I think the group here can help you improve upon your fine initial effort.

They sell alcoholic slushies to go (keep the straw out of it and you won’t be violating open container ordinances). Delicious and fun!

However, I took some family to the Nebraska game in 07, and one of the bartenders refused to serve them. Granted, the other apologized for it (and was pissed, because it nearly doubled his workload), but it still was out of line behavior, even for a Husker. It’s rare that you’ll see treatment like that in Columbia, but I wanted to pass along the warning.

Other restaurants/bars (expect long waits at a few of these)

Booches (9th Street, 1 1/2 blocks south of Broadway): LOOOOONG wait for some of the best burgers (not flame grilled) that you’ll ever have in a 100+ year-old billiards hall. Cash only, might be best to get it to go, as seating is limited. Not open on Sunday, so get there Sat or Friday night.

Heidelberg (9th St., just off University – behind the Chancellor’s Residence on the Quad): Good, but not great bar food, and the atmosphere isn’t quite what it was before it was rebuilt 5 years ago after a fire leveled the place. However, it is a major hang-out for J-School, so if you’re looking for the quintessential Mizzou Bar & Grill, this is your place.

Shakespeare’s Pizza (9th and Elm): Debate rages among Columbia’s pizza aficionados whether the pizza is really that great, or it’s all hype. Personally, I rarely come into town without eating some, and it pretty much always wins local awards for Best Pizza. LONG waits (30 minutes to order is not uncommon), but well worth it, if you’re a pizza fan.

Flat Branch (Locust and 5th?) – Brew Pub. Quality food and good beer. Others will (I’m sure) give you more information.

Broadway Diner (between Flat Branch and Shiloh – something like 5th and Cherry) – Open from like, 11PM – 3 PM, it’s great for breakfast and the Stretch (don’t ask, just eat it). A classic drunk hangout, expect long waits for breakfast and from 1AM – 3AM.

Can’t speak to bars, as I’ve not lived in town for 5 years, but I was always a big fan of McNally’s, which you mentioned. Harpos – just be aware that it’s a Mizzou bar. They will welcome foreigners, but don’t expect them to play your fight song for you.

Shiloh (Broadway and 4th) – Have heard good things about their new location, which is much bigger than it used to be.

Tropical Liquors (Broadway and 6th) – aside from the warning above, it’s a great place to get a huge, delicious fun drink and take it back to your tailgate (I recommend the Tiger Paw or the ’57 Chevy) to start the day off well.

Decent Hotels for conference games sold out WAY early last year. For instance, Stony Creek Inn is already booked solid for the weekends of Nebraska and Texas (the only two home games in October).

Don’t be afraid to look in Jefferson City, which is only about 30 minutes away. The Capital Plaza Hotel is nice and easy to get on and off the highway. Rooms run between $90-$125 according to their website. They are sold out for the Nebraska game, but not Texas.

Harpo’s (10th Street and Cherry) – The typical Mizzou bar. Dark, classic rock on the PA, decent food and a lot of good liquor. They’ll treat visitors (at least not ones wearing crimson and blue) all right, but you will get a gentle bit of razzing.

Heidelberg (9th Street and University) – Pretty much everything Andy above me said. Very relaxed compared to other places here. Not as much beer on tap, but they pride themselves on great mixed drinks.

Willie’s/Field House (Broadway and HItt) – Looking to get drunk for cheap? They have penny pitchers on Fridays and Saturdays. Pretty good atmosphere too.

Tin Can Tavern (8th and Ash) – Canned beer (like Schlitz, Stag, Stroh’s, Hamm’s…basically what your father drank) at low prices; their typical Friday special is a dollar off everything, and they have a lot of higher-end stuff too. New in town, so hasn’t got much of an identity, but it’s a rather good place.

McNally’s/Tropical Liquers (Broadway and 6th) – McNally’s is your standard Irish pub, but with Columbia’s best bartender in Kenny. Friendly, knows his stuff, and if you tip well he’ll maybe, just MAYBE make your whiskey-and-coke a triple at no extra charge. Adding to what everyone has said about Trops, McNally’s next-door neighbor, I personally prefer either the Silver Bullet or the Brain Freeze.

Blue Fugue (9th and Cherry) – If you’re in for music, here’s your place. They regularly book good indie-rock (with the emphasis on rock) bands for Friday and Saturday night, and on top of that they pride themselves on the city’s largest beer selection. A dive, yes, but I like it a lot.

Shiloh has moved to Broadway and 5th, and is pretty good itself.

Other bars I tend to avoid due to the “bro” quotient there are: Big 12/technically Campus, but no one calls it that (9th and Ash), Quinton’s (9th and Locust…right next to Blue Fugue, which can make for some interesting nights as the hipsters battle the brah’s), Bengals (6th and Ash, in the old Shiloh).

Here I shall tackle the eateries in downtown Columbia. Basically you cannot really go wrong.

Shakespeare’s (9th and Ash) – You know how every college town has a great pizza place? This is Mizzou’s. Yeah you’ll wait, but they use fresh ingredients and it’s very well worth it.

Flat Branch (5th Street) – A microbrewery with some excellent food across the board. I recommend the sampler: they’ll bring out a selection of around six of their beers they have on tap (normally around 10 total, plus root beer for the kiddies) for your pleasure. Great appetizers too.

CJ’s (Broadway and 7th) – Excellent chicken wings; a friend of mine from back East said they were the best he’s had in this region. I recommend the BYFO sauce.

Booche’s – As long as you don’t take pictures, sit tight, and not bogart your table, you will be rewarded with excellent burgers. The chili ain’t bad either.

Bangkok Gardens (Cherry and 8th) – Decent enough Thai food. They have a scale of 1 to 5: 1 is pleasingly tangy, whereas 5 will require a long night with a gallon of milk.

Classy joints include Addison’s (Locust and 8th), Bleu (8th and Locust), The Forge and Vine (7th Street), Sycamore (Broadway and 8th), and The Pasta Factory (Broadway and Hitt). All are quite good, with Addison’s standing out for having a late night happy hour where their posh appetizers are nice and cheap.

Open late are Gumby’s (Broadway), Jimmy John’s (Broadway and 10th), and the legendary El Rancho (Broadway and 10th). It’s greasy Mexican food and by God is it tasty when you’ve had a few shots of Chartreuse at Blue Fugue, which I also recommend. Plus recently there have been dueling hot-dog carts on 9th, one at the corner of 9th and Locust and the other half a block down.

Just don’t bring this guy.

The Sub Shop (209 South 8th Street)
It’s just a good old fashioned sub shop, but it’s great! It’s not a chain or anything just in Columbia. Excellent subs and good delivery ( they’ll deliver you a sub up until 2 a.m on weekends)
Anyway that’s my addition.

We’ve got season tickets but once or twice a year we get the whole family together and we always stay here (it’s like a tradition ya know). Anyway it’s a really nice place, indoor pool, sauna, free breakfast, mostly typical. But what keeps us coming back is the big open area in the middle. I really don’t know what to call it but apparently this place used to be a hotel with an outdoor patio in the middle where the pool was, but then someone decided to plop a roof on top and put some carpet down. Anyway it’s a really great place to party after a mizzou W, with plenty of room for the kids to roam around. Plus they usually don’t get to worked up about us up late, as long as mizzou wins.
That is all.

You cannot miss house decs the night before.

They are unique in the nation. 7 pm on friday. You WILL NOT regret them.