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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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Mary’s Place
10 April 2015(Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1082nd bar, first visited in 2015. One of the ratings I sometimes give when visiting bars in new city is, “This is the Zoo Bar of ____.”...
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Boiler Brewing Company
21 November 2018(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1301st bar, first visited in 2018. Spectacular brewery in the basement of the Grand Manse building, a former courthouse. Accessed from a stairwell in an alley....
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J and J Roadhouse
22 November 2008(Belton, MO) Formerly Jaudon Hideout Scooter’s 511th bar, first visited in 2008. This was a surprising find. Who’d have expected to find a bar at 203rd & Holmes? And how...
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#1242: The Turtle Club
Posted on May 2018 | No Comments(Fox, AK) Scooter’s 1242nd bar, first visited in 2018. I had sat down planning to order something more sensible to eat, but my wife insisted that I can’t come 3,500... -
#1241: Silver Gulch Brewing Company
Posted on May 2018 | No Comments(Fox, AK) Scooter’s 1241st bar, first visited in 2018. Our visit here was dampened by two weirdos who decided they needed to sit down right next to us and started...