Downtown Archive

#1051: Fat Edd’s Roadhouse

Posted on August 2014 | No Comments
(Downtown, Metropolis, IL) Scooter’s 1051st bar, first visited in 2014. The final stop on our 9-states-in-1-day pub crawl, arrived it with 32-1/2 minutes left to spare! We arrived too late...
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Welcome!
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!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
- Speakeasy Conversation Bar
  14 November 2010
  (Terre Haute, IN) Scooter’s 819th bar, first visited in 2010. We liked this place a lot. A nice quiet bar with a cool bartender, a place with no games and...
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- Van Till Family Farm Winery
  19 July 2025
  (Rayville, MO ) Scooter’s 1844th bar, first visited in 2025. This winery has been on our list for a while, as we had been to its former satellite location in...
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- L D’s Corner Bar
  05 July 2019
  (McKinley School/ Columbus Park, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1339th bar, first visited in 2019. Originally we had made the difficult decision of cutting this place from our itinerary. But after...
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