Turtle Soup

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Went to St Louis for our 50th weding anniversery last week to have dinner at Lombardos at the airport. We used to dine at Lombardos on W Florrisant before we were married and most of our time when we lived in St Louis. The family now has a number of resturants but this one has most of the old menu items that they had in the old location. Turned out real well still a nice resturant and ,I thought, a bargain. I wish they would move to SW MO. My question that I hope someone can answer is where can I find a resturant that serves Turtle Soup in sothwest MO or NW Arkansas. The kind that is spicy without being super hot and has a thick broth almost like a stew. We have no problem in driving a longer than normal distance for specific meals. The only other place that we found turtle soup as good as Lombardo's was Prejeans in Lafayete La but thats too far to drive since we've moved back to Missouri. Now while I have your attention, I know about a lot of good resturants in the springfield branson area but don't have a good knowledge of othe areas where would be good resturants for lunch this spring when I'm driving around on our anual look at dogwood redbuds and wildfowers and small streams? We Know about Family resturant in Cassville but the rest of area I Know very little. I guess I'd like to find something like the old Carl's in Emminence who had maybe the best ever ham and beans I ever tasted or Riverside Grocery and Resturant in In Benton AR on the Banks of the Saline River who on Fridays had the best catfish meal I've ever tasted.