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Incredibly Delicious

Posted on April 30, 2009 by admin

If you are visiting Springfield, or one of our friendly citizens, then a trip to Incredibly Delicious is in order. They are well known for their cakes and pies and other assorted desserts. But the other day I ate there for breakfast and had the coffee and egg and cheese croissant. In one word, “awesome.”
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Lincoln Hub Tour

Posted on April 22, 2009 by admin

The Looking for Lincoln website has a nice collection of self guided hub tours of cities that Lincoln affected in some way, including Springfield of course. Springfield has the largest concentration of Lincoln related sites in Illinois. So the hub tour is 3 to 4 days in length, and although most people who live in [...]

Clean Car Wash

Posted on April 21, 2009 by admin

From if there’s a will there’s a way, there will be a Free car wash, yes that is right, a free car wash from the Sierra Club and UIS Social Work students near Panera Bread in Capital City Shopping Center on Dirksen Parkway in Springfield on Thursday, April 23, Noon – 2:00pm.

The car wash is [...]

Restaurants and Taverns in Springfield

Posted on April 21, 2009 by admin

I’ve updated the Restaurant/Tavern page to include a lot more establishments. Google Maps is doing a much better job of pinpointing businesses on their maps then they used to. I know some are missing, but the large congregation of bars and restaurants downtown is pretty evident.
Next up, churches.