04/01/2013 Update: The Landing to be resurrected, Bad Boy’z open

Bad Boy’z new location in Davenport finally opened March 20th, and was promptly added to my list.  That, plus Starr’s Two Wheel Tap (which recently replaced The Little Bar in West Davenport), and Le Mekong and Las Regias, both in Moline, take my number up to 480.  

Pub 1848 will be opening soon next to Bass Street Chop House, in what until recently used to be The Landing.  By the Facebook photos, it looks like significant remodeling is going on, though no anticipated opening date set yet.  Signs are now up at The Barrel House, and the Rubikon signs are down with work apparently proceeding.  It’s On the River failed to reopen on the 15th as their (second) sign posted on the door had indicated, but the latest rumor is that it has been sold.  Also, new owners take over at Go Fish, and I’m looking forward to their reopening for the summer.
Off comes Bad Boy’z and on goes Pub 1848 to my “What’s Left” list (never had a chance to put the Two Wheel Tap on), so the list remains at 15.  

When I wrote my ‘Dive Bar’ posts, I put together Top Ten lists of both best dives (7-23-2012) and worst dives (8-22-2012) in the Quad Cities area.  At that time I had McManus Pub as one of the worst, but I since have had occasion to return and saw that it had been cleaned up and remodeled.  They even opened up the back room, which I didn’t even know they had.  McManus comes off my Worst Ten Dives list and is replaced by The Triangle in Silvis.  That list also included the Do Dah Tap, and changing the name to the Gateway Pub did nothing to change its standing. 

I've got thirty days to try to hit my goal of 500.  I wish it were as easy as just stopping at Twenty in Moline.  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

6/22/2012 Update - 7 more!

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 House.  Having been to the former DBA’s once
Read more

9/27/2014 Update: Buffett Song Bar Trivia

Image
The J Bar in the Holiday Inn in Davenport opened Sep 8, and when we and our friends Dave & Robin (rare thing to have company when I add a new bar to my list) hit it for the first time, it was too busy to sit inside.  The patio was heated and very cool, with a fire feature bisecting it.  Unfortunately it was still too cold to hang around too long, so I went back the next day and sat at the bar.  Good food, unique menu, and a $40,000 argon filled wine cooler.  All very hip, and I think will make a really nice hotel bar, but really very corporate. The Field House (same owners as the original one in downtown Iowa City) occupies what used to be Habaneros in North Park Mall.  This place is Hawkeye heaven with its gold and black décor and 20+ flat screens, and the food is good enough to be a draw even on non-football Saturdays.  They opened 9/2, but I didn’t even notice it until over a week later. We also hit the first of the three Market Cafes in QC area Hy-Vees, this on
Read more

1/5/2012 Update – Jinx?

I’m beginning to think my blog might be having the same effect as the Madden curse.  After writing in multiple editions about the pending, then actual, opening of the Beach House, four short months later it closes.  Less than two weeks ago I listed the Bierstube in the East Village as one of my top ten favorites, and it closed after New Year’s Eve.  I’m glad I won’t have to wait long for the next iteration – the sign on the door says it will be back open on the 6 th of January, but I don’t know what it will be known as.  The only information I've got is that Katy from McClellan’s Stockade, along with her two sisters, are the new owners.  Best of luck to them, and I hope they keep the escargot! My additions to the list for this update include the Rustic Inn in Eldridge, and Jimmie O’s in west Davenport, which was known up until recently as Carole’s Tap.  If it hadn’t changed ownership and names, I probably would never have gone back there, but it adds to the total.  I’m now at 419
Read more