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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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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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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Abick’s Bar
25 November 2022(Michigan-Martin, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1598th bar, first visited in 2022. Now THIS is what looking for good neighborhood dive bars is all about. Easily in my top 5 of all...
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Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge / Troll Lounge
22 August 2024(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1778th bar, first visited in 2024. On almost every bar trip I take I come across at least one place that blows me away. But this...
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#730: The Five Spot
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Garnett, KS) Scooter’s 730th bar, first visited in 2010. You could almost call this a motel bar, and you’d probably be right. But it’s isolated enough from the motel that... -
#729: Trade Winds Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Garnett, KS) Scooter’s 729th bar, first visited in 2010. This looks like a good bar, unfortunately the conversations at a table behind us got so obnoxious that we couldn’t...

