ManaFest Card Shop opened on Monday, Jan. 12, in East Moline. The card shop is located at 703 17th Ave.Â
ManaFest Card Shop opens
ManaFest Card Shop, a collectible store, made its debut on Monday, Jan. 12, in East Moline.
The card shop is a one-stop shop for all things magical. ManaFest has D&D adventures (Dungeons & Dragons), Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, and more. The store has items to level up collections, discover rare cards, and unlock new realms of fun.
The shop offers a variety of tabletop role-playing and trading card games and supplies.
ManaFest Card Shop is located at 703 17th Ave. in East Moline.Â
Operation hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m., daily. Business phone number is 309-200-0761. Stay tuned to their Facebook page and website for updates, upcoming events and to see what ManaFest has to offer. Facebook page is ManaFest Card Shop. Website address is manafestcardshop.net
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The authentic Mexican food truck, La Casa Taco Truck and Sweets, opens a Mexican grocery store at 1407 W. Fourth St. in Davenport. Shown is the painted storefront sign on the grocery store on Friday, Jan. 16.Â
La Casa Taco Truck and Sweets opens grocery store
The authentic Mexican food truck, La Casa Taco Truck and Sweets, opens a Mexican grocery store in Davenport. The new Mexican grocery store is located at 1407 W. Fourth St., in the former Heaven's Kitchen Ministry building. The store opened on Friday, Jan. 9.
La Casa is a grocery store and also serves breakfast all day, along with lunch and dinner items. They also offer specialty coffee drinks. Menu selection includes breakfast burritos, breakfast platters, beans and rice with a choice of four meats, street tacos, quesadillas, desserts, and more. The store has a variety of everyday household items, tools, candy, stuffed toys, Hot Wheels, canned and bottled drinks, cilantro, Chile poblano, Jalapenos, and more. La Casa specialty is their freshly prepared red pork and savory rajas and cheese tamales.Â
Operation hours are currently open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Business phone number is 563-579-1040.
Lorena Flores, owner of the store, said they hope to be open seven days a week in May and to provide more vegetables and fruits and add more food items to their menu. Follow the grocery store and food truck on their Facebook page La Casa Taco Truck and Sweets for updates. Â
El Barril Mexican Restaurant Two to close
El Barril Mexican Restaurant Two, in Cambridge, announced Tuesday on Facebook that they will close at the end of January. The Mexican restaurant is located at 105 N. Prospect St.
"It is with much sadness that we are closing our doors at the end of January. We held on as long as we could, but between not having enough business to pay our bills, let alone keep staff, we just can't go on. With that being said, I am only one man and I can't take on a large crowd alone, so starting today until we close, we will only be open for to-go orders. We appreciate all of the support over these last 8 months and we will miss you all."
Owners Christine and Agustin Cuchil Brito have their first and remaining restaurant, El Barril, in Edgington, which is open. In October 2025, El Barril 3, in Galesburg, closed.Â
The Bagel Shop opens in Muscatine
The Bagel Shop in Muscatine moved into its location in January, 2026, offering bagels, cream cheese and smoothies.
The Bagel Shop opened earlier this month at 413 E. Second Street in Muscatine, sharing a building with Black Pearl Cafe.
The Bagel Shop is open from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, offering both savory and sweet bagels and homemade cream cheese to go with. Customers can order just a bagel, a bagel with cream cheese or bagels in bulk with cream cheese to go. The shop offers a variety of options, including plain, blueberry, everything, cheddar, asiago cheese and jalapeno cheddar. Customers can choose from plain, dill pickle, veggie, scallion, jalapeno cheddar or strawberry cream cheeses. They also offer freshly made orange juice and fruit smoothies to pair them with. Click here to read more.Â
A variety of bagels on display at The Bagel Shop in Muscatine.
The shops Facebook page is The Bagel Shop and website address is thebagelshopiowa.com.
ORA Orthopedics moving to new location
ORA Orthopedics will be opening at their state-of-the-art facility in Bettendorf. The new Bettendorf campus is located at 5250 Competition Drive in Bettendorf, next to Iron Tee Golf. The ORA campus will have clinic services, Urgent OrthoCRE, outpatient surgery, physical therapy, advanced imaging, and more together in one modern, connected orthopedic destination center. Click here to read more.Â
The Surgery Center opens Monday, Jan. 26 and the Clinic & Physical Therapy is slated to open Monday, Feb. 9.Â
This new campus will replace their Crow Valley Bettendorf clinic on 53rd Avenue. The seven other ORA clinic and therapy locations in Northwest Davenport, Moline, Silvis, Geneseo, DeWitt, Muscatine, and Clinton will not be affected and will remain open, ensuring patients for continued orthopedic care at the location most convenient for them.
Stardust closes in downtown Davenport
Stardust, an event venue in downtown Davenport, announced its closure on Monday, Jan. 19. In a Facebook post, the owners wrote they decided to close after not reaching an agreement on a contract with the venue's landlord.Â
The 600-person venue, located at 218 Iowa Street, opened in 2018 out of a former automotive shop. For eight years, Stardust hosted weddings, birthdays, concerts, parties, corporate events and more.
Dave & Buster's opens in Davenport Jan. 19
Dave & Buster's, at 5248 Elmore Ave., officially opens to the public on Monday, Jan. 19, in Davenport. The new arcade will also feature a full restaurant and bar.
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