Cajun Cook-Off Tuesday at Rhythm City, Davenport, will raise money for Figge Art Museum
You can put the "fat" in Fat Tuesday by celebrating the eighth annual Cajun Cook-Off to benefit the Figge Art Museum, from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Rhythm City Casino Event Center, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport. Eleven local chefs will be stationed around...
With Burger Shed, Heart of America Brings a Winning Recipe to Altoona
Burger Shed, a casual restaurant that serves up specialty burgers, handcrafted shakes, and an extra helping of attitude, is developer Heart of America’s latest Altoona creation. The restaurant opened in July, and it’s already getting a lot of buzz thanks to its...
Hop on down to downtown Moline Friday night for holiday activities
MOLINE — The decorations are up, and the holiday season is in full swing downtown. Moline Centre will host its third annual Holiday Hop from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. The presenting sponsor is IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union, which recently opened a new four-story, $24...
Axis Hotel Opens in Downtown Moline
There’s a new place to stay and grab a meal in downtown Moline. The Axis Hotel held its ribbon cutting ceremony last week. It took five years to finish the project. The boutique hotel’s bottom floor is home to the Syndicate restaurant, which is open for breakfast,...
Editorial: Celebrating two new Moline, Q-C superstars Oct 22, 2019
Moline celebrated the latest stars in that city’s ongoing renaissance: a beautiful historic building’s elegant reincarnation and a state-of-the-art new one worthy of the city’s Mississippi River front door. Quad-Citians who travel River Drive east of the Interstate 74...
The Axis Hotel Moline, Tapestry Collection by Hilton Open: The Axis Hotel and Fifth Avenue Syndicate Bistro & Bar in Downtown Moline
The Axis Hotel Moline, Tapestry Collection by Hilton has opened as Heart of America Group's newest upscale hotel with signature onsite restaurant the Fifth Avenue Syndicate Bistro & Bar in the historic Fifth Avenue building in downtown Moline, Illinois. The Axis...
Cocktail of the week: Mary Pickford Cocktail at Fifth Avenue Syndicate Bistro and Bar
We went ON LOCATION for our Cocktail of the Week! The Axis Hotel, 1630 5th Avenue, opened this week in Moline and it includes the Fifth Avenue Syndicate Bistro and Bar. You will step back in time when you step into this restaurant! We had one of their masterful...
Moline’s Axis Hotel is the Whalen family’s latest big investment
MOLINE, Illinois – One of the biggest investments in downtown Moline is ready to open to the public. The new Axis Hotel, a Hilton "boutique" hotel, is the first major downtown hotel renovation done by Quad City-based Heart of America restaurants and hotels. The...
Check it out: downtown Moline has a swanky new hotel
The hotel-building boom in the Quad-Cities hasn’t missed Moline. The Axis Hotel, a swanky new hotel that’s given new life to a historic building in downtown Moline, held its opening bash Thursday night. Renovations took three years, yielding 104 guest rooms, a luxe...
Flood of Development Activity Continues in Cedar Rapids
As I have enjoyed writing in six previous August articles since 2013, we have seen Cedar Rapids, the 2014 “All-America City,” go from flood recovery in 2008 and 2016 to record levels of development. The city set a record for building permits in fiscal year 2018 of...