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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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Bullet Hole
16 July 2009(Utica, NE) Scooter’s 586th bar, first visited in 2009. This was a COMPLETE bonus bar, absolutely nothing in our research indicated this would be here and we wouldn’t expect a...
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Dick Weed’s Bar
18 August 2019(Mt Clemens, MI) Scooter’s 1365th bar, first visited in 2019. We wanted to get a nice dive bar in on our afternoon, and we picked this one based partly on...
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The Cave Bar & Grill
13 October 2019(Lanagan, MO) Scooter’s 1408th bar, first visited in 2019. How’s this for something different, a biker bar that’s actually in a cave! My original plan was to eat lunch here,...
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#823: Daddy-O’s
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Paris, IL) Scooter’s 823rd bar, first visited in 2010. We walked into this bar at 10:00am to find about half a dozen customers already seated. We ordered Bud Lights,... -
#822: Rosebud Saloon
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Paris, IL) Scooter’s 822nd bar, first visited in 2010. After a breakfast of delicious Hardee’s biscuits, we popped in to Rosebud Saloon at 9:35am for our first Illinois beer...

