Where is a good place to have lunch in Columbia?
 

Missouri that is. I'm going to be over there tomorrow and don't really want to do anything "standard".

At the Y.Yummy.

Bandanas is about as good BBQ as you're going to get outside KC/

only places I'm familiar w/are chains. you might hit up dj's left nut(that's funny after I read it).
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Bandanas is a chain and not a very good one at that.

BBQ is my favorite, bar none. But since I live in KC I think I would rather do something else.

Hardees FTW!

Bogota?

Ha! Yeeeeeah, think I will pass on that. :)

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guess you could ask comochief for the shitiest place and go there.
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The sad part is I'm not kidding. There aren't any Hardees left in the Chicago area and it has always been my favorite fast food place. Whenver I go to Missouri the first place I stop to eat is Hardees. Their mushroom and swiss burger is the greatest thing ever.

Tough to beat Shakespeare's Pizza.

G&D's Pizza (awesome Greek pizza)
House of Chow (fantastic Chinese food, right next door to G&D's)
Hu Hot (Mongolian grill)

G&D's beats it. :harumph:

Flat branch is a brew pub in downtown Columbia. Addison's is a good place downtown.

What are you looking for? Depends if you're looking for a dive kind of place, or a nice place, or pizza, or what...

flat branch is great.

44 stone has great pub food (their cheese fritters ROCK)

addison's is ok--I'm not a huge fan, but I'm not anti-addison's.

if you like thai, bangkok garden is great.

Did you get sick of them? Most people I know who worked in fast food places stopped eating there quickly.

I like Hardee's as well. Just not what I am looking for.

We have a Chick-Fil-A on the ground floor of my building... didn't take long to be sick and tired of Chick-Fil-A.

I've never eaten at one.

My options are completely open. Except for Chinese. I don't like Chinese food. And I do not mind spending money on good food but, it is only lunch, so probably nothing too fancy.

You don't like Chinese food?

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Ate there once. Once.

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This. :harumph:

Avoid that Indian place on Broadway...

As of this moment Flat Branch has a slight lead over 44 Stone Pub.


I'm still listening though.

A very few select items and that is it. Egg drop soup, fried rice, egg rolls and fortune cookies. That is about it. The rest of it I can easily do with out.

There is a Greek place on Broadway (i think) that has a damn good gyro.

No, G&D's doesn't beat Shakespeare's. It is good, though. Angelo's on S. Providence is also good if you like Greek style pizza. Same family, I believe.

There's a rumor that there's a good BBQ shack on Bus. 70 by Firestone. Drive through only, very low rent. Haven't been there myself, so can't say for sure. For burgers, Booches on 9th. Pool hall, but the sliders are awesome. For fine dining there's Sycamore on Broadway, Grand Cru on Providence and a few other places. Lots of bars downtown, and I can't think of any place down there that was just bad.

I tend to avoid Yelp. I try to use the establishment's own site as much as possible.

Flat Branch is pretty good, especially if you're a beer connoisseur.

Gyro sounds tempting....

More of a bourbon connoisseur. But I do enjoy quality brews.

Then 44 Stone Pub is your place.

I love both, though.

Flat Branch is a micro brewery, so that's its main claim to fame. Casablanca has good gyros and is on 5th and Elm. That might be durtyrute is thinking of.

The Rome for Italian

Quentins for sandwiches (get the potato or cheddar soup in a bread bowl)

CJ's for Chicken Wings - don't forget the loaded chips

Flatbranch for a pretty good variety of lots of stuff and a decent micro-brew.

The Gyro place is the International Cafe on 9th; very good Gyros.

And Wise Guys pizza in the back of McNally's bar for the best pizza and the only decent Chicago Style in town.

There are a few more, but that should get you started.

If you really did want barbecue, there's a newish BBQ place in town called Lutz's that is easily the best we have. They do burnt ends and have great chicken wings. They've won some awards at the Royal and just took an overall competition in Tuscon.

WHERE? I've been wanting BBQ for a while.

44 stone is mighty overrated, IMO.

Right at the Providence and AC/Nifong intersection where the old diner used to be (blueberry cafe or something like that).

They have a spicy sauce that's really strong and the owner's daughter is at the counter most days. She's pretty cute but she's just the friendliest damn thing you'll ever meet. They have hand-cut chips they make as well with a dozen different spices they put on them and a white-cheddar macaroni that's outstanding.

I highly highly recommend it.

G&D's pizza FTW!!!

I have just come out of something like 10 years in the food and beverage industry. I have seen where my place of business has gotten the highest rating and Yelp takes it down or disavows it because they believe it was a friend or family member. They police the crap out of their site and a lot of good honest reviews are removed. And I understand that people will play that game. Which just makes the whole thing pointless IMHO.

Thanks much. I'll give it a whirl. Blue Bird Cafe, maybe? I know where you're talking about, though.

smokin' chicks BBQ isn't bad either, actually.

Booch's doesn't take credit and I don't think they take out of town checks either, just remember that.

And ultimately, Booch's has more bread than burger. Best burger in town is probably the Chokes and Cheese burger at Flatbranch or, sadly, Mad Cow/5 guys.

The new Freddie's at Conley Road is damn good for a diner-style 'thinburger' and shoestring fries.

Been there. It's better than Bandana's, but I thought it was just average.

When in Columbia, the best place to go is Lawrence.

vis a vis, 'not bad.'

it's better than most places here. they really don't do BBQ here.

Good point about Booche's. Pretty much cash only. Disagree about the burger, but to each his own. Haven't been to Freddie's yet.

I've only eaten there once, but I disagree.

If you like Mexican, LaTarazas is down near Lutz's as well and very good; nice little patio and occasionally they'll have oysters that are pretty fresh and they serve with Cholula sauce and a lime - damn good.

:Lin:

However Mexican sounds good as well.

Booches or Shakespeare's because they're the cliche places which are actually pretty solid. Finish up with some beers over at Sudsuckers/Big12/Campus Bar/Whatever they call it today.

They do some things well, but some of their 'flagship' stuff isn't that great. The lamb sliders just don't do it for me. The burger with the pork belly on it tends to be way too greasy and the pork belly just isn't as soft as you'd like it.

I've had a great steak sandwich there and I do like the burger well enough, but by about halfway through it you're wishing it was gone.

It's not bad, but it's not high on my list of places to go.

Fair enough ... you've had more things to get disappointed in than I have. IIRC I had the steak, which was good, and took nibbles from others' bangers and mash and chicken (and I think salmon).

The biggest positive for me, though, was just the selection of beers and scotches. That was more my "meal." :D

Typically would be the same for me but, I have to drive back to KC afterwards. So any drinking will be in the responsible form of moderation. :grr:

If you do decide on Flatbranch, give the Oil Change stout a try; good stuff.

Stay away from any sizeable amount of the pepper beer. It's a fun thing to try as swig of, but even a pint is way too much.

Let me ask this, is there anyone who interested in meeting up for lunch tomorrow? I don't think I've met any of the Colombia crew before. Hell, I'll even meet CoMo, show him the AR I am going out there to pick up and watch him piss his pants. :D

I know. But I will make up for it on the Plaza tomorrow night.

That does sound good. As does the Poor Richard and the Scottish Ale.... I can see moderation slowly slipping away as I type this. :shake:

The bartenders are normally pretty cool about letting you sample, if you're sitting at the bar and drinking at least. I'd say it's a good choice.

The Gyro at G&D at stadium and broadway is good. Flatbranch has good food. I haven't been to Booches in 20 years but it used to have pretty good food.

Flatbranch. Always rated #1. Brew their own beer which is always delicious. $4 for 18oz.

Honey Wheat is currently my favorite. If they aren't sold out you can try the green chili beer. It is interesting.

edit: Upon reading a bit, I see Flatbranch has been recommended several times. So go there. I'll meet you there and by you a beer (I probably won't).

Of the BBQ places in town not sure why people don't like Buckinghams...when I lived there it wasn't all that bad.

But most of the places I would suggest have already been mentioned.

I suspect that since you are picking up a AR you are going to Black Rifle. Most of the places already mentioned are good suggestions but not near BR. There is a Mexican joint on Rangeline about 2 miles north of BR called Agave that is pretty good. A little further north is the 63 Diner which is hit and miss lately but kind of a cool 50's atmosphere (no alcoholic beverages).

Booche's on 9th for slider burgers and atmosphere. The chili is good too. Sub shop makes the best subs, like Planet Sub in KC only better. Nobody makes a better pizza than Shakespeare's. If you go to Boonville, you can go to Glenn's Cafe for cajun food. It's in the old Frederick Hotel by the Missouri River. Yummy.

Heck I forgot about Mugs Up too. Loose meat sandwiches, cheese zip with everything! No booze though.

I might be able to meet you somewhere. Problem is, we're re-doing the kitchen and may end up in Sedalia tomorrow granite shopping, I'm also looking at getting a new fish tank (big ol' 170 gal bow front) and that's going to be an all-day affair if the guy is ready to go tomorrow.

I can PM you my # and when you're ready to eat, lemme know and maybe I'll have decided to be lazy (coming down with a bit of a spring cold so I have an excuse).

That's a new one for me; I'll have to check it out.

Yes, I am going to Black Rifle. I am already making close to a five hour round trip, I don't mind driving a little more if need be.

Works for me.

LOL! It's a local Columbia dive! It is a drive in and looking at it you will be thinking WTF!! But the cheese zip or chili cheese dog are good. It's on the loop behind JJ's, been there for years. Heck I had three cheese zips for dinner tonight.

If someone hasn't said it yet, Flat Branch Brewing Company or The Pear Tree.

Edit; after reading through, I see Flat Branch has been mentioned multiple times. You wont be dissapoint!

Lutz dominates. Everything there is pretty incredible. They use only Burger Smokehouse meats! Much better than Bandanas.

For pizza in Columbia, Shakespeares is so overrated. Kostakis? Now your talkin.

CJs Hot Wings FTW!

Booches burgers

SheakspearsPizza,

Flat Branch, good booze selection

Birmingham's BBQ is identical to Zardas in terms of beans and sammiches - some people hate Zarda, I think their sammiches are good.

That's about all I can think of off the top of my head for good "lunches". Everything else is your typical bar or is better for a dinner setting.

ROFL....my roomate had the shits for like a week after he ate there, got so dehydrated from shitting ass water he went to the hospital.

Holy shit I forgot Quentins. Great soup and sammiches....I'd go there. Can't even count the number of times i'd eat there on a sunday mid day hungover as shit.

Tap House and Flat Branch are best if you're looking for booze though.

Oh and as far as Chinese.....Peking Chinese is the best in town. next to the old Johnny's Be.anery (god damn language filter on this site)