Scooter's Bar Journal » De Soto

Force of Nature Brewing

scooterj — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:11:00 +0000

(Downtown, De Soto, KS)

Scooter’s 1849th bar, first visited in 2025.

The second brewery for my little brother’s belated birthday. Many of their beers are floral, which isn’t exactly my wheelhouse, but I enjoyed them all.

My flight contained Dean’s Model A (light lager), Bee’s Knees (golden ale), Evergreen (imperial IPA), and Nor’easter (NE IPA).

33015 W 83rd St
De Soto, KS 66018
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JT’s Grill & Sports Bar

scooterj — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:14:00 +0000

(De Soto, KS)

Scooter’s 764th bar, first visited in 2010.

Restaurant on one side, sports bar on the other side. Past the restaurant is a back room with pool tables and video games.

This appears to be a pretty new place, it’s very clean and doesn’t have a lot of character yet. But it’s quickly becoming a very popular De Soto hangout.

The bar hosts live music as well as karaoke nights.

33255 Lexington Ave
De Soto, KS 66018
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(913) 585-1116
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Silver Wheel Tavern

scooterj — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:13:00 +0000

(De Soto, KS)

Scooter’s 763rd bar, first visited in 2010.

Like Beert Thirty, this was also a private club. Unlike Beer Thirty they did not give us memberships, but did give us temporary guest access good for 1-2 drinks.

I didn’t see any kind of patio, but since it’s a private club smoking is allowed. There was a pool table, an older Golden Tee machine, a pinball machine, and several video slot/poker machines.

They serve breakfast on the weekends but I don’t know if there are food offerings at other times during the week.

8385 Penner Ave
De Soto, KS 66018
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(913) 585-1001

Beer Thirty

scooterj — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:12:00 +0000

(De Soto, KS)

Scooter’s 762nd bar, first visited in 2010.

At first glance, this was a run down, dirty, almost scary place. But the longer I sat there, the more it grew on me. By the time I left I realized this is probably a pretty decent place to hang out.

Beer Thirty is a private club, so smoking is permitted. After quizzing us and deciding we were ok, the bartender gave us memberships. She was pretty friendly and had a sassy sense of humor.

The bar area isn’t very attractive, pretty barebones in a cinder-block room. The bar forms a long U-shape so offers lots of seating and lends itself to creating conversations. There’s a covered patio outside the east end.

To the west of the bar is a separate room (separated by a half-wall) with pool tables and additional seating. This room looks nicer than the bar area. The restrooms are back here too and were pretty clean.

The bar serves food a few days a week but apparently usually has a few things that can be quickly heated up on the other days.

Beer Thirty is biker friendly and participates in area poker runs. It also has karaoke nights as well as bands. I’m told it’s a popular hangout for off duty police as well.

9150 Lexington Ave
De Soto, KS 66018
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(913) 585-1416
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