Purgatory's Pub

The wife and I decided to stop and try out the tenderloin here based on Google reviews as we were traveling back from Chicago. First thing, it is a bar and from my travels I have found some of the best food in small neighborhood bars. Second, it was a Saturday late afternoon/early evening. There was a gentlemen to the left of the door nursing a bucket of beers and 5 patrons sitting at the bar consisting of 2 youngish ladies and a mix of 3 guys. The barmaid and a guy doing various things either an owner or a worker. We ordered our tenderloins and waited at 30 minutes for our food. The only food in the kitchen to be made from what I could tell. I reminded my wife that we are in a bar and the barmaid appears to be doing double duty between the kitchen and tending bar. Plus, we were really hu

Use to love this place for food. Told everyone their chicken strip were awesome. Like Long John's on steroids. But the last 2 times we've gotten them the quality was lacking. The strips are half the size and although the menu says 4 we have only gotten three the last couple times. One of them the size of a pinky finger. For $13.50 not a good deal. The rest of their food has been good in the past and haven't had anything other than chicken lately. Don't if we will be back for awhile.

I knew I loved this bar. Great & professional staff every night. I finally ordered a burger and that burger was the best - truly optimal. Their basket-deals are a great deal. Heather cooked my burger to perfection

Purgatory's Pub occupies a part of Bettendorf I've been trying to get to know better over the last few weeks. Occupying an unassuming building along State Street in the downtown area, I've driven by it day and night, often times on my way back from the Freight House Farmer's Market. After a meal and drink at the nearby Main Event, I decided I wanted to stay out for a little while longer tonight - Purgatory's seemed like the place to continue on to! The building occupied by Purgatory's Pub looks just slightly out of place in this area. Consisting mostly of lightly worn reddish brick, the place looks like it was once a small pub among a row of similar looking pubs/buildings in the area, but somehow only it remains. Regardless of it sticking out a little, I like it - it looks a little more a

Fantastic. Order the tenderloin. Huge. We loved everything about this place. Jo is fantastic.