalows, and the ever-present sprawl of campus life.

Columbia, MO · 2d
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Drive To This Iconic Missouri Diner For A Breakfast Experience That Feels Like A Warm Hug

Some breakfasts fill your stomach, and some breakfasts feel like an actual hug from somebody who genuinely cares about your wellbeing, and Hometown Cafe in Syracuse, Missouri specializes firmly in the second category. Get in the car, point yourself toward Morgan County, and let’s talk about why this unassuming red...

Syracuse, MO · 3d
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The 3 most beloved Missouri restaurants that are now gone

Missouri has already lost several longtime restaurant favorites, and another round of goodbyes has changed the St. Louis dining scene. Three very different local spots are now gone, each leaving…

St. Louis, MO · 12d

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The Best Apple Cider Donuts In Missouri Are Waiting At This Charming Hidden Orchard

There’s a barn in Weston, Missouri with a red roof and an old tractor out front, and inside that barn are apple cider donuts that will quietly rearrange your priorities in life. Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard doesn’t advertise itself loudly, and honestly, that’s a big part of its...

Weston, MO · 3d
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10 Missouri Restaurants Worth Driving To For A Special Occasion Dinner

A restaurant in the Ozarks marks sunset with bagpipes and cannon fire. Yes, during dinner. I had to read that twice. Honestly, that’s my kind of dessert course. Then I learned another spot serves a four-course tasting menu inside a 1905 house with herb gardens. A third cooks steaks over live oak fire.

Missouri · 2d

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Missouri Still Has 7 All-You-Can-Eat Chinese Buffets Where Crab Legs Fill The Steam Tables

Crab legs used to be a regular sight at Chinese buffets across Missouri, and then many of them quietly vanished from the steam tables. The good news is that a handful of spots still pile them on, sometimes every day and sometimes only on certain nights. This list covers seven...

Missouri · 9h

Columbia Daily Tribune

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Morning fryer fire shut down Columbia restaurant for part of a day

A national chain restaurant in Columbia was prevented from opening until the afternoon of Nov. 2 after a kitchen emergency. Chili's Bar and Grill , 41 Conley Road, reported a fire involving the fryer at about 9:30 a.m. Nov. 2, so the inspector suspended the operating license while cleanup occurred. Routine restaurant inspections happen two to three times per year based on priority and location of Columbia restaurants, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services previously has said. Follow-up inspections are scheduled if a critical violation is found. Restaurants typically may correct noncritical violations by the next routine inspection. Reports are from Oct. 27 through Monday, Nov. 2, unless otherwise noted. Reports may also include local bars and other locations where food may be served. The restaurant's Ansul fire suppression system was activated during the incident. The restaurant had to recharge the fire suppression system, including a sign-off from the fire department; and clean and sanitize all impacted areas and equipment before reopening. The go-ahead to reopen, including operating permit reinstatement happened at about 2:15 p.m. Routine inspections Little Caesar's Pizza , 100 Brickton Road Suite 108, needs to clean gaskets and the door frame of a food preparation cooler,

Columbia, MO · 1d

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These 7 Missouri Small-Town Taverns Have Been Frying Pork Tenderloins Since Before You Were Born

In Missouri, a pork tenderloin sandwich is not just lunch. It is a breaded, fried, plate-sized tradition that hangs off the bun and dares you to finish it. Some of the best ones come from small-town taverns where the buildings are older than anyone sitting at the bar. From an 1820s stagecoach-era tavern in Arrow Rock to an 1870s German hall in Hermann and a hunting-lodge roadhouse in Clinton, these spots keep the classic alive.

Missouri · 3d

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Best KC-Style BBQ Right Across Missouri Border Says USA Today

USA Today readers have just named the best KC-style BBQ and it's not in Missouri.

Kansas City, KS · 3d

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Missouri SNAP Cards Will Stop Covering Candy, Cookies, Doughnuts and Drinks With More Than 10 Grams of Sugar per Serving on Feb. 15, 2027

Missouri's Healthy SNAP waiver takes effect Feb. 15, 2027, taking candy, packaged desserts like doughnuts and cookies, energy drinks and sugary soft drinks off the list of eligible purchases.

Missouri · 1d

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Ozark Mills Now House These 6 Missouri Restaurants Worth A Scenic Drive

Missouri’s old mills once ground corn and wheat for nearby farm families. Today, a handful of them serve dinner instead, and some still sit right beside the rivers and waterfalls that powered them. The six restaurants on this list range from a speakeasy reached through a tunnel to a...

Missouri · 2d

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Seven Missouri Bakeries Still Making Gooey Butter Cake The Old St. Louis Way

Gooey butter cake is the dessert St. Louis claims as its own. It is a flat, sugary square with a soft, rich center and a dusting of powdered sugar on top. You will not find it at most bakeries outside Missouri, which makes the places still baking it a real treat. Here are seven shops across the state, from old neighborhood favorites to newer spots, that keep this classic going.

St. Louis, MO · 2d

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This Old-School Missouri Drugstore Counter Still Pours Hand-Mixed Malts Like It’s 1950

A marble bar, a chocolate malt, and a phosphate soda are still waiting on one Missouri town square. Yes, phosphates. The fizzy old fountain drink your grandparents ordered never fully left this spot. The menu reads like a time capsule with a few modern surprises tucked in. You’ll find floats,...

Independence, MO · 1d

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10 Missouri Diners Where A Satisfying Meal Doesn’t Have To Come With A Hefty Bill

One diner in this lineup has been feeding hungry people since 1937, back when a movie ticket cost about a quarter. Another serves pancakes so big that a single order brings three of them. That kind of generosity still shows up across Missouri. You can find Route 66 counters, formica...

Missouri · 2d

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Columbia business roundup: Coffee, cheesesteaks, cowboy boots and more

Columbia is on the verge of getting a different kind of coffee shop, a new cheesesteak spot and another place to shop for cowboy boots. Here’s a look at those businesses and other recent announcements around town. Shibam Coffee Co. brings Yemeni coffee to Columbia. Shibam Coffee Co., a...

Columbia, MO · 3d

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SNAP Soda and Candy Limits Coming in 2027 to Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Ohio and Hawaii

Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Hawaii have 2027 target dates for SNAP soda and candy limits, according to USDA's food restriction waiver list.

Missouri · 7h

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Winter Weekends Feel Cozier At These 6 Missouri Small-Town Bakeries Making Cinnamon Rolls From Scratch

Cold Saturday mornings in Missouri call for something warm, sweet, and big enough to share, if you are feeling generous. Small-town bakeries across the state are rolling out cinnamon rolls by hand, from an Amish kitchen in Jamesport to a Main Street storefront in Webb City. Each stop on this...

Missouri · 21h

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LTE: No Half-Baked Cake for Our Kids. No Half-Baked School Grades, Either.

It’s the night before an assignment is due, and your kid rushes in and lets you know that they have a school project due the next morning. Are you shocked when the last-minute, rushed project results in a bad grade?. I’ve been graded before. Every superintendent has. Test scores,...

Missouri · 23h

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The Humble Missouri Restaurant With All-You-Can-Eat Buffet That’s Worth Every Mile Driven

Some restaurants make you drive past three perfectly good exits, and Don’s Family Style Buffet in Huntsville, Missouri is absolutely one of them. This is the kind of place that resets your expectations for what a meal out can actually feel like, and it does it without any fuss or fanfare.

Huntsville, MO · 10d

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One Missouri Restaurant Made America's 12 Most Haunted List

A famous Missouri place has just been named one of the 12 most haunted restaurants in America.

St. Louis, MO · 8d