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Our Readers Have Spoken, and They Have Chosen the Best of the Best! Our readers have spoken, and they have chosen the best of the best! An Advertising Supplement to the Quad-City Times • Sunday, August 28, 2016 2 2016-17 Readers’ Choice Readers’ Choice winners Green Buick-GMC Kimberly Car City Best Nail Salon Flesh Tones Lindquist Mills Chevrolet DQ Nail Bar Best Oil Change Best Used Car Runner up ENTERTAINMENT Ansan Nails and Spa Courtesy Car City Dealership AND NIGHTLIFE Runner Up Jeff’s Car Corner Honorable mention JAS Nails Best Art Gallery River City Tire Runner Up Top Nails Figge Art Museum Honorable Mention Courtesy Car City Runner up Courtesy Ford Quick Lane Honorable Mention Best Spa Putnam Museum Lindell’s Central Park Green Chevrolet El Rio Spa & Wellness Honorable mention Automotive Kriegers Runner up Boho Chic Art Gallery 5ive Star Salon Spa The Quad-Cities cer- Best Boat Sales / Best Place to Buy a BEAUTY Bucktown Center for the tainly has much to offer Service Recreational Vehicle Honorable mention Arts and celebrate, and once Tempo Marine J&J Camper Exotic Escape Day Spa again, we gave our read- Best Hair Salon John Taylor Best Bar Runner Up Runner Up Pure Hair Studio ers the chance to tell us Me & Billy Grace Marine Thompson Family RV Best Tanning Salon what they like best. Runner up Runner up Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Hair Society Sun Tan City From your favorite Analog Arcade Bar Davenport Boat Convict Customz Honorable mention Runner up burger to favorite swim- Moline Boat & Motor Honorable mention Fun Mart Cycle Center Haus of Hair Midwest Sun ming pool and much, Cru Tempo Marine Salon Lucé much more, here are the Best Car Wash Honorable mention Radicle Effect Brewerks Bayside Tan 2016 Pro Clean Car Wash & Best Truck Dealership CONT. ON PAGE 4 Quad-City Times Detail Courtesy Ford Readers’ Choice Awards Runner Up Runner Up winners ... Courtesy Car City Green Chevrolet Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Extraordinary Catering AUTO Water Park Full Service Car Hiland Toyota Wash sm Best Auto Repair / Xpress Tunnel Wash & for those unwilling to settle! U-Doggie Wash Service Whether it’s a corporate event, sport party, office Jeff’s Car Corner Best New Car Dealership THANK Runner Up Courtesy Car City meeting, birthday party, picnic or graduation party ty, Courtesy Car City Runner Up YOU for Voting us Capriotti’s is sure to be a hit! Honorable Mention Kriegers QC Auto Service Honorable Mention #1 Lets Capriotti’s Cater Your Next Event or Party! River City Tire Dahl Ford Thanks for SENTRY POOL voting for us for Best FINALIST Thank you for voting us Bakery & Deli! one of the best places Finalist for Cupcakes! to buy a hot tub/pool! 3016 E. 53rd Street, Davenport, IA 52807 Indoor and Above Call 563.359.8500 Mon - Sat 10:30 am - 9 pm | Sun 11 am - 7 pm Ground Pools par Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 to 6, Sat. 9 to 4 1529 46th Ave. • Moline • 797-9721 www.capriottis.com 2016-17 Readers’ Choice 3 [winner] BEAUTY - BEST HAIR SALON Pure Hair Studio her venue at 5515 Utica Ridge Rd. “This past year we became the first Green Circle Salon in 5515 Utica Ridge Rd #350 the Quad City area, which means we recycle Davenport, IA 99 percent of the waste we create. We are also (563) 424-2327 currently the official Hair and Makeup Sponsor purehairstudioinc.com of the Miss Iowa Organization. This opportunity SEAN LEARY has brought on many amazing relationships and FOR THE QUAD-CITY TIMES new experiences for the entire team. elping every customer blossom into their “Pure is so thankful to have such a wonderful own beautiful potential is at the heart of group of clients that make doing what we do a HPure Hair Studio’s philosophy, and its ‘pure’ joy,” she said. “We can’t wait to see where dedication to that craft has earned it the award this next year takes us. Once again, thank you for Best Salon in the Quad-City Times 2016 to everyone who chose us as your 2016 Reader’s Readers Choice Awards for the fourth year in a choice number one salon!” row – one for every year of the salon’s existence. For more information on Pure, visit purehairstu- “It’s really exciting and we’re very thankful,” dioinc.com. said owner and stylist Stacey Spillum. “Pure is honest, true, and uniquely simplistic. We have a passion for creating wearable looks that make each client feel beautiful. “Each year we have seen our salon grow and CONTRIBUTED PHOTO mature in exciting new ways,” Spillum added of From before and afters to salon happenings, Pure stays busy loving what they do. 4 2016-17 Readers’ Choice (ENTERTAINMENT AND Best Family Best Place for a Kid’s Honorable mention Preschool & Daycare Honorable mention NIGHTLIFE CONT. Entertainment Birthday Party Circa 21 Honorable mention Sanitary Cleaners FROM PAGE 2) Michael’s Fun World Michael’s Fun World Rave Cinemas Davenport Red Apple Child Care Wagner’s Cleaners Center Best Bowling Alley Runner up Runner up Best Florist QC Family Entertainment Family Museum EVERYDAY LIFE Villa Maria Childcare Blackhawk Bowl Trinity Gifts & Floral Honorable mention Honorable mention Runner up Best Auction House Best Chiropractor Runner up Family Museum QC Family Entertainment Big River Bowling Stenzel Auction Service (Business Name) Flowers By Jerri Quad Cities River Bandits Skatepark – Eldridge Family Care Chiropractic Honorable mention Honorable mention Community Center Runner up Leisure Lanes Best Golf Course Woods Auction Service Runner up Colman Florists Arndt Chiropractic Center QC Family Entertainment Rustic Ridge Golf Course Best Summer Festival Honorable mention Hy-Vee Honorable mention Runner up Quad-City Times Bix 7 Bloomberg Auction Best Casino LiveWell Chiropractic Best Gym / Fitness Red Hawk Golf Course Runner up Dale L. Jones & Company Isle Casino & Hotel Nelson Chiropractic Center / Yoga Studio Honorable mention Mississippi Valley Fair Runner up Best Charitable / Non YMCA Arsenal Island Golf Course Honorable mention Jumer’s Casino & Hotel Profit Best Customer Service Runner up Hidden Hills Golf Course John Deere Classic Jeff’s Car Corner El Rio Spa & Wellness Honorable mention Tug Fest Junior League of the Quad Rhythm City Casino Resort Best Happy Hour Cities Runner up Honorable mention Necker’s Jewelry Riverside Casino Me & Billy Best Swimming Pool or Runner up Case Creek Obstacles Honorable mention Next Level Fitness Runner up Waterpark Cinderella’s Cellar Best Driving Range Arndt Chiropractic Center The Phoenix Splash Landing Aquatic Honorable mention Aqua Range at Jumer’s TMI Total Maintenance Inc. Best Higher Education Honorable mention Center Living Lands and Waters (Post High School) Runner up Special Olympics Illinois Blue Cat Brew Pub Runner up Best Dry Cleaners Palmer College of Arsenal Island Golf Course White Water Junction Sports Fans Best Child Care Burke Cleaners Chiropractic Honorable mention Honorable mention Red Hawk Golf Course Best LGBT Bar Lourdes Little Lancers Runner up Runner up DeWitt Aquatic Center George’s Cleaners St. Ambrose University TPC Deere Run Mary’s on 2nd Lost Island Runner up The Growing Tree Runner up CONT. ON PAGE 8 Best Entertainment Best Theater – Live or Venue The Speakeasy Honorable mention Movie Quad Cities Waterfront Adler Theater Convention Center Connections Frackies Runner up Thank you for voting us Runner up Quad City Music Guild Jumer’s Casino & Hotel Best Local Band/Music Honorable mention Artist THE CAMDEN CENTRE IN MILAN Isle Casino & Hotel Torrian Ball aka Calliko SPECIALIZES IN River Music Experience BUSINESS MEETINGS. 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Best Customer Service BAR ACCOMMODATIONS Dr. Lisa Arndt, RN, BSN, DC 3359 Middle Road, Ste.1 AVAILABLE National Board Certified Chiropractic Bettendorf, IA • 563-332-2211 Physician & Registered Nurse www.arndtchiropractic.com 2701 1st St. E., Milan, IL 61264 309-787-8510 2016-17 Readers’ Choice 5 [winner] HOME AND GARDEN - BEST HOME FURNISHING STORE Elements Interior Design Bates considers everything from a person’s taste in music to their other personal preferences and personality when 3416 Towne Pointe Drive helping them create a space. Bettendorf, IA “It’s a very personal business, we’re in people’s bath- (563) 424-1201 rooms, bedrooms, all over their houses, so it’s important elementshomeqc.com to establish relationships and trust,” she said. “We offer full interior design services,” she said. “No SEAN LEARY project is too big or too small. And it’s important to keep FOR THE QUAD-CITY TIMES a positive attitude and treat each one special. Follow- inding just the right environment to match some- through, presentation, having a passion for it, you have one’s character and personality and helping them to jump all in to do a good job.” make a living space feel like a home is at the heart of F For more information on Elements, visit element- Ruby Bates’ design philosophy, and that personal touch shomeqc.com. has helped her four year old Elements Interior Design shop, 3416 Towne Pointe Dr., Bettendorf, win in its category in the Quad-City Times 2016 Readers Choice Awards.
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