I haven’t been to the bar in the Pere Marquette Hotel since the summer of 2014, almost twelve years ago!

I’d say I’m due for a return visit and that’s why it’s tonight’s destination and the 55th bar of this 365 bar tour!

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Bar Number 55: Peoria MaRriott Pere Marquette - The Great Room Bar, Thursday, March 5, 2026

Here we are at the Pere Marquette Hotel on Main Street. This building was built in 1926 and is Peoria’s oldest and most historic hotel.

Let’s go in and check out the bar which we haven’t seen since 2014!

There’s the stairs to the lobby, but we’ll take a left to the lounge area over here.

And there it is, the bar at the Pere Marquette, which is known as “The Great Room Bar.” It looks pretty much the same as it did back in the summer of 2014.

Let’s go snag a seat and get settled in for the night.

This is Phillip the bartender and even though he looks busy with something else over here…

Within seconds he’s delivering me a beer! What great service!

I got a can if Industry beer, which is brewed right here in Peoria. We’re off to a wonderful start in here tonight!

I’m sitting right here at the corner of the bar where my beer is sitting. The gentleman next to me is from Texas and he was in town doing business with OSF Hospital and we had a nice conversation at the bar.

There’s some lounge areas to the side of the bar and communal tables are located directly behind it.

They have a half a dozen taps behind the bar over here.

Here’s the back of the bar and a shot from the other side of it.

They serve food here and while I didn’t order anything, I did get some shots of other people’s food at the bar including a chicken sandwich with cheese, an order of French fries and a basket of calamari. Everything looks delicious!