Scooter’s 832nd bar, first visited in 2010.

HALLELUJAH!!!

FINALLY, a coveted 10-oz pour. We love the 10-oz pour. Not only are you able to enjoy all the beer before it warms up or begins to go flat, but this is the ideal size for marathon barhopping. It is almost impossible to get full on these.

Normally 10-oz pours are common in dive bars, but they had been strangely rare so far on this trip. But from this point onward on this trip, they would prove to be the norm.

Nellie’s had a pool table and video poker machines, and also served the same Butch’s pizza as Curly’s. The web site also mentions a beer garden but we didn’t notice it.

For the majority of our visit, the bartender was standing nearby us ranting to one of her friends about candles.

2717 North Main Street
Decatur, IL 62526
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Scooter’s 831st bar, first visited in 2010.

It turned out we were in luck, because pizza was on special today — $5 for a large and $3.50 for a small. Our indecisiveness between pepperoni and sausage led to us accidentally getting one of each.

While we waited we partook of free sausages simmering in a crock pot. Apart from the bar there is also a DJ booth and a back room with a fireplace and video slots.

We were a bit let down at first when we found out the pizza isn’t made fresh here but actually comes from a local distributor (Butch’s). But this disappointment disappeared when the pizza arrived and we saw how good the meat toppings looked and tasted how delicious the pizza was. The shake-on spices supplied made it even better. It went along great with our $1 mugs of beer.

2683 N. Water Street
Decatur, IL 62526
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