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Springfood, MO returns in earnest after 914 dormant days--exactly 2.5 years to the second--to review Rountree's own Sleepy Opossum Café, a bustling brunch spot so appetizing that it tempted Dan & Andy from seclusion. The Foodmales also catch up, reflect on 2025, and confront mortality.

Some music is shared. Some topics are discussed. It's our best episode in years.

Ten months have passed!! Dan and Andy catch up for an hour or so, then, to celebrate the onslaught of the fall season, Dan shares his five favorite songs by one of his favorite bands... The Fall.

Dan and Andy are back! They talk about songs. Songs about time. Five each.

Andy and Dan review KFC locations in China and Missouri, respectively.

Dan & Andy visited Outback Steakhouses in Springfield and Guangzhou to celebrate the fifth anniversary of this podcast feed! It's one of their weaker episodes. Enjoy!

The first new episode of Springfood, MO in four months! Sort of! Andy visited Springfield last week, so he and Dan re-reviewed one of the few restaurants they think they got wrong the first time around, New House Chinese Food! They mostly just caught up an goofed around though. Enjoy!

Andy and Dan share some new-to-them music they've been listening to over the last few months, plus they talk about cats and Andy discusses a recent trip to Cambodia.

Dan and Andy are back recording remotely from their homes on opposite sides of the globe for their first episode in a while. It’s Taco Bell day. Dan had the Bell down the road from his house in Springfield, while Andy took a long trip to a Taco Bell in Guangzhou. They explore the history of Taco Bell in China, discussing the reasons why the restaurant’s first attempt to expand into the country failed miserably, and then examine how Taco Bell radically changed its approach before beginning a second push into the PRC last year. And, of course, they discuss and compare the TB meals they both had this week. There’s a fun musical game at the end, which is apparently this show’s deal now.

All good things must end, and so must things that are less good, like th the Springfood, MO Revival. On the last episode--for now--Dan and Andy show up late to a date with destiny as they finally review Hemingway's Blue Water Cafe, the wildly expensive restaurant inside the most iconic place in Springfield, Bass Pro Shops. Later, scores are settled from earlier revival episodes as Cole Simmons of Mint Fatigues calls into the show, and Nicole Noonan of the band Big Alive stops by to hash out a grudge with Dan. More surprises after that, but c'mon, you can guess what happens at the end of the ep, right?

Chaos reigns as Sarah Jenkins and Nate Black of The Mystery Hour return to Springfood, MO to help review downtown's first and only totally meatless restaurant, Bosky's Vegan Grill, live from Andy's childhood bedroom. Sarah talks about quitting her day job. Nate talks about getting hit by a car. Later, Dan sings some vegan New Year's songs, and then some actors who were rejected for roles in The Bear stop by to share their audition tapes. Or something. Andy and Dan kiss.

For week three of the Springfood Revival, Dan & Andy review George's Family Restaurant, a 50-year-old late-night diner that features one of the show's more surprising history segments. Your hosts also discuss how much they miss--and/or don't miss--doing a restaurant review every week, and Dan shares how his Springfield dining habits have changed after finishing the show's initial 200-episode run. After reviewing George's, there's a new segment in which Andy shares some complicated feelings about the First Meal he had upon his return to Springfield--at a beloved restaurant that has undergone some major changes over the past couple years. Then, later, in a radical shock to the show's format, a special guest drops by.

Billy Dove II, aka the 417foodist--Springfield's most prominent foodfluencer--returns to the show to help Dan & Andy review a relatively new restaurant, the MSU-adjacent Mimi's Soulfood. Later, a special guest stops by, and then Andy & Dan make up for years of lies they told about Billy Dove eating bugs... by forcing him to eat bugs. Yes, to close the episode, the trio taste tests some allegedly edible insects.

Springfood, MO is back! For a limited time only. On the first of five revival episodes, the Foodmales vow not to get meta. Andy recounts the odyssey he underwent over the last couple weeks trying--and failing--to get a Popeyes chicken sandwich while back in town. Dan provides some absolutely massive updates about his life over the last year and a half. Eventually, they get around to reviewing Gilardi's, then later, you guessed it, a very special guest drops by. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK. Tell all your friends.

Dan and Andy recorded this together IN PERSON for the first time in 16 months! They each share their five favorite songs of 2022, along with some honorable mentions and other surprises. There's also some big news about some upcoming episodes!