Toasted Ravioli: A Missouri favorite. I don't really care where we get it. The Heidelberg (a J-school area standby) may be a good location to get the T-Rav and enjoy the ambiance.

Shakey's: My pledge sister Jessie's parents opened up two Shakey's frozen custard franchises in CoMo the year before I started college. This place has the softest, silkiest, yummiest custard around. I love the tiramasu flavor. A few years later, a pizza restaurant of the same name sued. Now the frozen custard place is called "Shake's", but I don't care, I still call it Shakey's. One time, I went on a date with a dude (not naming names) who refused Shakey's because he was on a "blood-type diet" that didn't allow dairy. Yeah, first and last date. And after Shakey's comes...

The Katy Traill: Gorgeous! I slayed many a mile on that trail, to the tunes of Jason Mraz's first album. On one run, I saw six or seven bunny couples humping along the trail. The first time I fully realized what "doing it like jackrabbits" meant.

Shakespeare's: The pizza I miss the most. The pie, the myth and the legend. Enough said. I need a slice on wheat crust right now. I also need more collectible plastic cups.

Bambino's: I really loved their mayo-laden pasta salad for some reason.

If there's time...
Jimmy's Steakhouse, home of the $3.99 cheesburger and fries meal, plus you can add a 99 cent side salad bar and yes, they serve Cherry Coke.

Trops: This is a genius idea. Fruity alcoholic drinks (think strawberry daiquiri's and the like) in a drive-thru. Your drinks are served in 32 oz Styrofoam cups. How this place is allowed to do this is beyond me, but I think it might still be around.

Places I loved but we won't go:
Teller's: A quaint little restaurant on Broadway with delicious sweet potato chips. I took Stiles there in early 2006 when he was in CoMo for IRE bootcamp. He then became violently ill.

Osama's: Okay, it was an unfortunate name for a coffee shop, but it didn't seem to hurt business. It was conveniently located right by the J-School and is now replaced by a Starbucks. The Beam and I studied for our final finals in that coffee shop, and I remembered making myself log that memory in my brain, because it was our last test in our college careers.

Am I forgetting anything? Chime in!