Pleasantville Archive

#745: Back In The Day Lounge

Posted on July 2010 | No Comments
(Downtown, Pleasantville, IA) Scooter’s 745th bar, first visited in 2010. We nearly forgot to go to Pleasantville. We had driven right on by, having not even seen a sign for...
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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
- Dugout Bar
  17 July 2009
  (Downtown, Fremont, NE) Scooter’s 620th bar, first visited in 2009. Before we went inside we walked around the block looking for a pizza place that was supposed to be there,...
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- Elements
  16 August 2019
  (Downtown Square, Newark, OH) Scooter’s 1362nd bar, first visited in 2019. This is the hotel bar for the Doubletree in downtown Newark, though it has a separate entrace so it’s...
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- Alaskan Brewing Company Tasting Room
  14 May 2023
  (Lemon Creek, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1656th bar, first visited in 2023. I didn’t realize the main tap room closes at 7pm and just barely made it in time to be...
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