Nortonville Archive

#971: The Hop

Posted on April 2013 | No Comments
(Downtown, Nortonville, KS) Scooter’s 971st bar, first visited in 2013. This is the kind of place I love to find — a dive bar in a far-flung small town located...
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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
- Dew Drop Inn
  24 August 2013
  (Downtown, Hiawatha, KS) Scooter’s 997th bar, first visited in 2013. Kansas’s “Beer Bars” (also known as “3.2 Bars” or “CMB Bars”) are almost always unexpected treats. Since they are licensed...
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- Juniper Bar + Market + Bistro + Bottle Shop
  24 November 2018
  (Downtown, Cody, WY) Scooter’s 1302nd bar, first visited in 2018. Cute cocktail/wine/craft beer bar in the back of a bottle shop, with an alley-facing patio. Only a few taps, but...
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- Ninja Moose Brewery
  23 May 2015
  (Hamilton, MO) Scooter’s 1102nd bar, first visited in 2015. Located in a former telephone building, this brewery opened just last year and is drawing crowds from many miles away. There...
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