Scooter's Bar Journal

(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1702nd bar, first visited in 2023. We were heading to Atlas Saloon Brewery when we noticed a few (within the past year) wine bar that…

(Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, MI) Scooter’s 1701st bar, first visited in 2023. We got dropped off at the airport and were at our gate 6 minutes later, so…

(Downtown, Rochester, MI) Scooter’s 1700th bar, first visited in 2023. As soon as I found out that there was a fancy cocktail bar with a barber shop inside, I had…

(Lake Orion, MI) Scooter’s 1699th bar, first visited in 2023. After taking a break for most of the afternoon, we went back out in the evening to find a place…

(Corktown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1697th bar, first visited in 2023. And another great bar! We love Detroit. We stayed here for quite a while, sharing several plates of appetizers while…

(Corktown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1697th bar, first visited in 2023. And another great historic dive bar! As we approached we were worried we wouldn’t be able to get in because…

(North Corktown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1696th bar, first visited in 2023. An absolutely amazing 120+ year old neighborhood dive bar just outside of downtown Detroit! Inside there’s an antique phone…

(Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1695th bar, first visited in 2023. I’d had their Java Porter many times both from stores and at other bars, now I finally got to see where…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1694th bar, first visited in 2023. We didn’t stay here very long since they didn’t have anything two members of our group were interested in. Outdoor…

(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1693rd bar, first visited in 2023. Our first stop after getting picked up at the airport. We were looking for someplace that would have brunch food…

(St. Louis Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, MO) Scooter’s 1692nd bar, first visited in 2023. Stopped in here for breakfast and a couple of drinks during a layover. I had…

(Holt, MO) Scooter’s 1691st bar, first visited in 2023. A pretty massive winery in an old metal barn. In addition to wine they also serve pizza and beer from a…

(Downtown, Shawnee, KS) Scooter’s 1690th bar, first visited in 2023. Since my brother wasn’t into the food truck BBQ at the last place, we came over here for burgers instead….

(Downtown, Shawnee, KS) Scooter’s 1689th bar, first visited in 2023. A fairly new brewery in downtown Shawnee, originally supposed to be in the Crossroads in downtown KC but that location…

(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1688th bar, first visited in 2023. After an hour delay to go inside caused by them changing their hours in the week since I checked…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1687th bar, first visited in 2023. After dinner we were supposed to go to Hermann WurstHaus to pick up all kinds of delicious meats, but they…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1686th bar, first visited in 2023. While I as at the brewery, my wife sent me a pic of the menu at they place they all…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1685th bar, first visited in 2023. After we revisited Stone Creek to finish what we ran out of time for yesterday, the rest of the gang…

(Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1684th bar, first visited in 2023. Numerous people had told us not to miss this winery, so we made sure to get over here before we ran…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1683rd bar, first visited in 2023. After we dropped our luggage off at the train station lockers, we wandered over to the first place we found…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1682nd bar, first visited in 2023. I was expecting a dive bar, but this was too clubby for my tastes. I think I would have enjoyed…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1681st bar, first visited in 2023. This historic bar (lots of memorabilia) is located in the basement of a downtown hotel (the Hermann Crown Suites). There…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1680th bar, first visited in 2023. This wasn’t a planned stop but we noticed it open as we were heading to our next destination so decided…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1679th bar, first visited in 2023. After the wineries closed for the day, we took a break for a couple of hours back at the rental…

(Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1678th bar, first visited in 2023. We got here a little too close to closing time and needed a meal, so we actually had to split this…

(Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1677th bar, first visited in 2023. Our next stop was a winery, in a cave-like cellar located in a building a short hike up a hill from…

(Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1676th bar, first visited in 2023. Our next stop was a distillery, since that was on the way to the next winery. Part of our group stayed…

(Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1675th bar, first visited in 2023. Our first winery stop of the day seems to actually be known for its sangria more than its wines — multiple…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1674th bar, first visited in 2023. Popped in for brunch before starting a day of winery crawling. In addition to my breakfast (including one of the…

(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1673rd bar, first visited in 2023. Our train was late arriving in Hermann so we wandered around a bit looking for a place still serving food…