Archive for December, 2007
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Romano’s Macaroni Grill
Steve and his family, Danny and my wife and I all had lunch there today. The Macaroni Grill is the ‘newest’ chain restaurant in town and by the look of the parking lot while driving by on Battlefield, looks to be very busy most of the time. We got there about 11:15 -
Texas Roadhouse
Last night I wanted steak and we decided to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Texas Roadhouse is a chain, and I usually don’t review the chain restaraunts, but since there is only one in Springfield, -
The Grotto
Lunch today was with my wife and her sister. I’ve been to the Grotto before for lunch and liked it so wanted to go back to be able to write about it. The Grotto is located in a strip center just South of Battlefield Street on South Kimbrough. The Grotto is one of those places where you [...] -
La Fiesta Mexican Grill
La Fiesta is located in the small strip center in the Home Depot parking lot on South Glenstone in what used to be Schlotzsky’s. I consider La Fiesta to be (in Steve’s ranking) in the top tier of Mexican restaurants in town. We had lunch on Sunday after church with a group of about 11. [...] -
Mexican Villa
Steve decided that we needed to review Mexican Villa (MV) since it is one of the most well known restaurants in Springfield. Mexican Villa is a Springfield tradition for over 50 years and according to their web site they were the first Mexican restaurant in Springfield. So today, Steve, Danny and I had lunch -
Riad South
Today was lunch with my brother, nephew (he’s 2), and my wife at Riad at their south location on Republic Road. My brother hasn’t been exposed to Mediterranean food much. I had eaten dinner here a couple of months ago -
Yen’s Chinese Food
This is NOT Mr. Yen’s! Yen’s Chinese Food is located next to the Subway on Ingram Mill Road just South of Sunshine. I’m pretty sure this spot used to be Lucy’s Chinese restaurant before Lucy’s moved down the road. On Sunday evening -
Cielito Lindo
Dinner tonight was with my wife & Steve’s family at Cielito Lindo (it means Pretty Sky) on South Campbell. There were six of us total, we were seated quickly and we had our drinks & chips & salsa in short order. The chips were warm and they were the white corn style and thin & [...]