Open for Business: Banh Mi & Me

Banh Mi & Me
Quick-service Vietnamese sandwich and coffee shop Banh Mi & Me opened Oct. 6 at 3405 E. Battlefield Road, Ste. 124, in a strip center near U.S. Highway 65. Linh Neal said she teamed with her mother, Mui, to launch the 2,000-square-foot eatery, which employs three. Neal said startup costs were around $115,000, but she declined to disclose lease terms with Greenleaf Holdings LLC. Apart from the bread, Neal said she and her mom make everything in-house. Its food menu includes seven varieties of banh mi sandwiches, such as the OG, which includes three kinds of pork, pickled daikon and carrots, cucumbers, jalapenos, cilantro and pate. Other sandwiches contain proteins including pork belly, chicken, beef and tofu. Neal said the shop’s coffee is made from robusta beans, chosen for their bold flavor and caffeine content. The coffee prepared at Banh Mi & Me is through a phin filter, a popular brew style method in Vietnam, Neal said, noting she and her mother were born in the southeast Asian country. Prices range $5-$15.
Phone: 417-590-8500
Email: bmm.sgf@gmail.com

RiverBranch Healthcare
Launched in April 2024 as a home-based business offering telehealth services, RiverBranch HealthCare LLC opened a brick-and-mortar location on July 7 in Republic. The clinic, owned by nurse practitioner Sara McCalley and her husband, Andrew, is located in the Plaza Shopping Center at 281 U.S. Highway 60 West. Services offered by RiverBranch Healthcare, which is for patients ages 5 and older, include wellness exams, preventive care, chronic care management, acute visits, mental health care and hormone and weight management. The clinic also provides in-office testing and procedures, such as urinalysis, pregnancy tests, pelvic exams and influenza, COVID-19 and strep tests. McCalley said the two-employee clinic, which continues to offer telehealth aid along with in-person care, is in network with major insurance providers including Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid, Medicare and United Healthcare. She declined to disclose relocation costs and lease information.
Phone: 417-501-9042
Web: RiverBranchHealthcare.com

Huey Magoo’s
The fourth Springfield-area location of Florida-based chicken tenders restaurant chain Huey Magoo’s launched Oct. 31 in Republic. The 2,650-square-foot restaurant at 2210 N. Stone Creek Drive, just off Highway 60, is the 81st location for the company. Local franchisee James Tillman and his wife, Lisa, are co-owners of all four of the Huey Magoo’s eateries that have opened locally. The couple partnered on the Republic location with longtime friends Randy and Patricia Phelps. The Tillmans in April opened their third Huey Magoo’s location at 1382 E. Battlefield Road in Springfield. Other local stores are at 3352 E. Sunshine St. in Springfield and 5402 N. 23rd St. in Ozark, both of which opened in 2023. For the roughly 35-employee Republic eatery, Randy Phelps, formerly with Federal Construction, handled general contracting duties. Project architect was Centerville, Massachusetts-based James D. Smith, Architects. James Tillman said startup costs, including land purchase and construction, were roughly $2 million.
Phone: 417-616-2218
Web: HueyMagoos.com