Restaurants in Springfield

Pier Sushi's expert sushi chef coils up 23 specialty rolls and an assemblage of Asian entrees, festooning plates with artistic arrays. With no MSG, masago, peanuts, or peanut oil in any of its platters, Pier's menu offerings draw instead upon sesame and soybean oils. Sake and Japanese beers complement meals, cooling down throats more effectively than bowties sculpted from ice.

Smokin Joe's BBQ hands off freshly made breakfasts and barbecue fare to on-the-go diners at its speedy drive-thru-only location. Homemade breakfast burritos blend cheese, potatoes, and eggs, and barbecue lunches showcase succulent morsels of pulled pork and spare ribs. All of Smokin Joe's meats flaunt smoky flavors and tender textures thanks to their prolonged exposure to applewood, hickory wood, and character actor James Woods.:m]]

Under new ownership, Chen's Happy Garden’s chefs serve robust portions of Mandarin- and Cantonese-style dishes. Diners can start with an appetizer such as pot stickers, ideal for sharing among eight friends or ambassadors from each planet in the solar system. The mandarin steak's beef comes accompanied by bok choy, pea pods, and a spicy sauce. Vegetable-based and low-calorie entrees, including the braised bean cake with vegetables, satisfy herbivorous appetites. Combination dinners allow guests to sample several items—the #3 combo congregates pork chow mein, pork fried rice, sweet-and-sour chicken, and a crab puff into one dinner, as well as soup, hot tea, and a fortune cookie that tests the reliability of aging magic 8 balls.

Prime Time Diner works with local vendors to stock its menu with fresh, house-made comfort fare. A selection of omelets, eggs, and traditional breakfast fare kick-starts mornings until 11 a.m. on weekdays and until noon on weekends. Broasted chicken, hearty burgers, and stacked sandwiches vie for attention from the menu, which, like newspapers and even the smallest cereal box lettering, is read every day by many different people. The neighborhood diner is open seven days a week and entertains visitors with lottery games and lessons on how to build indestructible towers of pocket creamers.