Scooter’s 1583rd bar, first visited in 2022.

I had a really delicious cheeseburger and a Just One S’more (imperial stout) before hiting the gift shop.

714 N Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
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Scooter’s 1137th bar, first visited in 2016.

I had the Wee Mac Scottish Ale by Sun King Brewing.

631 E Michigan
Indianapolis, IN 46202
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Scooter’s 821st bar, first visited in 2010.

Ballyhoo’s is primarily a pizza place, but this late at night it didn’t appear the pizza area was open. We took our beer back to the Golden Tee machine and played in batches of 3 free holes at a time — registered players get 3 free holes whenever swiping their credit cards in a new location for the first time.

After we were done here we headed in a direction that I thought was east (but was actually north) in search of some bar — any bar. We spied a couple, but they were either closed or closing. We finally turned around and B, with an amazing sense of direction, guided us back to our motel on a route that I insisted could not work since my personal orientation was off by 90°.

I later learned that had we either driven one block further before turning around, or headed north on a street just a few blocks over from the one we picked, we had a really good chance of finding at least 1 or 2 more places before last call.

Oh well.

900 Chestnut Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807
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Scooter’s 820th bar, first visited in 2010.

This place looked quite new and we found out it had just been remodeled 3 weeks earlier, with new walls and a new ceiling put in. The bartender told us that his roommate is slowly buying the bar.

We had a really good visit here and enjoyed chatting with the bartender and the other customers about our trip.

1728 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47807
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Scooter’s 819th bar, first visited in 2010.

At the end of the long, curvy bar is a computer that’s free for anyone to use and loaded up with an iTunes music library — the main source of music for this bar. (Though evidently someone wiped it out a few days after our visit.) Behind us was a slightly elevated platform with additional table seating.

The TV behind the bar was airing an early episode of “Breaking Bad”, which spurred a lot of conversation.

There’s a popular bar in Terre Haute called Mogger’s. (We’d go looking for it later but would fail to find it before it closed.) The bartender told us that one of the cast members of “Breaking Bad” (presumably Dean Norris, since he’s the only one I can find from this area) stops into Mogger’s once or twice a year and generally makes an ass of himself.

1801 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47807
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Scooter’s 818th bar, first visited in 2010.

Karaoke was under way… really bad karaoke. I don’t mean that the KJ was bad, I mean that the singers were bad. But that’s what makes it good! I love bad karaoke, this is exactly what dive bar karaoke is supposed to be about. People cutting loose and having fun without a care, as opposed to the uptight corporate contests that some other places offer. (Side note, it was also cool how the KJ sat in a little both high above everyone.)

When we arrived here we noticed there was an Irish Pub across the street. But when we left we somehow forgot all about it, so we missed that opportunity.

1367 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47802
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Scooter’s 817th bar, first visited in 2010.

This is a good bar, so it seemed odd that it was empty while Copper Bar, just 60 feet away, was packed.

820 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47807
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Scooter’s 816th bar, first visited in 2010.

The bartender here was very friendly. Domestic pints were $1.50. There’s an upstairs level but we didn’t go up there.

Out front is a patio with some interesting statuary (see below) that I’d love to know the significance of.

810 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47807
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Scooter’s 815th bar, first visited in 2010.

I’ve been to Terre Haute many times but only on the main strip south of I-70, so I had no familiarity at all with the older part of the city. We pointed the van in a direction where I felt the downtown area might be. T’s Lounge was the first bar we found along that path.

T’s is a cajun bar and grill. It was moderately busy, more so than my pictures make it look. We were served beer in big-ass plastic cups.

We asked the bartender for info about where we should look to find a lot of bars close together, and what time they closed. She told us to check out Wabash Avenue and that most of the bars would close at 1am.

I’ve seen the address listed as both 1612 and 1617. I went with 1612 since that’s what the web site says.

1612 South 7th Street
Terre Haute, IN 47802
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Scooter’s 814th bar, first visited in 2010.

The bar’s amenities include a pool table and air hockey. The back room was dark but it looked like that might be where bands set up.

B and I discussed ninja movies and Rutger Hauer films.

Our bartender was pretty friendly, and she seemed to enjoy hearing about our travels.

103 East Main Street
Farmersburg, IN 47850
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Scooter’s 813th bar, first visited in 2010.

30 West Washington Street
Sullivan, IN 47882
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Scooter’s 812th bar, first visited in 2010.

The building is divided in two, with a half-wall separating the bar area from the stage area. There’s also a patio out to the side of the bar.

This is one of those rare bars that has Coors Original on tap, so that’s what we got.

At one point B got up top use the restroom. When he finished he attempted to turn out the light in the men’s room, but accidentally shut off the lights for a good portion of the bar instead.

203 E Main St
Oaktown, IN 47561
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Scooter’s 811th bar, first visited in 2010.

This place was quite crowded, we had to sit against the far back. We were served gigantic Old Style pours. Far too much beer, so we had to enact the “12 oz” rule. I ended up accidentally finishing 16 oz though, so I was full for a while after this.

That was one thing that has been odd about this trip so far, the pours have generally been far too big. We expect that in cities and college towns, but not in these small towns.

1031 Washington Avenue
Vincennes, IN 47591
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Scooter’s 810th bar, first visited in 2010.

The front room was done in red, the back room with the pool tables was done in green. There was also a side room behind us with a stage.

115 North Mccreary Street
Fort Branch, IN 47648
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Scooter’s 809th bar, first visited in 2010.

This is a new one for me — the beer was served in malt glasses…

This was a good pizza. A cracker thin crust, and big tasty chunks of meat. The only thing keeping it from being perfect is that the sauce could have been a little richer.

8 minutes later…

222 East Columbia Street
Evansville, IN 47711
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Scooter’s 530th bar, first visited in 2008.

These eclectic uses explain the unique layout of the bar, broken into multiple rooms. There’s a pool room, the main bar area with the jukebox and a 3-sided arcing bar, and a back nook.

101 S Main St
Cloverdale, IN 46120
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