08/16/2013 Update
About two hours after my last post, I added the new Moline location of the Barrel House to my list. The location used to be a hair salon, and, after having driven by it for months, I was astonished at how big it is once I finally went in! Both the total square footage, which includes half of the second floor, and the actual bar itself dwarfs the Davenport location. A welcome addition to downtown Moline, lengthening the 5th Avenue entertainment district. Although ownership changed some time ago, O’Melia’s had recently changed its name to Jake O’s. The only time I had been in O’Melia’s was downstairs for a bowling banquet, so I’m not sure what, if anything, was changed on the inside. There’s a nice deck in the front, but it doesn’t look out onto much. These two additions bring my total to 494 . Also, for the first time in six months I knocked another one (Jim’s Knoxville Tap) from my “Pre-List List”, bars (still open) that I hadn’t been to since before I started keep