Scooter’s 1697th bar, first visited in 2023.

We stayed here for quite a while, sharing several plates of appetizers while playing shufflepuck and having a few rounds of drinks.

The bar counter works its way up a few steps, continuing around the corner from the bar room into the main dining area. There is also a big, well-decorated patio in the back.

I had a Dragon’s Milk Reserve: Coffee Chocolate (2023) by New Holland Brewing, an O.C.P. (Oatmeal Creme Pie) (brown ale) by Pigeon Hill Brewing Company, and whatever shots were ordered.

This trough appears to have bene custom-made to fill 100% of the available space.

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Detroit, MI 48216
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Scooter’s 1697th bar, first visited in 2023.

As we approached we were worried we wouldn’t be able to get in because there was a big crowd of people standing outside the door, but as we turned the corner a shuttle bus showed up to take them all to the baseball game. Inside we found a much quieter bar than it had been just a few minutes earlier.

There are two rooms, the back more suited for eating. There’s also a covered patio in the form of a canopy in a parking lot.

I had Guinness and whatever shot my group ordered a round of.

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Detroit, MI 48226
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Scooter’s 1696th bar, first visited in 2023.

Inside there’s an antique phone booth, a claw machine, and all sorts of history. Outside — a covered patio, various yard games, and occasional live music.

I had Guinness and a lemon drop shot.

2644 Harrison St
Detroit, MI 48216
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Scooter’s 1695th bar, first visited in 2023.

Lots of bar seating and tables indoors, a patio outside, and even an outdoor rooftop bar. Food is served, and there’s a small gift shop.

I had a flight with their Dirty Blond (witbier), Vanilla Java Porter (gotta try it fresh from the source), Detroit City Juice (NE IPA), and Atwater IPA.

237 Jos Campau, Detroit, MI 48207
Detroit, MI 48207
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Scooter’s 1694th bar, first visited in 2023.

I had the Amber Lager and a Barrell Aged Black Excellence (BA coffee stout in collaboration with Wren House Brewing Company).

2515 Riopelle St
Detroit, MI 48207
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Scooter’s 1693rd bar, first visited in 2023.

We were seated on the upper level.

In addition to my food (I think it was a burger) I had Delirium Tremens by Delirium – Huyghe Brewery and a Fresh Squeezed (IPA) by Deschutes Brewery

2460 Market St.
Detroit, MI 48207
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Scooter’s 1601st bar, first visited in 2022.

Now it was late, we had not had dinner, and this was the closest spot we could find to the hotel that still had an open kitchen. So we dropped the car off at the hotel and walked back over here.

Everybody ordered food for themselves, we also ordered a few appetizers for us to all share. I ordered what I thought was going to be an individual-sized pizza. Then we all got our drinks. I had a Mayan Mocha Stout by Odd Side Ales.

After a while the appetizers came out. Then, a bit later, the food. Except not mine. So I waited. And waited. I was stick in the middle of a round booth and couldn’t get out without making everyone else get out, so my wife went to go check on my food. They assured her the pizza was coming. So I wanted some more. But hunger finally took over and I started eating appetizers. Before long I was full.

We gave up on the pizza, and just as we were about to go ask for it to be removed from the tab so we could leave, it was suddenly plopped down on the table before us.

It looked amazing, so I couldn’t pass it up, and forced myself to eat a few pieces. It was much larger than I was expecting, and with no practical way for us to save the leftovers, half of it got wasted. Which is criminal.

124 Cadillac Square
Detroit, MI 48226
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Scooter’s 1598th bar, first visited in 2022.

After learning we were visiting from out of town the bartender decided to give us a tour and tell us about the history. She began by taking us through a door labeled “barber Shop”, revealing a back room lounge area packed with artifacts.

This long-time neighborhood staple has been a hangout for police and firefighters for decades, and patrons have donated all sorts of items related to their professions. As a result, the back room of this bar is essentially a museum of nearly a century’s worth of items relating to both lines of work.

After returning to the main bar the bartender asked if we’d noticed the smooth marble front side of the bar counter. “Do you want to know why it’s marble?” she asked. So of course we wanted to know.

When the bar first opened men and women drank separately, with men in the front room and women in the back room aka the Barber Shop). According to the lore, there was a trough installed along the front of the marble side of the bar so that the men could urinate without needing to leave their spots.

The current men’s restroom is a lot less dramatic, but the women’s restroom was a clear toilet seat with razor blades and barbed wire embedded (completely and safely) within.

I had a Molson Canadian.

The marble bar front. If the legend is true, numerous urine streams used to splash here long ago.

Women’s toilet:

3500 Gilbert St
Detroit, MI 48210
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Scooter’s 1597th bar, first visited in 2022.

I had The G.O.A.T. (Greatest Oatmeal Stout Of All Time) by Saugatuck Brewing Company.

333 E Jefferson
Detroit, MI 48226
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Scooter’s 1596th bar, first visited in 2022.

About thirty minutes into our walk we came across a bar that the rest of the group (minus me) had visited a few years earlier but it was extremely busy and they left after 40 minutes of being unable to get anyone to take their drink order. And I had wanted to visit ever since based solely on their pictures.

We peered inside and saw that it wasn’t too terribly busy, and there were enough open seats at the bar for us to sit together. So we went on in, and this time got served right away!

This bar was originally a rail station. There’s a separate room off to the side of the bar room that’s all table seating, and a mezzanine with additional table seating.

I had an Old Shuck (English porter) by North Pier Brewing.

After one round we decided our sleepy companion had napped long enough so we began making out way back to the hotel to wake her — albeit with quite a bit more sightseeing along the way.

612 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
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Scooter’s 1595th bar, first visited in 2022.

Unfortunately it was rather crowded and we had to stand, so we just had one drink and left. I had a Guinness.

I did manage to move around inside enough to see that there was another room behind where we were standing. I also remember there being "something odd" about the men's room but because I wasn't alone in there I couldn't get a picture so that I would remember later what it was.

655 Beaubien Blvd
Detroit, MI 48226
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Scooter’s 1594th bar, first visited in 2022.

This is an elegant cocktail bar with an unnecessarily upscale men’s room (see photos) — I believe this is the first place I’ve ever used a black urinal.

The random “Prison Mike” sketch above the hallway from the restrooms was a nice touch.

I had a Stroh’s since I’ve never had that before, then a cocktail that I think was a honey-lemon “Bee’s Knees” type of drink.

439 E Congress St
Detroit, MI 48226
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Scooter’s 1593rd bar, first visited in 2022.

We had a couple of rounds of drinks while watching the second half of the US-England World Cup game.

I had a Ghettoblaster Ale by Motor City Brewing Works and a Guinness Original Extra Stout.

400 E Congress St
Detroit, MI 48226
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