Food Truck Fight is returning to the Quad Cities on Saturday, July 20 in a brand new location! Join them for a day of food trucks, live music, kids activities, a fully stocked bar, and more at The Rust Belt in East Moline, IL! Enjoy food from local and regional food trucks and cast your vote for your favorite truck! They will crown a new Food Truck Fight Champion at 7:00pm. Guaranteed tickets are available online before the event – we encourage you to secure your attendance with a pre-sale ticket (includes event entry, koozie & signature spork), but organizers will have tickets available... Read More

QC Restaurant Week will put a spring in your step on April 8-14! Celebrating the spring season, this popular restaurant promotion is poised to bring much-deserved love and business to our local restaurants and our neighbors who run them. Visit our website down below! https://qcrestaurantweek.com/  Read More

On February 15, 2024 the Quad Cities will sip on martini samples from local establishments to support a mission of Preventing Lost Potential™! You will spend an evening sipping with our area’s best martini samples while supporting a great cause! The 2024 Martini Shake Off™ presented by IMEG CORP. will feature delicious appetizers, incredible silent auction items and music by 10 of Soul! Tickets are $75 – don’t delay, buy your tickets online now! Learn more here: MARTINI SHAKE OFF    Read More

Join the German American Heritage Center and Randyl Mohr from Chocolate Manor for a chocolate-tasting experience! German, Belgian, French, and more…learn about chocolate from different countries and taste the differences. Sunday, January 21 – 2pm – German American Heritage Center $10 for members $15 for non-members Register Here: CHOCOLATE TASTING TICKETS Learn more: CHOCOLATE TASTING  Read More

The Third Annual Frogtown Craft Beer Festival will be back this November 25th inside the Rust Belt! Get information at: www.frogtownbeerfest.com.  Read More

Clinton, Iowa’s downtown retailers, friendly local hangouts, and family-owned businesses have something fun a-brewin’ on October 19! It’s The HAUNTED WINE WALK and it will take place on THIRSTY-Thursday, October 19th from 5:00pm – 7:00pm! So get witchy! Call up your ghoul-friends! And fly to downtown Clinton! For some sips of  wine, SCARY good DEALS and a FRIGHTFULLY good time! Wine & Specialty Drinks at participating locations! Adult Trick-or-Treat! GREAT DEALS! Open LATE! FREE broom parking! Costume Contest! Learn more: WINE WALK  Read More

Food Fest is back Father’s Day weekend (June 16th to 18th) at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds! The Fairgrounds will come alive for a weekend of fun planned with nightly music, Stock Car races on Friday and our Tractor Pull on Saturday. All this and more! Full event schedule/food line-up will be finalized and announced soon. Learn more: FAIR FOOD FEST  Read More

Next to the Mighty Mississippi River sits a hidden gem. Our own little Jewel of the Nile if you will. Taste of Ethiopia will bring you a new way of experiencing the Quad Cities, in a more flavorful way. Today’s review is somewhat sponsored and two parts. I sat down with Consumed Foodie , too experience this restaurant. While it maybe a new experience to us, I have a feeling we’ve been missing out. Families and couples flow through during our lunch break and order large dinner plates and laugh and carry on as if they were right at home. The patio which offers an amazing view of the river... Read More

Can you believe this crap? Snow, record cold, and it’s barely October? Man, I need a vacation, already. Unfortunately, I also need money for that vacation, and so that trip to warmer climes will have to wait. However, there is a way we can get some warmth on these frigid days. (No, I’m not coming over to spoon you.) (Well, ok, I’ll consider it. Message me.) Aside from that though, you can get a hot potato! No, not the kind of Idaho spud type, but the type that will warm you in a different way. A more alcohol-based way. You see, folks, Bent River has this little drink they call the Hot Potato.... Read More

Looking for a catch of the week that doesn’t involve noodling the flooded Mississippi River? If you’re  jonesing for Japanese you won’t have to fish far for satisfying sushi and sashimi any longer. Osaka restaurants in Moline, Davenport and Muscatine offer fresh dishes from the land of the rising sun roll, and they’re a Godzilla-sized hit. While other local outlets have offered sushi as part of their broader menus, Osaka is unique in its sole dedication to Japanese cuisine, as well as its environment and presentation. Walk inside and you’re immersed in an expansive, warm crimson replete... Read More