3rd-annual Taste of East Moline is April 18

Jonathan Turner
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The 3rd-annual Taste of East Moline fundraiser will feature 15+ local restaurants serving bite-sized portions of favorite menu items, live music, cash bar, and raffle prizes on Thursday, April 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Rust Belt, 533 12th Ave., East Moline.

17 area food and beverage vendors will be at the Taste of East Moline on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
17 area food and beverage vendors will be at the Taste of East Moline on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Proceeds will support the East Moline Community Fund, a partner fund of Moline Regional Community Foundation.

“Here you can join your friends and enjoy tasty bites from 17 local restaurants while also supporting the East Moline Community Fund, which has provided over $180,000 in grants to support local non-profits over the past 10 years,” said Connie Dowsett, chair of the East Moline Community Fund.

Nonprofits supported by the fund include Habitat for Humanity, Spring Forward Learning Center, East Moline Public Library, Children’s Therapy Center, and Christ United Methodist Church’s food pantry.

The fundraiser will be at The Rust Belt in East Moline Thursday, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The fundraiser will be at The Rust Belt in East Moline Thursday, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Thursday Taste of East Moline participating vendors are:

  • Catfish Charlie’s

  • Cattleman’s Meat Market

  • Country Style

  • Godfather’s

  • G’s Popcorn

  • Happy Joe’s

  • Jewel

  • Jimmy John’s

Proceeds will go to the East Moline Community Fund.
Proceeds will go to the East Moline Community Fund.

  • Junior’s Sports Bar

  • Lagom’s Gourmet Snacks and Seasonings

  • Midwest Ale Works

  • QC Plate Me

  • Revive Café

  • Rudy’s

  • Steel Plow

  • The Palace

Tickets for the event are $30 per person, available HERE.

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