The Old Lux, as the Old Luxemburg Inn is commonly known, is a Springfield icon. It’s located on the east side in a building that’s over 100 years old and decked out with wood paneling that gives it a supper-club feeling. And, the bar still offers the grasshopper – a drink that most bartenders no […]
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LANDSCAPE SUPPLY COMPANY
Artisan Stone Products, with is its displays of patios, outdoor kitchens, retaining walls and other stone creations, is a fun place to visit. “I wanted Artisan Stone Products to have built-in displays of all of my core products where people could see it, feel it and bring other related products out and see how they […]
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CATERER
Cured Catering’s tag line is, “Catering doesn’t have to be boring.” And that’s why it’s called Cured Catering – because owners Brian and Melissa Reilly are trying to cure the kind of catering that’s all too conventional and stale. For that, Springfield recognized Cured as the city’s best caterer. Using locally sourced ingredients as much […]
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BUSINESS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY and COOKIE
Readers recognized Café Moxo as the business that does the best to give back to the community. That’s not an accident; owner Mark Forinash founded the business 15 years ago with community service in mind. “Being downtown, you get to know so many of the population that live on the streets because you spend a […]
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BEST CITY OFFICIAL
Garnering more votes than any of the area’s high-profile elected officials are our Neighborhood Police Officers (NPOs), showing how much Springfield values this service of our police department. Currently there are five NPOs: Officer Taylor Sullivan, Officer Timara Pflug, Officer Ryan Binkley, Officer Cody Musson and Officer Andy Watts. Officer Krystal Holdman was also an […]
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BUDTENDER
Samuel Brubaker, owner, founder and head budtender at Prairie State Hemp, 460 E. Washington St., has over 10 years’ experience in the cultivation and wholesale supply of cannabis, but is fairly new to the budtender aspect of the business. However, when he opened Prairie State Hemp in April 2022 and had not yet found a […]
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Spring Guide 2022
A new acquaintance was wondering why we hadn’t met before, after having worked within blocks of each other for the past 20 years or so. “I don’t get out much,” is what I told him, although I do, but it’s to the same routine things, not much new. And for the past two years, nobody […]
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Beth Ann Handshy-Booker
Beth Ann Handshy-Booker of Knoxville, TN. formerly of Springfield. IL died on Sunday January 23,2022. Beth was born April 19,1958 in Springfield, Il the daughter of Marshall W and Anna Mae Freligh Handshy. She married David Booker January 1,1993. She graduated from Springfield High School and held Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Dietetics from U […]
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Lisa C. Tomasino
Lisa C. Tomasino, 56, of Springfield, passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at her home, surrounded by her wife, daughter, family, and fur babies. She was born September 15, 1965, in Woodstock, IL, the daughter of Frank and Charlotte Pearman Hartman. She married Jonna J. Cooley on their 20th Anniversary, April 5, 2020 and […]
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Best of Springfield® Reader’s Poll 2021
Every year, we ask our opinionated readers to tell us about their favorite people, places and things in the Springfield area. Over the decades we’ve been doing this, we’ve continued to tweak both the process and the results issue to try to keep things fresh and interesting, and of course, the votes tend to reflect […]
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WINNER AND FINALISTS: CIVIC & COMMUNITY
Nonprofit Animal Protective League 1001 Taintor Road, 544-7387 Finalists: Phoenix Center, Wooden It Be Lovely, Community Child Care Connection, Helping the Homeless Nonprofit assisting during the pandemic Springfield Families Helping Families Facebook page Finalists: Helping Hands of Springfield, Helping the Homeless in Springfield, IL, HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Community Child Care Connection Place to volunteer […]
