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On Your Side: Springfield fast-food workers say their paychecks bounced, still waiting to be paid
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Several Springfield fast-food workers are out of a job and struggling to make ends meet after they say their paychecks bounced. While McDonald’s is a global brand, these specific workers are employed and paid by a local franchisee, MakShines, Inc., which took over three Springfield locations a little over a year ago. The affected stores include the McDonald’s locations on West Battlefield, West Kearney, and the North Kansas Expressway.
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The gays are eating garlic bread again in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield’s LGBTQIA+ community is once again answering one of life’s most pressing questions: Why choose between queer joy and garlic bread when you can have both? “Gays Eating Garlic Bread” is returning for a second helping Saturday, Sept. 19, this time at Phelps Grove Park. The aptly named “Gays Eating Garlic Bread: […]
Springfield News-Leader
Health inspector finds mouse poop under soda machine in Ozarks kitchen
Springfield-Greene County Health Department food inspectors found mouse feces under a soda machine in an Ozarks kitchen this week. The E-Plex Concessions East kitchen at Ozark Empire Fairground, 3001 N. Grant Ave., had no priority violations during its Aug. 21 routine inspection , but inspectors did find mouse feces underneath the soda machine, according to the report. Issues found during inspections fall into either priority or non-priority violations. Priority violations impact the safety of the food, such as cross-contamination between raw and ready-to-eat food, improper food temperature and poor personal hygiene and employee health. Multiple priority violations can lead to an establishment being shut down. Non-priority violations alone do not directly affect food safety, such as dirty floors, sticky tabletops or outside trash cans not being covered. More: Frequent reader of Greene County food inspections? Here's what inspectors want you to know Food inspections take place one to three times a year, depending on the type of food served, the population served, difficulty of food preparation and past history. Restaurants preparing food from raw ingredients are inspected more often "than convenience stores that serve only non-potentially hazardous foods, such as popcorn and soda," according to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department
KYTV
Springfield restaurant to reopen after flash flood damage
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Vine Pairings at Creekside, a restaurant near Sequiota Park, plans to reopen after a flash flood damaged the building in June. Denise Allsop and her son Austin opened the bar and restaurant last October. “And we decided to open at this location because it’s just beautiful....
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Some Of The Best Fried Chicken In Missouri Is Hiding Inside This Unsuspecting Restaurant
If you drove past Rosie Jo’s Cafe in Ozark, Missouri without stopping, nobody would blame you. From the outside, it looks like a perfectly ordinary restaurant in a perfectly ordinary brick building, and nothing about the exterior is going to grab you by the collar and demand your attention.
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Last week’s Springfield restaurant health code violations, Aug. 17-21
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — These are the Springfield restaurant health code violations for last week, Aug. 17-21. CAPTAIN DS #3545 – CITY View History. 8/17/2026 4:30:00 PM – Routine Inspection; Result: Permitted with Reinspection. Priority Violations Found: 1. Observed: Small line cooler not keeping potentially hazardous foods at...
Springfield News-Leader
Local duo prepares to open new chicken restaurant in Springfield
About a mile east of Springfield's "Chicken Strip" collection of chain restaurants, the owners behind Kick's Chicken are preparing to serve up a local option for fans of battered-and-fried poultry. After years working in the food industry, Kyle Gitchel and Xavier Cahoone were ready to open their own food truck or restaurant. Now, the duo is nearly ready to open the doors at Kick's Chicken at 1369 E. Sunshine St., formerly occupied by Corner 21. "We just don't think there're good chicken strips in town at all," Gitchel said. "Like, there are so many chicken strip places, and none of them are good. And so, we just set out to make good chicken strips, and that's about it." The restaurant will serve up chicken strips, wings, gluten-free chicken, and mac and cheese, with various side dishes including Brussel sprouts. The chicken strips will also be incorporated into sandwiches, salads and wraps. Gitchel said more menu items are in the works and could be added in the future. Gitchel said the plan is to prioritize take-out orders, using the drive-thru window for pickup. With the location near Mercy Hospital, he said this will be an easy spot for medical workers and
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This Missouri Chocolate Factory Shows You How Cocoa Beans Become Chocolate In Just 45 Minutes
A small chocolate shop on Historic Commercial Street in Springfield turns a simple cocoa bean into something rich, sweet, and memorable. Askinosie Chocolate is known for its 45-minute factory tour, where visitors learn how chocolate is made from pod to bar. The visit matters because it connects tasty treats with...
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Denny's Set to Take Over Former Wings Etc. Spot on Glenstone Avenue
A new Denny's is on its way to 2651 N. Glenstone Ave. in Springfield, taking over the building that most recently housed Wings Etc. Grill & Pub, according to a commercial building permit filed with the city in early July 2026. The permit description states plainly that the building was previously a Wings Etc. and will be converted into a Denny's restaurant, marking the diner chain's second Springfield location.
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This Old-Fashioned Candy Store In Missouri Is A Bucket List-Worthy Sugar Rush
Most bucket list items involve plane tickets, passport stamps, or at least a very long drive to somewhere with mountains. Redmon’s Candy Factory in Phillipsburg, Missouri proves that sometimes the most worthwhile destination is the one sitting right along a highway you’ve probably driven before. The building announces...
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The Tiny Roadside Seafood Restaurant In Missouri That’s Absolutely Worth The Drive
There are places you stumble into by accident, and then there are places that feel like the road itself was trying to tell you something. Dowd’s Catfish & BBQ in Lebanon, Missouri is the kind of place the road has been whispering about for a very long time. Let’s...