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
- Midland Beer Garden
  22 November 2017
  (Midland, TX) Formerly Garden View Nursery Scooter’s 1217th bar, first visited in 2017. Quite literally a beer garden, as this craft beer bar occupies several greenhouses at a plant nursery....
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- Bohannon’s East
  14 November 2010
  (Terre Haute, IN) Scooter’s 820th bar, first visited in 2010. This is kind of weird, the address implies this is west of Speakeasy but it’s actually east of Speakeasy. It’s...
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- Mary’s Place
  10 April 2015
  (Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1082nd bar, first visited in 2015. One of the ratings I sometimes give when visiting bars in new city is, “This is the Zoo Bar of ____.”...
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