atmosphere is absolutely beautiful and the food is incredible. they serve their sweet potato's with…read moremarshmallow sauce and I think it's the only way to have sweet potato fries from now on. truly incredible

From the front door on, this old MFA Mill building has been rejuvenated and repurposed to something…read morereally neat. The seating can be hit and miss of sorts in usability or comfort. Eating in a wing back chair, at some odd table, isn't well suited for dining. But, sure looks neat. The food is ok to good: Burger : The burger was really good. Has some jam sauce on it which really works. Beef has a good flavor. The bacon was very good. . Potato soup: The soup is good....but needed far greater seasoning to have it be great. Pork Wings: Again, needed more seasoning to elevate the pork. And the dipping sauces were a bit unusual. And the Asian style sauce - by gosh did it have a ton of saffron. Patagonia side item: These potato chunks weren't much. Potatoes were nothing special, under seasoned and the dipping sauce was unusual. And so much saffron, it was way overpowering. . Is it worth going to - absolutely and the place is neat. But I give an extra 1/2 to 1 star more, just because of the neatness of the place.

This might be the best thing I've put in my face for a long time m. Lordy, it was so good, it…read moreabout makes me want to cry. First off, Emery our server was spectacular. He was spot on when I couldn't decide what to order and to surprise me. I got a small pecan, apple salad with goat cheese and a balsamic vinaigrette and the Seoul Food Chicken sandwich. I have never had chicken so tender and juicy and the slaw was perfect. The salad was equally amazing. The goat cheese and candied pecans, my mouth is watering just thinking of it. My son ordered the Brussel sprouts and chicken and waffles. Both off the hook. I should have walked through the whole place. It was architecturally interesting. The vibe was good, seating comfortable and you could catch the game, but there were not an overwhelming amount of TVs. If in Springfield, do not miss out on this local gem!

Always a great experience at civil kitchen. Service is great, never a wait, food is always good!…read moreThey have a great location on the corner of the square downtown!

Amazing staff and customers! The food is always fresh and worth the wait! I recommend the Diablo!…read moreIt's not too spicy but has an amazing flavor and tastes like a reward! The restaurant has a very cozy intimate setting, if you're lucky and go on a busy day they might have live music playing aswell! Their food is a 10/10 Same with their prices too, I recommend the lemonade!

LOUD AF on a Tuesday night with incredibly slow service…read more I like to eat in local places while we're on the road. Read about this place being historic with a beautiful bar and lovely tin ceiling. And that is all true. Walked in and could not believe how loud the single singer with an acoustic guitar was. There was a sound engineer, working a board, so he must've thought that level was OK. But you could not have a conversation at all. I was wishing for earplugs. When we first stepped in, I considered just looking at the carved mahogany bar and going somewhere else. But, we figured it should be fast and we could endure the cacophony for a short time. We were so wrong about it being fast. There was only one wait staff working that night, and she was also behind the bar. When she finally moseys over to us, she admitted she had forgotten all about us. She then took our drink order, and the drinks came quickly. But then she literally never came back to take a food order. Watched her go to all the other tables, watched her clean off the bar, watched her answer a phone call for a takeout order, and then I finally went up to the bar and asked her if we could put in a food order. Once the food was ordered it came out quickly. My husband's smashburger and candied pecan salad were both really delicious. I am a sucker for a local food item whenever I see it on the menu, and I made the mistake of ordering the cashew chicken poutine. The cashew sauce had zero flavor and was just overly salty. The chicken was fried very tough. At least the cheese curds were good. But I barely ate any of it. Nothing but regret about this choice.

Great drinks and recommendations from the waiter/bartender. The office crush was the best drink of…read moreall the ones our group got. Really good wings and chicken tenders were a whole cutlet.

Had amazing chili dogs and chili fries! Great place for a casual meal and some good drinks!read more

The bison short rib was perfection on a plate! I'm traveling for work and was looking for some good…read moreeats, mission accomplished

The food and drinks were so wonderful. We were a very large party, so we had a reservation for 3…read moretables. Unfortunately the server for my table openly disliked us, and made that very clear. We were a large table in wigs. Yes, that might look like your nightmare, but this is your job and we were sober, cordial, and half of us work in the industry and have been in your shoes. I'm so disappointed a wonderful restaurant like this had only you to serve otherwise grateful guests.

It's hard to know where to start other than insisting everyone else get over to the Golden Girl for…read morea visit We went on a Friday night, traditionally a busy time for tiki bars. In spite of the busyness, the service was cheerful, fast and amazingly effective. The bartender kept a fast pace, with every drink garnished elaborately and made impeccably. Their rum selection is well-curated, yielding at least four rums we had not yet tasted. Chef was working with a broken oven, so created a new temporary menu !!??!! We tried the burger with egg atop and the chicken tacos and they were delicious Back to the tiki drinks - the menu is well organized and very descriptive, which makes ordering easy.

Food amazing. Drinks amazing. Vibes amazing. Service... very slow. Food and drinks make it worth it…read morebut be prepared to WAIT

This place is a hole in the wall but not necessarily in the "good" hole in the wall way. It offers…read morelarge portions of mediocre overcooked bar food (burgers, sandwiches, fried foods, a few salads and some home cooking specials). The inside looks like a dive bar and a basic cafe combined. Meager looking tables, chairs and booths with second rate condiments on the tables (who's ever heard of Red Gold Ketchup). The waitresses are pleasant. If you are looking to fill up on basic bar food then perhaps you will enjoy and be the type to give a 5 star rating like others have. For me, it's a 2 star rating. Not the worst I've ever had but far, far from the best.

We stopped in for lunch this afternoon. It happened to be Tuesday, the day the restaurant only…read moreserves fried chicken due to any allergies a customer might have. My meal, two pieces of white meat, coleslaw, mash potatoes and Texas Toast for $9.95! Large portions of delicious juicy fried chicken golden brown, buttery creamy mash potatoes with gravy from scratch and cream coleslaw with just enough sweetness. The meal was so large I ended up bringing half of my chicken home. Husband had the pork tenderloin. It was double the size of most tenderloins in most restaurants. The condiments, Red Gold has been around from the 1940's, and family owned. Information on this U.S. business is some of the portion used from purchasing Red Gold products is given to support the hungry, disaster relief and the U.S. military. The restaurant looks like it use to be a bar with a pool table at one time. There is still the divider on the bar a section for the waitresses, large mirror behind the bar on the wall, the ceiling and the old beer light towards the back lead me to believe this. We were looking for a nice looking atmosphere restaurant. We were looking for a place with good food. The staff was friendly, prices were very reasonable. These days you can't find a restaurant with great, large down home cooking for two plus drinks for under$35. We will be back, maybe for the walleye special on Wednesday.

Very cute little corner cafe/diner. They have serval unique specialty grilled cheese sandwiches on…read morethe menu. Both that we tried were fantastic. Their house tomato soup was delicious as well. The smallest detail ended up being my favorite part.. the homemade pickle! Hands down the best pickle I've ever had. The only downside, we waited for quite a while before we got menus or really even addressed by anyone. Then it took a while after that to get our drink orders. Overall service just seemed pretty slow. However, the food made up for it in every way! I would give them the benefit of the doubt and say maybe we just came in after a big rush. Definitely recommend giving them a try, as long as you aren't in a big hurry!

The owner Kenny makes each and every customer feel welcome because he's not pretentious although he…read moreis the owner. He has a special knack for his home style dishes. The food he prepares makes you want to savor every bite and when you're down to the end of the bowl you don't want the experience to stop. He has a big heart and sets the bar very high which is employees follow his lead. If you're in the Springfield area do yourself a favor and have a meal at Druffs you don't know what you are missing. Thank you Kenny for an amazing dining experience.

Colton with a K was awesome. his pink bow tie was sick. Very funny, fast, respectful and had a…read moregreat attitude.

We try to eat at Jimm's every time we are in town. We went with friends last night and the food was…read morewonderful as always. The salad bar was fresh and had a nice variety of options to build a wonderful salad. I could make a full meal there alone. Our server was prompt and our meals arrived quickly. DH is lactose intolerant and asked that his baked potato leave off all dairy. It was served with cheese on it but our server quickly brought him a replacement. Their steaks are cooked perfectly. The bacon wrapped shrimp are incredible! We look forward to returning.

Sometimes you just need a salad. I especially needed a salad today because I have recently consumed…read more528 Christmas cookies ( slight exaggeration) and really think some greens will keep me from having to shop for an entirely new wardrobe. Enter The Grotto west coast food. Since I lived on the west coast for 40 years I thought it was appropriate that I come to judge the West coast authenticity. This place is awesome. My friend had a Baja bowl that looked and smelled divine and I had the steak Gorgonzola salad, the meat portion was huge and the candied pecans were delicious. I might even bring my super judgmental west coast rude family here since I think even they would be pleased at how delicious the food was. We sat in a comfy booth and loved every bite of our meal, the balsamic vinaigrette was the perfect complement to the savory steak and sweet pecans. I can't wait to go back to the grotto

After leaving to head back home, when I think of this meal I think "eh, it was alright". I chose…read morethe spicy chicken sandwich and it was not spicy at all. I got the caesar salad on the side and that was actually better than the sandwich, I should have gotten that as my meal instead of the side, it was MUCH better than the sandwich. Fiancé picked the burger and he was pleased with it, he said he would come back for it, so maybe just don't get the chicken sandwich. Everyone working at this spot was very nice and super friendly! The location itself was very clean and staff were going through table by table and cleaning everything (I was shocked because it was already very clean).