City Loafers — Restaurant in Davenport

City Loafers came on a recent Google search for "sandwich" and "Davenport". I've still been looking for more good local sandwich shops, so this seemed a good place to try, with the added benefit of getting into downtown Davenport on a Friday evening.

I didn't realize it from the internet or even from the storefront, but this place is inside a hotel - The Current Iowa. They have a nice looking lobby/dining space, too! Black and white polished marble/tile lines the entire floor. There are interesting decorative features throughout, including some suspended cocoon-type glass sculpture and various pictures/paintings in the space that add character to what would otherwise be a fairly sterile hotel lounge. Lighting is supplied by a combination of recessed fixtures in the ceiling, suspended chandeliers stylized to look like they have inverted electric tea lights, bulbs in a large drop ceiling featured above the bar, and ample natural light from the large windows along the entire space. It all comes together to look modern, but feels very warm.

For food, I ordered a sandwich called the Bluff - a Portabella mushroom sandwich with swiss cheese, spinach, and aioli of some sort on ciabatta. I'm not usually one for a clearly vegetarian sandwich, but this was fantastic! It had a earthy taste that was well complimented by the richness of the cheese and aioli. Definitely one of the best sandwiches I'd had in a while! The house chips that came with the sandwich were a perfect accompaniment - crisp, not too salty, and also thin enough to provide texture but not tear up the mouth. Truly fantastic.

The gentleman serving at the bar was engaging and friendly during my entire meal. We chatted a little about work, the drink specials, and the rotating menu at City Loafers. Between the menu rotating and the fantastic service, I look forward to coming back to try other parts of the menu.

I'm glad I called off my week here. The space is nice, the food was great, and the service was excellent. Thanks,...

I'm not sure what happened with the food at this location, but whoever the new food manager is has completely ruined the experience. We used to love coming here for the charcuterie board and various other dishes as they were good value and great ingredients.

The new management has completely changed the menu, especially the charcuterie board, and it is now awful. It is always disappointing when someone who is more concerned with cost savings takes over from the people who are passionate about the experience. You could have easily charged a little more for the food and kept the experience. Instead, you kept the price and destroyed the experience.

This used to be one of our favorite places.

Hopefully, someone with more power than this misguided food manager will be able to do something to bring this location back to its...

My fiance and I had a late lunch here, and it was fantastic! My fiance had a sandwich and chips, and I had a Flatbread (which Chef Eddie put his own Chicago spin on--it was fabulous!), both were perfect. The chef even came out to apologize for taking so long, even though it wasn't really that long of a wait. The bread was especially fantastic, all of it made fresh in-house daily--staff sang the praises of their baker, Emily(?). And our server/bartender Wyatt was so fun to talk with and very helpful with recs of other things to do while in town. We'll...