Lock 14 gives food startups room to rise in Moline

By: Dave Thompson|July 21, 2026

|6 min read

From left: Aaralyn Shiri, Haylee Sommers, Heather Scrowther, Khloe Beaird, and Pete Newcomb are the entrepreneurs using Lock 14 as a shared kitchen. CREDIT QUAD CITIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Food entrepreneurs, caterers and people in the business of making meals now have a new professional-grade kitchen to prepare everything from fine cuisine to tasty snacks.

That’s because the Lock 14 Kitchen is now open for business at 3800 River Drive, Suite 3, Moline. (It is in the same building as Milltown Coffee.)

Lock 14 is a…

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Lock 14 gives food startups room to rise in Moline

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