I probably asked this last year, too We'll be at the Riverssance
Festival of Fine Arts in Lindsay Park in Davenport, Iowa. The show is
September 17th and 18th with a preview party the evening of the 16th. My
LLL is the featured artist this year! If you're in the area (Moline, IL,
Rock Island, IL, Davenport, IA or Bettendorf, IA) feel free to stop by and
say "hi"

In 2004 they had some really good food vendors; not your typical half cold
pizza by the slice or weird (they call this meat?) burgers. Nary a corndog
or funnel cake in sight! We got some excellent mandarin sesame beef,
rice and fresh hot egg rolls for just a few bucks.

We're looking forward to going back to dine at The Boat House. We ate there
a couple of times, on the deck overlooking the river. John is still raving
about the beef tenderloin filet from our last visit. The NE style clam
chowder as a starter was excellent. My entree was grilled catfish and
shrimp, also excellent.

Also, Trattoria Tiramisu! I had a crab and steamed mussels pasta dish. Oh
YUM! Might have even been Alfredo sauce LOL

We're going to skip Ross' Diner featuring the "Magic Mountain" - steamed
ground beef on texas toast topped with french fries and cheese sauce. Um.

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

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> I probably asked this last year, too We'll be at the Riverssance
> Festival of Fine Arts in Lindsay Park in Davenport, Iowa. The show is
> September 17th and 18th with a preview party the evening of the 16th. My
> LLL is the featured artist this year! If you're in the area (Moline, IL,
> Rock Island, IL, Davenport, IA or Bettendorf, IA) feel free to stop by and
> say "hi"
>
> In 2004 they had some really good food vendors; not your typical half cold
> pizza by the slice or weird (they call this meat?) burgers. Nary a
corndog
> or funnel cake in sight! We got some excellent mandarin sesame beef,
> rice and fresh hot egg rolls for just a few bucks.
>
> We're looking forward to going back to dine at The Boat House. We ate
there
> a couple of times, on the deck overlooking the river. John is still
raving
> about the beef tenderloin filet from our last visit. The NE style clam
> chowder as a starter was excellent. My entree was grilled catfish and
> shrimp, also excellent.
>
> Also, Trattoria Tiramisu! I had a crab and steamed mussels pasta dish.
Oh
> YUM! Might have even been Alfredo sauce LOL
>
> We're going to skip Ross' Diner featuring the "Magic Mountain" - steamed
> ground beef on texas toast topped with french fries and cheese sauce. Um.
>
> Jill
> --

We spent last weekend in Davenport as my birthday getaway. We live about an
hour and a half SW of there.
Haven't been to The Boat House but will have to check it out. I can
recommend the Thunder Bay Grill at the North end of Brady Street. Especially
for Sunday brunch. They have an omelet bar and Belgian waffle bar, and both
are excellent. Cracker Barrel is also in the area, if that interests you.

Dave

Hairy wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> We're looking forward to going back to dine at The Boat House. We
>> ate there a couple of times, on the deck overlooking the river.
>> John is still raving about the beef tenderloin filet from our last
>> visit. The NE style clam chowder as a starter was excellent. My
>> entree was grilled catfish and shrimp, also excellent.
>>
>> Also, Trattoria Tiramisu! I had a crab and steamed mussels pasta
>> dish. Oh YUM! Might have even been Alfredo sauce LOL
>>
>> We're going to skip Ross' Diner featuring the "Magic Mountain" -
>> steamed ground beef on texas toast topped with french fries and
>> cheese sauce. Um.
>>
>> Jill
>
> We spent last weekend in Davenport as my birthday getaway.

Happy belated birthday!

> We live about an hour and a half SW of there.
> Haven't been to The Boat House but will have to check it out. I can
> recommend the Thunder Bay Grill at the North end of Brady Street.
> Especially for Sunday brunch. They have an omelet bar and Belgian
> waffle bar, and both are excellent.

We'll be working on Sunday (the art show encompasses setup on Friday, the
preview Friday night, the weekend, and then tearing down on Sunday evening).
But thanks for the recommendation! We may try it for dinner one night after
the show or the day before we have to set up.

Cracker Barrel is also in the
> area, if that interests you.
>
> Dave

We can get Cracker Barrel just about anywhere. IIRC there was a place
called The Village Inn which served up good breakfast and also featured a
soup of the day for lunch. We both love soup And the servers were
almost *too* cheerful (if such a thing is possible!)

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> We'll be working on Sunday (the art show encompasses setup on Friday, the
> preview Friday night, the weekend, and then tearing down on Sunday evening).
> But thanks for the recommendation! We may try it for dinner one night after
> the show or the day before we have to set up.
>
> called The Village Inn which served up good breakfast and also featured a
> soup of the day for lunch. We both love soup And the servers were
> almost *too* cheerful (if such a thing is possible!)
>
> Jill

The Village Inn is a franchise - pretty good modern "diner-type" food
along with some fantastic pies.

N.

Hairy wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I probably asked this last year, too We'll be at the Riverssance
>> Festival of Fine Arts in Lindsay Park in Davenport, Iowa.
>> Jill
>> --
>
> We spent last weekend in Davenport as my birthday getaway. We live
> about an hour and a half SW of there.
> Haven't been to The Boat House but will have to check it out. I can
> recommend the Thunder Bay Grill at the North end of Brady Street.

I found a link to their site with menus. Looks fantastic! I'm printing
them out to take on the trip.
http://www.thunderbaygrille.com/menus/index.htm

Jill

I don't know if you're into this kind of thing, but I'm a big fan of the
Blue Cat Brew Pub. It's right by the casino in Rock Island. Great food and
beer-

http://www.bluecatbrewpub.com/

Not affiliated, I just live close-ish and really like it-

Brad


"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> I probably asked this last year, too We'll be at the Riverssance
> Festival of Fine Arts in Lindsay Park in Davenport, Iowa. The show is
> September 17th and 18th with a preview party the evening of the 16th. My
> LLL is the featured artist this year! If you're in the area (Moline, IL,
> Rock Island, IL, Davenport, IA or Bettendorf, IA) feel free to stop by and
> say "hi"
>
> In 2004 they had some really good food vendors; not your typical half cold
> pizza by the slice or weird (they call this meat?) burgers. Nary a
corndog
> or funnel cake in sight! We got some excellent mandarin sesame beef,
> rice and fresh hot egg rolls for just a few bucks.
>
> We're looking forward to going back to dine at The Boat House. We ate
there
> a couple of times, on the deck overlooking the river. John is still
raving
> about the beef tenderloin filet from our last visit. The NE style clam
> chowder as a starter was excellent. My entree was grilled catfish and
> shrimp, also excellent.
>
> Also, Trattoria Tiramisu! I had a crab and steamed mussels pasta dish.
Oh
> YUM! Might have even been Alfredo sauce LOL
>
> We're going to skip Ross' Diner featuring the "Magic Mountain" - steamed
> ground beef on texas toast topped with french fries and cheese sauce. Um.
>
> Jill
> --
> I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.
>
>

jmcquown wrote:
> I probably asked this last year, too We'll be at the Riverssance
> Festival of Fine Arts in Lindsay Park in Davenport, Iowa. The show is
> September 17th and 18th with a preview party the evening of the 16th. My
> LLL is the featured artist this year! If you're in the area (Moline, IL,
> Rock Island, IL, Davenport, IA or Bettendorf, IA) feel free to stop by and
> say "hi"
>
> In 2004 they had some really good food vendors; not your typical half cold
> pizza by the slice or weird (they call this meat?) burgers. Nary a corndog
> or funnel cake in sight! We got some excellent mandarin sesame beef,
> rice and fresh hot egg rolls for just a few bucks.
>
> We're looking forward to going back to dine at The Boat House. We ate there
> a couple of times, on the deck overlooking the river. John is still raving
> about the beef tenderloin filet from our last visit. The NE style clam
> chowder as a starter was excellent. My entree was grilled catfish and
> shrimp, also excellent.
>
65 miles from me - if it's still hot, you won't see me ;-) Re the
tenderloin filets, bring your ice chest and find a dry ice purveyor
before you come, and stop at an old-fashioned butcher's or supermarket
and take some home with you. Most Iowa beef is from Iowa. LOL.

Have fun! (Is the Dock still in business? It was our favorite
Quad-Cities restaurant when I was young.)

N.