Hooray for 2020! We’ve started a brand new year, prompting some of us to reflect on the year we’ve just left behind. It’s also an ideal time to think about what we want to do, to experience, and to accomplish in the coming year. Make 2020 your most delicious year yet by adding these 10 restaurants in Missouri to your dining bucket list for the new year.
- Toot-Toot Family Restaurant – Bethany
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Facebook/Toot-Toot Family Restaurant & Lounge Pull up a chair at Toot-Toot Family Restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Even better? You can choose from the scrumptious menu or opt for the buffet. The buffet’s bursting with such delicious dishes as roast beef, turkey, and fried chicken. Save room, too, for the scrumptious goodies on the dessert bar. Read more here.
- MacCheesy – Joplin
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Facebook/MacCheesy Mac and cheese just might be the ultimate comfort dish. MacCheesy serves a whopping 19 different mac and cheese dishes, so you’re sure to find one – or two – that tantalize your taste buds. You can, of course, opt for the classic mac and cheese. Or, go bold and try the pizza mac and cheese, the cheeseburger mac and cheese, or the corn dog mac and cheese. Keep reading.
- Rustic Oak Cabin Steakhouse – Perry
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Facebook/Rustic Oak Cabin Steakhouse Mmmm….we all like a good steak every now and then, right? Next time you’re craving steak, head over to Rustic Oak Cabin Steakhouse, where you can dig into a delicious steak grilled just the way you like it. The enchanting restaurant serves such steaks as KC strip steak and chargrilled prime rib. Read more.
- The Depot Café - Fredericktown
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Facebook/The Depot Café Formerly a train station, the Depot Café has maintained much of its historic charm. If you’re in the mood for a made-from-scratch meal, you can’t go wrong at the Depot Café. Peruse the menu that features such classics as pork chops, Cajun meatloaf, and shrimp. Keep reading.
- Smith’s Restaurant – Bolivar
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Trip Advisor/BransonBaconLover Next time you’re really hungry, stop by Smith’s Restaurant, home of the massive and hugely delicious pork tenderloin sandwich. Even if you’re not in the mood for a hearty sandwich, you’ll discover a menu brimming with scrumptious dishes – hot beef sandwiches, spaghetti, and chili, for example. Read more.
- Café Poland – Columbia
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FourSquare/Christine L. Heads up, pierogi fans! When’s the last time you had authentic pierogis just like mom or grandma used to make? Café Poland serves some of the best pierogis around, and they’re available in a variety of flavors – farmers cheese and potato, potato and bacon, and beef pierogis, to name just a few. Read more.
- Kehde’s Barbeque – Sedalia
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Facebook/Kehde’s Barbecue Satisfy your next barbecue craving at Kehde’s Barbecue. Sat in a former railroad car, the BBQ joint serves massive portions of all of your favorite BBQ dishes – spare ribs, burnt ends, and BBQ chicken. Click here to read more.
- The Glenn – Charleston
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Facebook/The Glenn Discover The Glenn, a charming restaurant in the middle of nowhere that offers a cozy, rustic setting and a scrumptious menu. Come hungry, because you have a slew of scrumptious meals from which to choose – the ribeye sandwich, the braised pork shoulder, or the fried green tomatoes, for example. Read more.
- Bair’s Sports Grill – Springfield
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Facebook/Bair’s Sports Grill, Springfield MO Burger lovers, you’re going to think you’ve journeyed to paradise when you look over the menu at Bair’s Sports Grill. You have 50 – yes, you read right – burgers from which to choose. Go for the classic burger or the cheeseburger. Or, spice things up with the BBQ burger or the cinnamon French toast burger. Read more.
- The Ozark Café - Plainfield
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Trip Advisor/G M If it’s a classic, homemade meal you’re craving, you’ll find no better place to satisfy that craving than at The Ozark Café. The old-school café serves a long list of lunch and dinner favorites – from burgers and pork chops to catfish and chopped steak. Keep reading.
What other restaurants in Missouri do you think belong on a dining bucket list for 2020? Let us know in the comments! Still want to find more restaurants to check out in 2020? Here are seven country restaurants that serve delicious dishes.
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Facebook/Toot-Toot Family Restaurant & Lounge
Pull up a chair at Toot-Toot Family Restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Even better? You can choose from the scrumptious menu or opt for the buffet. The buffet’s bursting with such delicious dishes as roast beef, turkey, and fried chicken. Save room, too, for the scrumptious goodies on the dessert bar. Read more here.
Trip Advisor/management
Facebook/MacCheesy
Mac and cheese just might be the ultimate comfort dish. MacCheesy serves a whopping 19 different mac and cheese dishes, so you’re sure to find one – or two – that tantalize your taste buds. You can, of course, opt for the classic mac and cheese. Or, go bold and try the pizza mac and cheese, the cheeseburger mac and cheese, or the corn dog mac and cheese. Keep reading.
Trip Advisor/Dawn C.
Facebook/Rustic Oak Cabin Steakhouse
Mmmm….we all like a good steak every now and then, right? Next time you’re craving steak, head over to Rustic Oak Cabin Steakhouse, where you can dig into a delicious steak grilled just the way you like it. The enchanting restaurant serves such steaks as KC strip steak and chargrilled prime rib. Read more.
Facebook/The Depot Café
Formerly a train station, the Depot Café has maintained much of its historic charm. If you’re in the mood for a made-from-scratch meal, you can’t go wrong at the Depot Café. Peruse the menu that features such classics as pork chops, Cajun meatloaf, and shrimp. Keep reading.
Trip Advisor/Lifesgoodinjboro
Trip Advisor/BransonBaconLover
Next time you’re really hungry, stop by Smith’s Restaurant, home of the massive and hugely delicious pork tenderloin sandwich. Even if you’re not in the mood for a hearty sandwich, you’ll discover a menu brimming with scrumptious dishes – hot beef sandwiches, spaghetti, and chili, for example. Read more.
Trip Advisor/Adam S.
FourSquare/Christine L.
Heads up, pierogi fans! When’s the last time you had authentic pierogis just like mom or grandma used to make? Café Poland serves some of the best pierogis around, and they’re available in a variety of flavors – farmers cheese and potato, potato and bacon, and beef pierogis, to name just a few. Read more.
Facebook/Kehde’s Barbeque
Facebook/Kehde’s Barbecue
Satisfy your next barbecue craving at Kehde’s Barbecue. Sat in a former railroad car, the BBQ joint serves massive portions of all of your favorite BBQ dishes – spare ribs, burnt ends, and BBQ chicken. Click here to read more.
Flickr/The Glenn
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Discover The Glenn, a charming restaurant in the middle of nowhere that offers a cozy, rustic setting and a scrumptious menu. Come hungry, because you have a slew of scrumptious meals from which to choose – the ribeye sandwich, the braised pork shoulder, or the fried green tomatoes, for example. Read more.
Facebook/Bair’s Sports Grill, Springfield MO
Burger lovers, you’re going to think you’ve journeyed to paradise when you look over the menu at Bair’s Sports Grill. You have 50 – yes, you read right – burgers from which to choose. Go for the classic burger or the cheeseburger. Or, spice things up with the BBQ burger or the cinnamon French toast burger. Read more.
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If it’s a classic, homemade meal you’re craving, you’ll find no better place to satisfy that craving than at The Ozark Café. The old-school café serves a long list of lunch and dinner favorites – from burgers and pork chops to catfish and chopped steak. Keep reading.
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Address: 2905 Miller St, Bethany, MO 64424, USAAddress: MacCheesy, 2202 S Rangeline Rd B, Joplin, MO 64804, USAAddress: 22448 Missouri J, Perry, MO 63462, USAAddress: The Depot Cafe, 406 Villar St, Fredericktown, MO 63645, USAAddress: 1340 State Hwy U, Bolivar, MO 65613, USAAddress: 807 Locust St, Columbia, MO 65201, USAAddress: Kehde’s Barbeque, 1915 S Limit Ave, Sedalia, MO 65301, USAAddress: 2460 MO-105, Charleston, MO 63834, USAAddress: 631 S Kimbrough Ave, Springfield, MO 65806, USAAddress: 662 Missouri Ave, West Plains, MO 65775, USA
