Backyard Bowl & Abides Bar and Grill is now open at 2020 1st St. W. in Milan, Illinois, located where the old Milan Lanes was once housed. It has been upgraded in a lot of ways that make this a nice destination for all ages for a fun night out!
Category Archives: Food
BluJaket Coupon App: Serving Quad Cities, Iowa City, Des Moines and more!
BluJaket is my new favorite coupon app. Download it today for great deals as you’re driving around the area!
How does it work: After I’ve downloaded the app…We leave church and are thinking about where to take our family to lunch. We’re driving in Rock Island. As we approach City Limits in Rock Island, I get a notification on my phone that “I’ve been stung.” I see there’s a coupon for buy one entree, get one half off at City Limits. We pull into the parking lot and have a great meal!
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Meatheads Meat Market
Meatheads Meat Market, located at 520 10th Ave. W. in Milan, Illinois, is one of the best butcher shops in the Quad Cities Area. Opened up in 2004, Meatheads offers fresh, store-made offerings from burgers, to tenderloins to smoked salmon, but their brats are what initially caught my eye.
Armored Gardens – BBQ, Brews, Fun!
Armored Gardens, located at 315 Pershing Ave, opened up in downtown Davenport in late October of 2017. After being open almost a year, it has quickly become a fun hotspot for all types of people, for many reasons. Armored Gardens features craft brews, with over 100 beers on tap, and BBQ but with a few delicious twists. The bar holds the most tap handles over any other business in the Quad Cities Area. To keep up with their ever-changing list, one can download an app called “Digital Pour”, that shows just what they have on tap and how much is left, as well as various other little tidbits relating to each beer. Customers order their beers at the bar by number.
Pee Wee’s Restaurant. It’s Good for your Soul.
There’s a new (well, new to me) MUST-TRY eatery in Rock Island and it’s called Pee Wee’s Restaurant. This family affair is run by Rock Island native, Will Clay, and named after his father. His mother greeted us while we were there and was a lovely woman. Even though it opened in Spring 2017 we just recently had a chance to try it out. Boy, are we glad we didn’t put it off any longer!
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The East Moline Paletero Project
As a teacher, pride for your students never ceases to fail. Whether a homework assignment, an extracurricular, a service activity, or something different altogether — it’s an indescribable feeling. It bubbles up inside of you, and you are bursting to the seams with joy. When they get the idea to start a business to make money for a school trip, so they can further their education, and manage to present their concepts in front of the Quad Cities Chamber, you can’t help but smile. This is exactly what my former students, Sergio Garcia, 12, and Jesús Gutierrez, 13, from my time student teaching 7th and 8th grade ESL English/Language Arts at Glenview have done to “keep their eyes on the prize” and succeed in furthering their education.
6 Favorite Quad Cities Ice Cream Shops
Summer to our family (and, apparently, our friends, too) means sunshine, water play, grilling, and cold, ice-creamy treats!
Check out these Quad Cities favorite summer ice cream shops:
Top 5 Healthy Eateries in Quad Cities
It isn’t always easy to making healthy choices while dining out. For those with allergies or dietary restrictions, it can seem near impossible finding a restaurant that can cater towards specialty needs. It can be done, though! There are several places locally that provide good, healthy, food and can accommodate for most restrictions you might have when ordering out.
Here is a list of my top 5 favorite healthy eateries in the Quad Cities.
Chinese Food Freshly Made: Ming Wah
Ming Wah Chinese Restaurant, a family owned business, has been a staple restaurant for me for over 15 years. I remember going to their first restaurant, The Golden Wok, in East Moline. From there Poi and her husband moved to the present location in Moline. The restaurant is in close proximity to many businesses and residential neighborhoods. The thing that keeps me returning to Ming Wah is the use of less oil and fresh and healthy ingredients in their dishes.
Pop Into “Popcorn Charlie” & Company!
As a lover of popcorn, “Popcorn Charlie” & Company is one of my favorite destinations in the Quad Cities. Popcorn, cheese corn and caramel corn are the reason that I visit. Located on the north west side of Davenport, Iowa, this store is packed to the ceiling with various popcorn treats and candy in all colors and flavors. The moment that I enter the building I am greeted by the enticing aroma of freshly popped popcorn.
