Returned last Tuesday evening from working an art show in the Quad Cities
area (the show was in Davenport, Iowa in Lindsay Park overlooking the
Mississippi). We had dinner at a couple of nice places.

http://www.trattoriatiramisu.com/

This place is in Bettendorf, and frankly I wouldn't have expected to find
such fine dining where this particular trattoria is located. It was
recommended to us by a couple who bought a $5500 painting. If you could
have seen their house!! you would do as we did and take their word for it,
they would know where the good food is (They gave us a bottle of very
nice Italian Pinot Grigio to take back with us after we delivered this huge
painting to their home.)

At Trattoria Tiramisu, I had the Linguine Al Sugo Di Scampi - linguine
sauteed in extra virgin olive oil, garlic and cherry tomato with shrimp and
sea scallops. It was also available with steamed fresh clams instead of the
shrimp. (The server seemed a bit surprised when I requested the clams;
perhaps not a lot of women do that?) Delicious!

John had the Pollo Roma - Breast of chicken sauteed in a white wine sauce
with lemon, garlic and fresh rosemary.

We had a couple of glasses of the Pellegrini Cote de Sonoma Chardonnay with
our meal. We split a piece of Tiramisu for dessert. Ooooooh! If you're
ever in the area I highly recommend this restaurant.

Twice we had dinner at The BoatHouse Restaurant in Davenport. It has a very
nice deck overlooking the Mississippi River and the weather was absolutely
perfect.

http://www.qconline.com/boathouse/

Unfortunately, the menu on this site is not up to date; they offer more than
what is shown here.

We started the meal each visit with a cup of delicious clam chowder. On our
first visit John had 2 grilled catfish fillets with baked potato and green
beans. I had a mixed grill with one catfish fillet, 2 grilled shrimp and a
crab cake, also with baked potato and green beans. (The green beans seem to
come with whatever entree you order.)

Our second visit was after the close of the art show. To celebrate an
overwhelmingly successful show, we went back to The BoatHouse. This time he
had a slab of rare prime rib au jus, ditto the baked potato.

I had sole stuffed with spinach and cheese topped with a chardonnay sauce,
ditto the baked potato. This dish was to *die* for!

I'm going to try to re-create this at home as soon as possible. I'll
probably use flounder or even tilapia, however. Sole is not only expensive
it's very delicate. The fillets were rolled around the filling and I would
hate to ruin a couple of sole fillets on my first attempt.

Now I have to dig up (that means web search) a recipe for chardonnay sauce -
it was very creamy. Anyone have a recipe they'd like to share?

I neglected to ask what kind of cheese; it was possibly a white cheddar. It
was mild and didn't blaze like an orange beacon when I cut into the rolled
fish

Jill
--
I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.

jmcquown wrote:

> Returned last Tuesday evening from working an art show in the Quad Cities
> area (the show was in Davenport, Iowa in Lindsay Park overlooking the
> Mississippi). We had dinner at a couple of nice places.


There are some nice old "steamboat" gothic homes in Davenport...nice views
of the river.

Fun fact: the first railroad bridge to span the Mississipi River was built
from Rock Island IL (just across the way) to Davenport IA in IIRC 1856...


> http://www.trattoriatiramisu.com/
>
> This place is in Bettendorf, and frankly I wouldn't have expected to find
> such fine dining where this particular trattoria is located.


What, no "Rossburger"...???


It was
> recommended to us by a couple who bought a $5500 painting. If you could
> have seen their house!! you would do as we did and take their word for it,
> they would know where the good food is (They gave us a bottle of very
> nice Italian Pinot Grigio to take back with us after we delivered this
huge
> painting to their home.)
>
> At Trattoria Tiramisu, I had the Linguine Al Sugo Di Scampi - linguine
> sauteed in extra virgin olive oil, garlic and cherry tomato with shrimp
and
> sea scallops. It was also available with steamed fresh clams instead of
the
> shrimp. (The server seemed a bit surprised when I requested the clams;
> perhaps not a lot of women do that?) Delicious!
>
> John had the Pollo Roma - Breast of chicken sauteed in a white wine sauce
> with lemon, garlic and fresh rosemary.
>
> We had a couple of glasses of the Pellegrini Cote de Sonoma Chardonnay
with
> our meal. We split a piece of Tiramisu for dessert. Ooooooh! If you're
> ever in the area I highly recommend this restaurant.
>
> Twice we had dinner at The BoatHouse Restaurant in Davenport. It has a
very
> nice deck overlooking the Mississippi River and the weather was absolutely
> perfect.
>
> http://www.qconline.com/boathouse/
>
> Unfortunately, the menu on this site is not up to date; they offer more
than
> what is shown here.
>
> We started the meal each visit with a cup of delicious clam chowder. On
our
> first visit John had 2 grilled catfish fillets with baked potato and green
> beans. I had a mixed grill with one catfish fillet, 2 grilled shrimp and
a
> crab cake, also with baked potato and green beans. (The green beans seem
to
> come with whatever entree you order.)
>
> Our second visit was after the close of the art show. To celebrate an
> overwhelmingly successful show, we went back to The BoatHouse. This time
he
> had a slab of rare prime rib au jus, ditto the baked potato.
>
> I had sole stuffed with spinach and cheese topped with a chardonnay sauce,
> ditto the baked potato. This dish was to *die* for!
>
> I'm going to try to re-create this at home as soon as possible. I'll
> probably use flounder or even tilapia, however. Sole is not only
expensive
> it's very delicate. The fillets were rolled around the filling and I
would
> hate to ruin a couple of sole fillets on my first attempt.
>
> Now I have to dig up (that means web search) a recipe for chardonnay
sauce -
> it was very creamy. Anyone have a recipe they'd like to share?
>
> I neglected to ask what kind of cheese; it was possibly a white cheddar.
It
> was mild and didn't blaze like an orange beacon when I cut into the rolled
> fish


Sounds like you hit two of the high spots of Quad Cities dining. Did you go
to any of the casino boats? Did downtown Davenport have much life or is it
pretty dead?

And sounds like y'all had a good time, especially the art bit :-)

--
Best
Greg

jmcquown wrote:

> Returned last Tuesday evening from working an art show in the Quad Cities
> area (the show was in Davenport, Iowa in Lindsay Park overlooking the
> Mississippi). We had dinner at a couple of nice places.


There are some nice old "steamboat" gothic homes in Davenport...nice views
of the river.

Fun fact: the first railroad bridge to span the Mississipi River was built
from Rock Island IL (just across the way) to Davenport IA in IIRC 1856...


> http://www.trattoriatiramisu.com/
>
> This place is in Bettendorf, and frankly I wouldn't have expected to find
> such fine dining where this particular trattoria is located.


What, no "Rossburger"...???


It was
> recommended to us by a couple who bought a $5500 painting. If you could
> have seen their house!! you would do as we did and take their word for it,
> they would know where the good food is (They gave us a bottle of very
> nice Italian Pinot Grigio to take back with us after we delivered this
huge
> painting to their home.)
>
> At Trattoria Tiramisu, I had the Linguine Al Sugo Di Scampi - linguine
> sauteed in extra virgin olive oil, garlic and cherry tomato with shrimp
and
> sea scallops. It was also available with steamed fresh clams instead of
the
> shrimp. (The server seemed a bit surprised when I requested the clams;
> perhaps not a lot of women do that?) Delicious!
>
> John had the Pollo Roma - Breast of chicken sauteed in a white wine sauce
> with lemon, garlic and fresh rosemary.
>
> We had a couple of glasses of the Pellegrini Cote de Sonoma Chardonnay
with
> our meal. We split a piece of Tiramisu for dessert. Ooooooh! If you're
> ever in the area I highly recommend this restaurant.
>
> Twice we had dinner at The BoatHouse Restaurant in Davenport. It has a
very
> nice deck overlooking the Mississippi River and the weather was absolutely
> perfect.
>
> http://www.qconline.com/boathouse/
>
> Unfortunately, the menu on this site is not up to date; they offer more
than
> what is shown here.
>
> We started the meal each visit with a cup of delicious clam chowder. On
our
> first visit John had 2 grilled catfish fillets with baked potato and green
> beans. I had a mixed grill with one catfish fillet, 2 grilled shrimp and
a
> crab cake, also with baked potato and green beans. (The green beans seem
to
> come with whatever entree you order.)
>
> Our second visit was after the close of the art show. To celebrate an
> overwhelmingly successful show, we went back to The BoatHouse. This time
he
> had a slab of rare prime rib au jus, ditto the baked potato.
>
> I had sole stuffed with spinach and cheese topped with a chardonnay sauce,
> ditto the baked potato. This dish was to *die* for!
>
> I'm going to try to re-create this at home as soon as possible. I'll
> probably use flounder or even tilapia, however. Sole is not only
expensive
> it's very delicate. The fillets were rolled around the filling and I
would
> hate to ruin a couple of sole fillets on my first attempt.
>
> Now I have to dig up (that means web search) a recipe for chardonnay
sauce -
> it was very creamy. Anyone have a recipe they'd like to share?
>
> I neglected to ask what kind of cheese; it was possibly a white cheddar.
It
> was mild and didn't blaze like an orange beacon when I cut into the rolled
> fish


Sounds like you hit two of the high spots of Quad Cities dining. Did you go
to any of the casino boats? Did downtown Davenport have much life or is it
pretty dead?

And sounds like y'all had a good time, especially the art bit :-)

--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Returned last Tuesday evening from working an art show in the Quad
>> Cities area (the show was in Davenport, Iowa in Lindsay Park
>> overlooking the Mississippi). We had dinner at a couple of nice
>> places.
>
>> Our second visit was after the close of the art show. To celebrate
>> an overwhelmingly successful show, we went back to The BoatHouse.
>> This time he had a slab of rare prime rib au jus, ditto the baked
>> potato.
>>
>> I had sole stuffed with spinach and cheese topped with a chardonnay
>> sauce, ditto the baked potato. This dish was to *die* for!
>>
>> I'm going to try to re-create this at home as soon as possible. I'll
>> probably use flounder or even tilapia, however. Sole is not only
>> expensive it's very delicate. The fillets were rolled around the
>> filling and I would hate to ruin a couple of sole fillets on my
>> first attempt.
>>
>> Now I have to dig up (that means web search) a recipe for chardonnay
>> sauce - it was very creamy. Anyone have a recipe they'd like to
>> share?
>>
>> I neglected to ask what kind of cheese; it was possibly a white
>> cheddar. It was mild and didn't blaze like an orange beacon when I
>> cut into the rolled fish
>
>
> Sounds like you hit two of the high spots of Quad Cities dining. Did
> you go to any of the casino boats? Did downtown Davenport have much
> life or is it pretty dead?
>
We did not go to any of the casino boats. We thought about it just for
dining (we aren't gamblers) but didn't get around to it. As for downtown
Davenport, several of the locals referred to it as "What is left of
downtown" so I'd say it's pretty much dead.

> And sounds like y'all had a good time, especially the art bit :-)

Yeah, it's hard work but we manage to have a good time.

Jill

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Returned last Tuesday evening from working an art show in the Quad
>> Cities area (the show was in Davenport, Iowa in Lindsay Park
>> overlooking the Mississippi). We had dinner at a couple of nice
>> places.
>
>> Our second visit was after the close of the art show. To celebrate
>> an overwhelmingly successful show, we went back to The BoatHouse.
>> This time he had a slab of rare prime rib au jus, ditto the baked
>> potato.
>>
>> I had sole stuffed with spinach and cheese topped with a chardonnay
>> sauce, ditto the baked potato. This dish was to *die* for!
>>
>> I'm going to try to re-create this at home as soon as possible. I'll
>> probably use flounder or even tilapia, however. Sole is not only
>> expensive it's very delicate. The fillets were rolled around the
>> filling and I would hate to ruin a couple of sole fillets on my
>> first attempt.
>>
>> Now I have to dig up (that means web search) a recipe for chardonnay
>> sauce - it was very creamy. Anyone have a recipe they'd like to
>> share?
>>
>> I neglected to ask what kind of cheese; it was possibly a white
>> cheddar. It was mild and didn't blaze like an orange beacon when I
>> cut into the rolled fish
>
>
> Sounds like you hit two of the high spots of Quad Cities dining. Did
> you go to any of the casino boats? Did downtown Davenport have much
> life or is it pretty dead?
>
We did not go to any of the casino boats. We thought about it just for
dining (we aren't gamblers) but didn't get around to it. As for downtown
Davenport, several of the locals referred to it as "What is left of
downtown" so I'd say it's pretty much dead.

> And sounds like y'all had a good time, especially the art bit :-)

Yeah, it's hard work but we manage to have a good time.

Jill