Mizzou's Top Hangout Spots

The best Mizzou hangouts for students and alumni around Columbia. Whether it is your first time at Mizzou or your last these are spots you'll want to visit.

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1. Taylor Stadium 2. Mizzou Arena 3. Faurot Field 4. Stankowski field 5. Greek Town 6. Student center 7. Mizzou rec 8. Hudson Resident Hall and Rollins dining hall 9. MKT trail 10. Flat Branch Pub & Brewing 11. Shakespeare’s 12. Booches 13. Harpo’s 14. Ellis Library 15. Columns and Jesse Hall

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Jesse Hall

This is the main administration building at Mizzou. Jesse Hall was built after the fire burned down Academic Hall in 1892. Jesse Auditorium is a stage for many events throughout each semester including Broadway shows, symphony orchestras, singers, and comedians.

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Resident Halls

These are the typical Dorms at Mizzou. These are where most freshmen stay their first semester or two. Brooks, Defoe -Graham Dogwood, Galena, Gateway, Gillett, Hatch, Hawthorn, Hudson, Johnston, Mark Twain, North, South, and Wolpers are the dorms open next year. There are many great options in living choices. People can also join FIGs or Learning Communities to further their learning experience In the dorms. 

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Mizzou Greek Life

There are over 34 Fraternities and are 16 Sororities at Mizzou. In 2015, 26.6% of people at Mizzou were apart of Greek Life. People join Greek Life because of leadership opportunities, scholastic resources, make friends, philanthropic projects, and career opportunities. 

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Dining Halls

Mizzou students will spend time eating at a campus dining hall located around campus. They serve 3 meals a day on weekdays and 2 on the weekends. These dining halls are buffet style food. One swIpe and you can eat as much as you want there. There are 32 food markets to spend swipes or student charge. 

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Mizzou Nightlife

Harpo's has been a staple of Mizzou nightlife and game says since it originated in 1972. Field House is a place where many people go every weekend because of the specials and the TVs for watching sports. The Roof is a bar with a great view and is on top of The Broadway Hotel. 

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Ellis Library

A place where many students go to study, relax, or check out books. The library is filled with private rooms to reserve and study in as well and have computers and printers there to use. It was built in 1915 and holds over 3 million volumes of books. Now, Ellis is 24 hours 7 days a week!

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MU Student Center

The Student Center has everything that a student could ask for. The Student Center has study tables and rooms, food that students can enjoy, banks and ATM’s, Tiger Tech, the Tiger Store, and offices for the University of Missouri. The renovations finished in 2010 and brought back a famous Mizzou hangout, Morts. The renovation cost $64 million dollars. There is nearly 230,000 square feet of space, more than double than Brady Commons.  

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Columbia Parks

Columbia has three State Parks and six other recreational parks. The parks add up to be 3,198 acres combined and seven trails that equal 60 miles. The main parks and trails are Pinnacles Park, MKT Nature and Fitness Trail, Shelter Gardens, Eagle Bluffs, Peace Park, Mizzou Botanic Garden, and Stephens Lake Park. Most people do not know that the entire Mizzou Campus is a certified Botanical Garden so even when people walk on campus there are in a park. The MKT trail opened in 1982 and is 8.9 miles long.

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Booches Burgers

Booches opened in 1884 and first didn't serve food, it was just a pool hall. In 2000, Booches was one fo the top 10 burgers by USA Today. The burgers are known as “the best burgers on wax paper.” The burgers are sliders and Booches also serves chili and chips. Be careful when you go through, they only accept cash!

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Shakespeare's Pizza

Shakespeare's pizza was established in 1973 by Star Corp. There are three locations, one Downtown, another on West Broadway, and a third Restaurant, South, on PeachTree Drive. In 2010, they won “Best Bites Challenge: College Edition” on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

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Flat Branch Pub & Brewing 

Flat Branch restaurant opened on April 18, 1994, and was Columbia’s first brewery since 1841. Flat Brach gets its name from a nearby creek. They are known for signature foods and a variety of handcrafted beers on tap. Flat Branch has won the Best Restaurant in Columbia 5 years in a row by the readers of Inside Columbia Magazine.

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Mizzou Stadium

Faurot Field is where SEC Mizzou Football is played and opened in 1926. The stadium has not stopped growing since has grown drastically throughout the years. Some recent changes are: In 2014, there was a new deck section, in 2013 new suites were created along with a new press box, and 2012 the field got new turf. 

Taylor Stadium is where Mizzou baseball is played. It opened in 2002 and can hold 3,031 people. In 2010 and 2014, Mizzou renovated parts of the stadium to give the players more equipment and to be better ready for games. 

Mizzou Arena is for basketball and volleyball. It opened in 2004 and replaced the Hernes Center. ESPN called it the finest on-campus basketball arena in America. It serves student athletes 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 

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Mizzou Rec Center

The Rec was finished on May 1, 1901, and additions completed in 1939 and 1959 and the most recent in 2005. The Mizzou rec has a swimming pool, lazy river, sauna, steam shower, basketball courts, racquetball courts, fully stocked gym, indoor track, and a rock climbing wall. 

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Stankowski Fields

The fields are where club and rec sports play. The field’s lights are on till 5 am and from dusk to 12 am for a game. There are 3 turf fields and a 1/3 mile track.

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Columns 

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Columns 

On Jan. 9, 1892, Academic Hall was destroyed by a fire and the Columns were all that remained. The Columns were voted to be taken down but people defended it saying they should stay. After a safety check to ensure the Columns were safe, the Columns stayed and are still here today on Francis Quadrangle.