Central Business District Archive

#1314: Fong’s Pizza

Posted on April 2019 | No Comments
(Downtown, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1314th bar, first visited in 2019. An odd fusion of Chinese, Italian, and Polynesian in a borderline dive-bar setiing that somehow comes together and works....
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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
- Jumpin Jack’s
  15 July 2011
  (St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Old Lamplighter Inn Scooter’s 908th bar, first visited in 2011. Every barhopping trip includes one bar that is so far beyond our expectations that it ends...
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- Old Rock Tavern
  15 November 2014
  (Rockville, MO) Scooter’s 1062nd bar, first visited in 2014. For being so far away from anywhere, this is an absolutely fantastic gem. This is am amazingly beautiful bar. When I...
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- The Old Fishtrap
  09 April 2022
  (Chinook, WA) Scooter’s 1527th bar, first visited in 2022. After we were done exploring Astoria we decided to cross the bridge into Washington and visit the first interesting-looking bar we...
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