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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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Main Street Station
10 July 2010(Downtown, Milo, IA) Scooter’s 746th bar, first visited in 2010. Milo was always going to be a last-minute decision. We were on a schedule, and Milo was about thirty minutes...
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Churchill’s British Pub
13 November 2010(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 795th bar, first visited in 2010. We had already tried and failed twice at finding this bar open, but I was really curious about it so...
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Boiler Brewing Company
21 November 2018(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1301st bar, first visited in 2018. Spectacular brewery in the basement of the Grand Manse building, a former courthouse. Accessed from a stairwell in an alley....
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Hamtramck Archive
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#1600: Suzy’s Bar
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Hamtramck, MI) Scooter’s 1600th bar, first visited in 2022. We almost didn’t stop here because of the party bus parked out front, but we decided to give it a shot.... -
#1599: The Painted Lady
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Hamtramck, MI) Scooter’s 1599th bar, first visited in 2022. Our next spot made out initial short list simply based on the fact that we liked out the exterior looked. This...