Merriam Archive

#485: KC’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill

Posted on August 2008 | No Comments
(Merriam, KS) Scooter’s 485th bar, first visited in 2008. We were about to give up on finding this place, because the neighborhood was just seeming way too residential and we...
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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
- Quarthouse Bar
  19 July 2009
  (Downtown, Council Bluffs, IA) Scooter’s 656th bar, first visited in 2009. We headed over to Main Street and drove up and down both sides trying to decide what our next...
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- Twilighter Country Club
  05 May 2007
  (Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 253rd bar, first visited in 2007. We had been searching for a bar recommended by a bartender at an earlier stop, following a set of scrawled instructions...
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- The Drift Inn
  25 May 2018
  (Downtown, Bremerton, WA) Scooter’s 1235th bar, first visited in 2018. This old dive bar is practically the first place you see after stepping out of the ferry terminal. We really...
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