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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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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The Cellar
15 July 2009(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 573rd bar, first visited in 2009. A retro lounge (in decor, not theme) with a regular, laid-back vibe. The bartender was really into what we were doing...
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Caddy Shack
09 June 2006(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 70th bar, first visited in 2006. Caddyshack, or “The Shack” as many of the regulars refer to it, is a popular dive bar and night...
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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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#1517: Bamboo Penny’s
(Leawood Town Center, Leawood, KS) Scooter’s 1517th bar, first visited in 2022. Under normal circumstances an upscale place in Leawood is about the last place I’d be on a Saturday…
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#1515: Boot Hill Distillery
(Downtown, Dodge City, KS) Scooter’s 1515th bar, first visited in 2022. I don’t normally drink distilled spirits. They’ve never interested me and never tasted good to me. But this place…
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#1514: Dodge City Brewing
(Downtown, Dodge City, KS) Scooter’s 1514th bar, first visited in 2022. I was spending an evening in Dodge City and decided to check out their local brewery. There’s quite a…
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#1512: River Bluff Brewing @ River Market
(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1512th bar, first visited in 2022. The second location if a brewery out of St. Joseph that conveniently opened in the same building where I…
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#1511: Tasting Room at J. Reiger & Co.
(East Bottoms, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1511th bar, first visited in 2022. We found out about this distillery complex less than a week before COVID lockdowns started in early 2020…
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#1508: Range 23 Brewing
(Piper, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1508th bar, first visited in 2021. This is a bit of a unique find that had only been open for a few weeks. This is…
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#1507: Ten & Two Coffee Bar
(Bonner Springs, KS) Scooter’s 1507th bar, first visited in 2021. We came here to the Olde Mill Building (which my GPS had no idea how to get to) expecting to…
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#1506: Outfield Beer Company
(Edwardsville, KS) Scooter’s 1506th bar, first visited in 2021. This was supposed to be our last stop on a brewery crawl back in August, but full stomachs forced us to…
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#1505: St. Ambrose Cellars
(Beulah, MI) Scooter’s 1505th bar, first visited in 2021. We decided to spend an afternoon hanging out at a winery, which turned out to also have mead and their own…
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#1501: ByGeorge Brewing Company
(Downtown, Munising, MI) Scooter’s 1501st bar, first visited in 2021. Our group LOVED this place. Even the non beer drinkers found something for them and we all had a great…
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#1499: ExBEERiment Brewing
(Gardner, KS) Scooter’s 1499th bar, first visited in 2021. This wasn’t intended to be the last stop of the day, but the pizza and cookies at the previous place filled…
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#1497: POG Brewing Company
(Cleveland, MO) Scooter’s 1497th bar, first visited in 2021. A brewery way out there, with pretty impressive food and a beer list that is all named for military slang terms….