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Some people collect autographs, some collect antiques, others collect stamps. My hobby is a little different, I collect bars. This site represents my collection, documenting each bar I visit.
This is not a review site, there's plenty of those already. Most posts in this bar diary are slice-of-life recaps of the half hour or so I spent having a beer. I hope you enjoy browsing through my collection!
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Hammer Heads
03 September 2011(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 925th bar, first visited in 2011. This was a fantastic little bar located right on one of the busiest corners in St. Joseph. The U-shaped bar...
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Elly’s Lake Front Tap
10 August 2006(Clear Lake, IA) Scooter’s 126th bar, first visited in 2006. It was a warm, overcast Thursday afternoon in August as we walked around downtown Clear Lake, Iowa, enjoying cold drinks...
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Liquor Lyle’s
11 August 2006(Uptown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 145th bar, first visited in 2006. Yep, it was happy hour, so we had no choice but drink two beers. This place had a cool, funky,...
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Triple D Saloon
(Downtown, Syracuse, NE) Scooter’s 981st bar, first visited in 2013. We stopped in here looking for one small town bar to stop in at on the way home from errands…
The Garage Sports Bar/Grill
(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 980th bar, first visited in 2013. Spacious sports bar were we stopped in for some lunch. The menu has a good variety of traditional bar food options,…
WC’s South Lounge
(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 979th bar, first visited in 2013. I picked this place out because of a Google review griping that this bar doesn’t cater to customers in their early…
Woody’s Watering Hole
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Formerly Potter’s Pub Scooter’s 978th bar, first visited in 2013. Woody’s is owned by an Army officer who wanted to create a fun place to hang out….
Ross’s 20th Street Bar & Grill
(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 977th bar, first visited in 2013. Bar on one side, liquor store on the other. So, as a I quickly learned, if the bar doesn’t stock what…
Benny’s
(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 976th bar, first visited in 2013. We almost didn’t stop here because it looked so much like someone’s house, but the small sign on the east side…
Legends of Country Music
(Downtown, Easton, KS) Scooter’s 975th bar, first visited in 2013. I guess they mustn’t get very many out-of-town visitors, because we were all carded despite being in our 30s and…
Stinky’s Other Side
(Downtown Square, Oskaloosa, KS) Scooter’s 974th bar, first visited in 2013. This was a place I had to make a side trip to just for the name alone. I mean…
Humm-Dingers
(Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 973rd bar, first visited in 2013. We didn’t expect to be the only people here when we arrived, but I guess all the bikers were still…
Flamingo Too
(Downtown, Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 972nd bar, first visited in 2013. An interesting place! Apparently it’s a one-man operation, one of the locals told me the owner has no employees…
The Hop
(Downtown, Nortonville, KS) Scooter’s 971st bar, first visited in 2013. This is the kind of place I love to find — a dive bar in a far-flung small town located…
The Milk House
(Atchison, KS) Scooter’s 970th bar, first visited in 2013. On the outskirts of town and a little tricky to find. You have to drive down a short gravel road, cross…
Willie’s
(Downtown, Atchison, KS) Scooter’s 969th bar, first visited in 2013. In a converted drug store, this place is more restaurant than bar. However the small bar in the back is…
Mueller’s Locker Room
(Downtown, Atchison, KS) Scooter’s 968th bar, first visited in 2013. We were the first customers of the day. They were training a new employee and trying really hard to get…
Anton’s Tap Room
(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 967th bar, first visited in 2013. Sat at the bar for a late evening dinner. As a bar, this place is great. They have done…
Johnny’s Tavern
(Corinth Square, Prairie Village, KS) Scooter’s 966th bar, first visited in 2012. Dropped in to the Prairie Village of this location for a quick bite and a couple of beers…
Buzzard Billy’s
(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 965th bar, first visited in 2012. Lincoln location of a small midwest cajun restaurant/bar chain. I thought the catfish was a little too “natural” tasting for…
The Office
(Bloomfield, MO) Formerly Zeros Bar Scooter’s 964th bar, first visited in 2012. This was the busiest and the cleanest of the three bars I visited today, though it was also…
Sonny’s Place
(Downtown, Dexter, MO) Scooter’s 963rd bar, first visited in 2012. I stopped in briefly here and chatted with the owner’s mother over a beer. The owner’s name is Scott, a…
He’s Not Here
(Downtown, Dexter, MO) Scooter’s 962nd bar, first visited in 2012. Stopped in here for a couple of drinks on the day after Thanksgiving. The long bar had several middle-aged to…
Wabash BBQ
(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 961st bar, first visited in 2012. Located in an old train station, there’s a small bar in the back of the restaurant’s smoking section. The…
Fitter’s Restuarant & Pub
(Downtown, Warrensburg, MO) Scooter’s 960th bar, first visited in 2012. This and The Garage were the only two bars open on Pine Street this particular Saturday afternoon. I was really…
The Garage on Pine
(Downtown, Warrensburg, MO) Formerly The Warehouse Scooter’s 959th bar, first visited in 2012. College sports bar, one of only a couple that were actually open on this particular Saturday afternoon….
Nick and Jake’s
(Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 958th bar, first visited in 2012. Suburban restaurant/bar. A little pricey, but the food and beer selection were both good. The bar area is huge with lots…
Arthur’s Lounge
(Platte Ridge, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 957th bar, first visited in 2012. This is a bar that I was supposed to visit way back in 2006, but as I was…
O’Shea’s Irish Pub
(Highlands, Louisville, KY) Scooter’s 956th bar, first visited in 2012. We had a quick dinner here Saturday evening before returning to the Lebowski Fest. Ken had a BBQ chicken breast…
Molly Malone’s Irish Pub
(Highlands, Louisville, KY) Scooter’s 955th bar, first visited in 2012. This is one of those rare places that straddles the line between dive and upscale. There were touches of old-school…
Wick’s
(Highlands, Louisville, KY) Scooter’s 954th bar, first visited in 2012. This Wick’s location features a small old-school pub and prizes itself on its rather heavy pizzas, with a 10-pounder even…
Lounge at Executive Strike & Spare
(Fairgrounds, Louisville, KY) Scooter’s 953rd bar, first visited in 2012. Spent a good deal of time here throughout the weekend during the 11th annual Lebowski Fest, putting away more than…
Dough Boys
(Harrisonville, MO) Scooter’s 952nd bar, first visited in 2012. Biker-friendly pizza pub featuring a thin Chicago-style pizza (I didn’t know there even was such a thing, a bar in the…
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#981: Triple D Saloon
(Downtown, Syracuse, NE) Scooter’s 981st bar, first visited in 2013. We stopped in here looking for one small town bar to stop in at on the way home from errands…
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#980: The Garage Sports Bar/Grill
(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 980th bar, first visited in 2013. Spacious sports bar were we stopped in for some lunch. The menu has a good variety of traditional bar food options,…
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#979: WC’s South Lounge
(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 979th bar, first visited in 2013. I picked this place out because of a Google review griping that this bar doesn’t cater to customers in their early…
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#978: Woody’s Watering Hole
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Formerly Potter’s Pub Scooter’s 978th bar, first visited in 2013. Woody’s is owned by an Army officer who wanted to create a fun place to hang out….
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#977: Ross’s 20th Street Bar & Grill
(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 977th bar, first visited in 2013. Bar on one side, liquor store on the other. So, as a I quickly learned, if the bar doesn’t stock what…
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#976: Benny’s
(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 976th bar, first visited in 2013. We almost didn’t stop here because it looked so much like someone’s house, but the small sign on the east side…
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#975: Legends of Country Music
(Downtown, Easton, KS) Scooter’s 975th bar, first visited in 2013. I guess they mustn’t get very many out-of-town visitors, because we were all carded despite being in our 30s and…
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#974: Stinky’s Other Side
(Downtown Square, Oskaloosa, KS) Scooter’s 974th bar, first visited in 2013. This was a place I had to make a side trip to just for the name alone. I mean…
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#973: Humm-Dingers
(Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 973rd bar, first visited in 2013. We didn’t expect to be the only people here when we arrived, but I guess all the bikers were still…
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#972: Flamingo Too
(Downtown, Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 972nd bar, first visited in 2013. An interesting place! Apparently it’s a one-man operation, one of the locals told me the owner has no employees…
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#971: The Hop
(Downtown, Nortonville, KS) Scooter’s 971st bar, first visited in 2013. This is the kind of place I love to find — a dive bar in a far-flung small town located…
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#970: The Milk House
(Atchison, KS) Scooter’s 970th bar, first visited in 2013. On the outskirts of town and a little tricky to find. You have to drive down a short gravel road, cross…
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#969: Willie’s
(Downtown, Atchison, KS) Scooter’s 969th bar, first visited in 2013. In a converted drug store, this place is more restaurant than bar. However the small bar in the back is…
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#968: Mueller’s Locker Room
(Downtown, Atchison, KS) Scooter’s 968th bar, first visited in 2013. We were the first customers of the day. They were training a new employee and trying really hard to get…
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#967: Anton’s Tap Room
(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 967th bar, first visited in 2013. Sat at the bar for a late evening dinner. As a bar, this place is great. They have done…
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#966: Johnny’s Tavern
(Corinth Square, Prairie Village, KS) Scooter’s 966th bar, first visited in 2012. Dropped in to the Prairie Village of this location for a quick bite and a couple of beers…
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#965: Buzzard Billy’s
(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 965th bar, first visited in 2012. Lincoln location of a small midwest cajun restaurant/bar chain. I thought the catfish was a little too “natural” tasting for…
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#964: The Office
(Bloomfield, MO) Formerly Zeros Bar Scooter’s 964th bar, first visited in 2012. This was the busiest and the cleanest of the three bars I visited today, though it was also…
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#963: Sonny’s Place
(Downtown, Dexter, MO) Scooter’s 963rd bar, first visited in 2012. I stopped in briefly here and chatted with the owner’s mother over a beer. The owner’s name is Scott, a…
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#962: He’s Not Here
(Downtown, Dexter, MO) Scooter’s 962nd bar, first visited in 2012. Stopped in here for a couple of drinks on the day after Thanksgiving. The long bar had several middle-aged to…
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#961: Wabash BBQ
(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 961st bar, first visited in 2012. Located in an old train station, there’s a small bar in the back of the restaurant’s smoking section. The…




















