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Icons opens, drops prices

Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale on November 26, 2008 at 10:30AM CST

By Stephanie De Pasquale

Icons, a new martini bar, opened in place of Copia this past Thursday, and one of the first orders of business for co-owners Phil Woodward and Dave Phillips was to lower prices.

Martinis have been reduced 50 cents to $7.50 and $9. Beer is also down 50 cents to $3 for domestics, $3.50 for imports and $4 for aluminum bottles. Mixed drinks and shots have been lowered by $2 to $5, depending on the drink.

While $9 can easily be perceived as pricey for one drink, Woodward is quick to point out that the $9 martinis are made with 7 1/2 ounces of pure alcohol, whereas a Captain and Coke only contains one ounce of alcohol.

When you do the math, it would take more than seven mixed drinks to match the alcohol content, and that price would be easily more than $9, Woodward said.

The specialty $7.50 martinis contain just a bit more than 5 1/2 ounces of alcohol, by the way.

Icons also will offer selected martinis for $5 Tuesday through Thursday.

Check out the whole story about Icon’s opening here.

If you go

What: Icons

When: 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays

Where: Copia, 124 18th St., Rock Island

Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.

Send This | Categories: Bars, Clubs, Martini, Nightclubs, Nightlife, The District

(2) Comments

Posted by: Alan on November 26, 2008 11:53AM CST

Copia was a great place and I'm anxious to see what Icons is like. The new owners knew Copia well, so I'm very optimistic the new place will be just as great. I'm thankful we're gaining, and keeping, these kinds of places in the QC.

Is it a sign of an aging Baby Boomer population or are young people getting a little tired of all of the typical "noise" bars?

Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale on November 27, 2008 9:14AM CST

I went to Augustana and have been out of school for two years. While I miss going out dancing, I almost always feel old when I head into one of my old hangouts and see Augustana students who were freshmen when I was a senior filling up the bar.

So between that and prefering a more grown up location, I suppose you're right Alan. But I'll probably still head back to the "noise" bars now and again for a night out with the girls.

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