Scooter's Bar Guide

(Downtown, Toledo, OH) Scooter’s 1601st bar, first visited in 2022. We stopped in here for lunch before heading back to Kansas City with the car-load of beef we had just…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1600th bar, first visited in 2022. We had almost stopped in here earlier in the evening while walking back to our hotel from Grand Trunk Pub,…

(Hamtramck, MI) Scooter’s 1599th bar, first visited in 2022. We almost didn’t stop here because of the party bus parked out front, but we decided to give it a shot….

(Hamtramck, MI) Scooter’s 1598th bar, first visited in 2022. Our next spot made out initial short list simply based on the fact that we liked out the exterior looked. This…

(Michigan-Martin, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1597th bar, first visited in 2022. Now THIS is what looking for good neighborhood dive bars is all about. Easily in my top 5 of all…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1596th bar, first visited in 2022. It’s always an embarrassment to list an Applebees on this site, but that’s what our hotel bar happened to be…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1595th bar, first visited in 2022. After leaving Detroiter Bar we called to check on our companion who was getting some much needed sleep back at…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1594th bar, first visited in 2022. We decided to make one more quick stop before checking to see if our companion back at the hotel had…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1593rd bar, first visited in 2022. We knew our companion would still be needing some more nap time at the hotel, so we headed on over…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1592nd bar, first visited in 2022. One member of our traveling group was exhausted, so the rest of us set out on foot from our hotel…

(Rochester, MI) Scooter’s 1591st bar, first visited in 2022. Stopped in here for one final round on our way back “home” to make a late dinner. It was surprisingly busy…

(Downtown, Rochester, MI) Scooter’s 1590th bar, first visited in 2022. A sports bar with pizza, Italian food, and 80 beers on tap. I had two cocktails (one was a chocolate…

(Downtown, Rochester, MI) Scooter’s 1589th bar, first visited in 2022. Stopped into this brewery for some appetizers and a few drinks to tide us over for a late supper. They…

(Downtown, Royal Oak, MI) Scooter’s 1588th bar, first visited in 2022. This was a bonus spot that a customer at Gusoline Alley told us about, and he led the way….

(Downtown, Royal Oak, MI) Scooter’s 1587th bar, first visited in 2022. A craft beer dive bar, decorated like a service station, with a pinball machine. I’ve had a t-shirt with…

(Crosswoods, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1586th bar, first visited in 2022. We almost cut this from our itinerary because we were running an hour behind, but we are so glad we…

(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1585th bar, first visited in 2022. Because it was so cold/windy and everyplace we had tried while walking back was way too crowded, we had decided…

(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1584th bar, first visited in 2022. We had been excitedly looking forward to this bar all day, but we were unaware of the hockey game that…

(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1583rd bar, first visited in 2022. This cocktail bar sits atop the AC Marriott Hotel and has studding views of the Columbus skyline. A large patio…

(Downtown, Indianapolis, IN) Scooter’s 1582nd bar, first visited in 2022. Stopped here for lunch on our way to Ohio. Good location and good ambiance. Outdoor seating available along the north…

(Shawnee, KS) Scooter’s 1581st bar, first visited in 2022. This is a massive sports bar/restaurant, a relatively newer location for the Iowa chain. It was extremely crowded and noisy, so…

(Shawnee, KS) Scooter’s 1580th bar, first visited in 2022. Given that this was a suburban strip mall bar I wasn’t expecting anything noteworthy, but this turned out to be a…

(Olathe, KS) Scooter’s 1579th bar, first visited in 2022. The newest brewery in the KC area, took me while to get to it due to being so far out. Also…

(West 39th, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1578th bar, first visited in 2022. Awesome restaurant/bar/coffee shop/bakery with year-round rooftop seating. Since we were here for breakfast, I had an Irish coffee….

(Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1577th bar, first visited in 2022. Not-for-profit record label & record store that recently opened a bar/performance venue as an addition to its fundraising…

(Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1576th bar, first visited in 2022. Cute dive bar with quirky decor and its own original cocktails that opened in October 2022 after an…

(Sylvan Grove, KS) Scooter’s 1575th bar, first visited in 2022. I’d been wanting to come to this brewery ever since it opened, but the hours and location caused me to…

(North Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1574th bar, first visited in 2022. Normally I wouldn’t list pop-up bars on this site. However, this is a permanent pop-up bar that is open…

(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1573rd bar, first visited in 2022. We didn’t know this even existed until the bartender at 9th & State mentioned it was the source for…

(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1572nd bar, first visited in 2022. We were unable to go inside because it was far too packed, so had to settle for drinks from…