Prospect Park Archive

#1637: Surly Brewing Company

Posted on April 2023 | No Comments
(Prospect Park, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1637th bar, first visited in 2023. I saved the biggest for last, with this being my only brewery to visit on this Sunday before heading...
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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
- Mouse Trap
  11 November 2010
  (Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 779th bar, first visited in 2010. As soon as we stepped in the door, we knew we had found it… THIS IS THE BEST BAR IN CLARKSVILLE!...
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- Quarthouse Bar
  19 July 2009
  (Downtown, Council Bluffs, IA) Scooter’s 656th bar, first visited in 2009. We headed over to Main Street and drove up and down both sides trying to decide what our next...
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- Ron’s Bar
  11 October 2024
  (Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1823rd bar, first visited in 2024. While we were at the winery my wife asked one of the servers, “If we wanted to go to a dive...
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