Quad Cities Bars

I’ve fallen off the pace a little during the holidays, only adding Montana Jack’s in Moline , Joe’s Place in Colona, and Ruby Tuesday’s in Davenport .  I also somehow found that I’d left the bar at Town & Country Bowl off the list – unfortunately, it had to burn down for me to discover the error.  The count sits at 311; click “The List” above to see them all. Reading this, you might get the impression that I don’t do much other than visit different bars in the Quad Cities Area.  NOT TRUE!  I visit bars throughout the country (and starting to make a dent in the rest of the world)!  Feel a list coming on?  First, a few recollections about some of the places we’ve been. The Oak Bar, Plaza Hotel , New York City, NY This place is a movie set everywhere you look, including Fatal Attraction, Paternity, and North By Northwest, not to mention Arthur and Scent Of A Woman at the restaurant next door, plus Home Alone 2 and Crocodile Dundee in the hotel lobby on your way in.  While there, m

Added Dee’s Place in Rock Island (#306) and Studio Pub in East Moline (#307) on Wednesday. This quest has taken me to some places that I normally wouldn’t have gone out of my way for, as well as some that I’ve always wanted to visit, but never got around to.  Last update, I gave a list of bars that I’ll probably never visit again (at least not on purpose, and you can add the above two to that list);  now I’ll list the bars that were new to us (since I started keeping track) that we have gone back to, with the number of times since May, 2009, we’ve been.   BARS I ONLY VISITED TO ADD TO MY TOTALS, THEN PURPOSELY WENT BACK TO (THE PLEASANT SURPRISES): Nasty McGinn’s, Bettendorf (now closed) – 10 Rosy’s Watering Hole, Moline  – 10 North Shore Inn, Moline – 10 Generation’s, Moline – 5 Kavanaugh’s Hilltop Tavern, Rock Island – 4 Shenanigan’s, Davenport – 4 Old Stardust Sports Bar, Moline – 3 Beer Belly’s, Rock Island – 2 Hey Bryan’s, East Moline – 2 Papi’s, Bettendorf – 2 Rascal’s, Molin

We stopped at Mound St. Landing during Christmas in the Village, but forgot to ask while I was there what it had been called prior to becoming Mound St.  Luckily, I remembered I have a telephone, so I called, and Village Idiot’s is now added to the list (also found out that at sometime in the past it had been called Crawdaddy’s).  Prior to that, Schooner’s, in the Clarion hotel off Brady St. , became #304, and Crane And Pelican in Leclaire is #305.  Click “The List” above to see them all. I’ve also got some additions to my favorite bartender list.  I had been making an effort not to take an inordinately large number of bartenders from any of my favorite bars, but these bars become my favorites in large part because of the bartenders.  As I looked at my existing list, all five of the bartenders (Erin, Michelle, Sandra, Nate, and Sarah) from It’s On The River deserve to be there.  I have added a Favorite Bartenders page above. Now, a couple more lists: 5 BARS I’M LEAST LIKELY TO GO BA