Boozie's Bar and Grill - Davenport, Iowa

We love a ROAD TRIP…and we especially love one that allows us to enjoy both family fun and some time to explore the area on our own.

We did that this weekend when we drove about an hour from Iowa City to the area known as the Quad Cities.

First, Ignore the QUAD part. There are FIVE closely connected cities…Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, and Moline, East Moline, and Rock Island in Illinois.

We spent the weekend there to watch our grandson and his fellow eight year old baseball players compete in an 18 team tournament called the Battle of the Bats in Bettendorf. It was an awesome time spent with family…and our team won the tournament! (They deserved to win…and they showed sportsmanship far beyond their age.)

The Whole Family…A Great Cheering Section

So how many games did they play to win the BIG trophy?? NINE!!! Count ’em…NINE GAMES in TWO DAYS! And yes…we watched EVERY one.

After the three games on Saturday, hubby and I left the rest of the crew and headed to our own hotel for a shower and some R & R…adult style.

We stayed at the Clarion in Davenport. It was a good choice. Not fancy, but the service was good, the room was clean, the bed was decent, and they offer a FREE SHUTTLE to the downtown area of Davenport. That was a good thing, because we wanted to head to the older part of town and find a historic old “watering hole” where we could unwind…

We found a GREAT spot called BOOZIE’S. The picture on the menu was a clue…And yes…the bar was apparently named after a CAT…

And, of course I needed to sample THEIR wings and fries…

(Very good, I might add…) And their “special sauce” for wings was really good…kind of like the maple BBQ sauce at The Vine in Iowa City…And you KNOW that is the BENCHMARK for wings in the USA!

It was karaoke night at Boozie’s and we had fun listening (and not-so-quietly judging) the quality of the singers who stepped up to the mike.

Our bartender/server Andrea was AWESOME. She was happy, friendly and smart. A great combo for a bartender anywhere! She made us feel right at home…and that’s the kind of place that people choose to make their favorite “local” hangout. In fact, Andrea offered to take me to the “upstairs” to check out the area of the building said to be haunted, and I was excited to go…but a crowd suddenly arrived at the bar and she was much too busy to leave her post. (The building housed a brothel at one time, and who knows what spirits might still be around from THAT!)

The ‘locals” love Boozie’s…And that explains why Boozie’s has been there since 1979.

I rest my case.

So a great weekend at the ball park also allowed time for some “grown up” FUN too…The best combo of ALL worlds…an awesome time for sure.

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