Scooter’s 1872nd bar, first visited in 2026.

It was pretty quiet when we first arrived, but began to fill up during our stay. Before we left every person we had seen at Brewhaus ended up being seen here as well despite many of them heading a different direction when they left Brewhaus. In fact, even one of the bar-backs had been seen by us bar-backing at Brewhaus!

This was a fun bar, with a gaming area on one side while the bar itself filled the other half. Like Brewhaus it also had a sidewalk seating area, though this one was much larger.

Each time I tried to take a picture of the outside there were people standing in the way, so I took the exterior photo early the next morning while no one was there.

I had a Dank Meme (pale ale) by Triptych Brewing and a Zombie Dust (pale ale) by 3 Floyds Brewing — the latter is the beer pictured below.

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Springfield, IL 62701
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Scooter’s 1871st bar, first visited in 2026.

Our first of two stops was a long, skinny building with a rather beautiful bar along the front half and ornate vintage ceiling work. The back half had pinball machines and shuffleboard, and a small separate room of electronic casino games. While we didn’t notice it and it’s not in my photo, Google Street View shows a small area of sidewalk seating — it looks temporary though so may be seasonal.

I had two glasses of Moose Drool (brown ale) by Big Sky Brewing, a reliable favorite of mine.

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Springfield, IL 62701
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