Christmas Archive

#1500: Duck Pond Eatery and Beer Garden

Posted on August 2021 | No Comments
(Christmas, MI) Scooter’s 1500th bar, first visited in 2021. This was an awesome vacation find for my 1500th bar! We had some nice appetizers and they had a really great...
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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!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
- Berts Pub & Grub
  09 August 2006
  (Afton, IA) Scooter’s 109th bar, first visited in 2006. Afton, Iowa is the former county seat of Union County, and has a nice town square to prove it. While people...
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- Pat’s Pub
  02 May 2006
  (North Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 43rd bar, first visited in 2006. Pat’s Pub is my favorite of the bars on the Swift Avenue dive bar row. It and River City...
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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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