People always ask me how far in advance I plan where I’m going to for these bar posts and I always tell people the same answer: There is no plan!

I pretty much pick them in the afternoon before I go to them. Last Thursday I was Googling “hotel bars in Peoria” and discovered that there’s a bar in the Courtyard by Marriott hotel on Main Street. I’ve never been in this hotel, didn’t know they had a bar and tonight we’ll not only go inside of the hotel, we’ll check this bar out.

See how this works? And it’s off we go to bar number 90!

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Bar Number 90: The Bistro (In The Courtyard by Marriott), Thursday, APRIL 9, 2026

Here we are at Courtyard By Marriott in downtown Peoria on Main Street. It’s located right next to the Pere Marquette which we visited about a month ago.

As I said, I’ve never been inside of this hotel, so let’s go in and take a look around in here.

Here’s the front lobby, now where’s the bar in here?

Well, it’s right over here. It’s a small bar and it’s called, “The Bistro.” Let’s grab a seat at this tiny bar and get settled in for the evening.

Phil was the friendly bartender on duty and here he is serving me up an ice cold bottle of Budweiser. We’re off to a great start in here.

There’s the back of the bar in here.

Here’s a shot from the end of the bar to the other end, which isn’t a great distance, this is a teeny-tiny little bar!

They have food in here consisting of breakfast, bar snacks, wings and sandwiches. I ate dinner already, so we’ll just stick to a couple of beers in here tonight.

There’s comfortable lounge chairs and tables directly behind the bar.

And you can take your drinks and relax in the spacious lobby behind the bar which has tables, chairs, couches and a big screen TV.

Okay, one last shot of the bar and I think we’re all done with our photos in The Bistro at the Courtyard by Marriott. Cheers and have a wonderful weekend, everybody!

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