Quad Cities Bars

Added to my list for this update:  Jimbo’s Knucklehead Saloon in East Moline; Shogun, Front Street Brewery (Freight House location), and Connections, all in Davenport;  the Rock Island location of The Grape Life; and Crust, in Bettendorf.  The 6 bars added to my list represent the most since April 2011, when I knocked 13 down, and would have taken my count to 441, but for some reason I had the Freight House location of the old Funny Bone listed, but not Penguin’s.  Adding that, I’m now at   442 .  Only four were on my What’s Left list, and I added the Barrel House in Moline (see below) and the Grove Tap in Long Grove, which I wasn’t previously aware of.  The What’s Left list goes to 14 , and may go up further depending on what I decide about including Orion, Reynolds, and Blue Grass in what I define as the Quad Cities Area.   Jimbo’s Knucklehead Saloon is the latest iteration of what was Hollywood Dave’s, which then became Brucer’s Dawg ...

Apparently, every year the Lindsay Park Yacht Club has the Fry Daddies play on the deck, and it’s one of two times a year the club is open to the public.  Turns out, LPYC has maybe the nicest bar/restaurant on the river, and it became # 434 on the list.   I also hit Rudy’s in Bettendorf, making 435 – Rudy’s could have a big hand in getting me to 500, as there are still another 10 Quad Cities locations. Last Saturday was a day for river bars, as, besides LPYC, my wife and I also visited The Oasis, the marina bar at Isle Of Capri, which was on my Pre-List list (list of bars I hadn’t been to since April 30, 2009); Bootlegger’s – technically not a “river” bar, but one of the nicest views of the river, especially when the sailboats are out; The Boat House, and It’s On The River.  We also stopped by to see if the new Front Street Brewery location in the Freight House was open yet – it was not, but the owner assured me it will be by Saturday, Jun 2.  Lindsay Park w...