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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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
- Churchill’s British Pub
  13 November 2010
  (Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 795th bar, first visited in 2010. We had already tried and failed twice at finding this bar open, but I was really curious about it so...
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- Avery Brewing Company
  14 September 2018
  (Twin Lakes Tech Park, Boulder, CO) Scooter’s 1275th bar, first visited in 2018. I wish I wasn’t going to have to drive for over an hour in rush hour traffic...
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- Brickway Brewery & Distillery
  14 October 2023
  (Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1715th bar, first visited in 2023. Since this was directly across the street from Jackson Street Tavern it made sense for this to be our next...
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