Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Martini's on the Rock is a new restaurant along the Rock River in Rock Island that features an outdoor patio with a view of the river. It was formerly Veranda's restaurant and has been changed to a sports-bar-style atmosphere.
Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES A fire sent thick, black smoke billowing skyward Saturday afternoon after fire broke out at The Hat Eatery and Pub, 1618 W. Locust St., Davenport.
Louis Brems/QUAD-CITY TIMES Joel McDowell, Christine Kleinheider, center, and Sharon Sparks embrace as they watch the aftermath of Thursday night's fire at Sharon's Family Restaurant, a staple of downtown East Moline. Kleinheider bought the restaurant from Sparks, a longtime family friend, last August.
Calita Evans of Rock Island, at left, and her son, Shawon Tolbert, 5, make their way through the crowd after having a free breakfast at the Denny's Restaurant near SouthPark Mall in Moline on Tuesday. A promotion offered a free Grand Slam breakfast to everyone in America, and Denny's estimated it would serve 2 million of the meals Tuesday. (Jeff Cook/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
Smoke pours from an exhaust vent at the Centro restaurant in the Redstone building in downtown Davenport clearing out the lunch crowd Thursday over the noon hour. (Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
This was the scene on Oct. 24, 2008, as firefighters worked to contain the blaze at Breitbach's in Balltown, Iowa.
Kevin E. Schmidt/ON THE RIVER The Ice Harbor Galley, owned by Nancy and Walt Webster, is a floating restaurant docked at the Port of Dubuque.
SCRIPPS HOWARD Television sets have become an interior-design element in many restaurants, such as Taro's in Sacramento, where Lexi Egan, left, is served a drink from bartender Katie Way.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bill Kurtis, host of A&E's “American Justice” and a former Chicago news anchor, holds out a steak from his Tallgrass Beef Company at Harry Caray's restaurant in Chicago. Kurtis, whose grass-fed beef from his Kansas ranch is now sold in a few Chicago restaurants, upscale markets and even a school, said he knows of nowhere else that designer beef is gaining such a foothold.
Photos by Larry Fisher/ON THE RIVER The Effie Afton restaurant, owned by and located adjacent to Jumer’s Casino Rock Island, once was a towboat and still has most of its original machinery.
The view from the Effie Afton restaurant includes the Davenport skyline and Casino Rock Island. Between 400 and 500 people dine there daily.
Photos by Larry Fisher/ON THE RIVER The dining room at McCabe's Landing in Albany, Ill., features a view of the Mississippi River and is an excellent place to watch eagles in the winter.
An outdoor deck at McCabe's Landing offers riverview dining in warmer weather.
The front door of the Azteca restaurant, 4811 N. Brady St., Davenport, voluntarily closed Monday after Scott County Health Department officals identified eight cases of E. coli bacteria that were traced directly to the restaurant. The sign posted by the management says the business could re-open as early as today. photo by Thomas Geyer / Quad-City Times
After 29 years of operation on North Brady Street in Davenport, this Rudy's Tacos restaurant closed Sunday night. Owners of the franchise operation said increased competition and less traffic on the one-way corridor also known as U.S. 61 led to the decision.
(Artist rendition) The IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union plans to build this strip center in Silvis, Ill.
This sign hung six years ago no longer applies to a business that is gone for good and a building that is targeted for demolition.
Jeff Cook/QUAD-CITY TIMES Tara Elkins takes orders at Ford Foodservice Equipment Co. in Davenport.
Bonita Schroeder serves lunch on Easter to Kim and Dawn Kramer and their son Blake, 7, at the Family Restaurant in Davenport.
Firefighters work early Oct. 24, 2009, to contain the blaze at Breitbach's. The restaurant had reopened four months ago after a 2007 fire destroyed the original building. (FILE PHOTO)
This is the best this amateur photographer could do. The lens was wet from the rain.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Chris Kliner and his daughters select a rental DVD from a Redbox before heading to the counter at a McDonald’s restaurant in Apple Valley, Minn.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fernando Cien Fuogo, a server at Las Margaritas restaurant in Westerville, Ohio, carries an order. With the country's Hispanic population swelling to more than 41 million, a majority with Mexican origins, U.S. restaurants are slowly moving beyond the casual fare of tacos, burritos and combo plates that are little more than sanitized versions of the real deal.
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