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, 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...
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...
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...
I didn’t exactly go to Des Moines expecting corn fields, but I didn’t want to miss them, either. One night in the capital city this summer, I drove 30 minutes northeast of Des Moines and joined a weekly bike ride in the rural town of Maxwell . Our small group pedaled...
There are more than 1,000 Holiday Inn managers around the world, but Davenport’s Felicia Weese is the best. She won “GM of the Year” honors for 2018 from the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). The Holiday Inn brand honor is among the...
