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07/17/2013 Update: 10, 9, 8 …The countdown is on (again)!

For this post, I’ve added Wide River Winery in Leclaire, Red Lantern in Davenport, and The Edge In Rapid City to the list, bringing the new total to 492 .  As it was when I neared 300 and 400, anticipation (at least mine) is building! Though we’d been to Wide River before, it required a second visit before I could put it on the list.  Basically an outlet for the actual winery in Clinton, it consists of the shop with two tasting bars and a patio to the side, where they have some pretty good music from 5-8 on Fridays.  The first visit we were early enough to get a seat on the patio, but last Friday we had to sit inside at the bar until some room opened up.  While that wasn’t our preference, my rules enabled me to add it to the list.  As I mentioned last post, Red Lantern is a more upscale Chinese restaurant than I think the Quad Cities area is used to, and opened July 1st in what until recently was Symposium, off 53rd St near Utica Ridge.  While they did dump the sunken lounge ar