Scooter's Bar Journal » Centerville

The Alibi

scooterj — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:20:00 +0000

(Centerville, IA)

Scooter’s 292nd bar, first visited in 2007.

Address unknown, placement approximate. Located behind the Ben Franklin on the west side of the town square, on State Street. There is no identifying sign and it doesn’t appear in any directory I can find. We would not have come here at all, except the bartender at Gordie’s told us about it.

UPDATE – I finally found the business address by searching for the liquor license.

301 W. State
Centerville, IA 52544
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(641) 895-1873

Gordie’s Bar & Grill

scooterj — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:19:00 +0000

(Centerville, IA)

Scooter’s 291st bar, first visited in 2007.

The bartender here was who told us about this town having the largest town square. This bar was on a one-way side street coming into the square. This particular street was once called Pill Row because every building was a doctors office.

108 N 13th St
Centerville, IA 52544
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(641) 437-7231

The Silver Spur

scooterj — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:18:00 +0000

(Centerville, IA)

Scooter’s 290th bar, first visited in 2007.

While I tried 3 times to close the men’s room door before giving up and peeing with it wide open, B struck up a conversation with the bartender about her carpal tunnel braces.

When we left this was a memorable bar, but we didn’t realize until several hours later how memorable it would become. The following information was given to us by some people that we would meet 10-1/2 hours later:

The Silver Spur used to be called Larry’s Silver Spur. Larry was a really nice guy, but then one day his wife up and shot him in the head. She’s in prison now. Then later there was a couple in there and they had an argument. The girlfriend stormed out and the boyfriend stayed inside, he was going to wait for her to cool off and knew she’d come back in. But she never did… because when she went outside she stepped onto the highway and got flattened by a semi. They got most of her for the burial but “one arm was unattainable.”

I haven’t been able to confirm any of this yet but it’s too interesting of gossip not to pass along.

23771 Highway 5
Centerville, IA 52544
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(641) 437-4777