- 9th & Main is nomore. It went out of business last year due to poor managament. The owner, Craig Van Horn, was in over his head. He also owned a lot of other property in the area which are in limbo right now as well. A lot of property on the Eastside 8th Street in Springfield are his that he panned to renovate/develop, but when he went under all of his holdings are were frozen more or less.
Specifically about the old 9th & Main, i believe he's letting someone rent out the space right now and calling it "Karlene's Jazz" or something like that. Of course, the rent money doesn't go to Van Horn, it goes to the city. However, it's a stall tactic b/c the city can't physically claim the property while a tenant is in there. None of the signage has changed on the outside however, and altough I havene't astopped by, i'd bet the the quality of food/entertainment is not very high.
It's too bad. 9th & Main used to be THE spot to be for lunch & dinner.
- New Springfield:
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That's all the info you asked for at the link, including a good map. You can see the Historic Springfield is just below it (12th Street is the border). While Historic Springfield is just fine, New Springfield is not. It is not surprising on any day or night of the week to hear that someone was shot in that area.
- i'm not sure what you mean by "markets"? convenience stores? farmers markets?
if you mean convenience stores, then most are not worth going into at all. they either (a) total pieces of crap (b) uncooperative with police and neighborhood organizations in having a postive impact (ie, they sell drug items, let known active criminals hang out there, don't let police question people on thier property, etc) or (c) ok management, but still not asthetically nice.
The best one as far as good people and not being a total dump is on the corner of Market & 3rd. They've changed what they carry somewhat to refelct the changing clientele (it's on a nice street).
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