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#1620: Gambit Brewing

Posted on March 2023 | No Comments
(Downtown, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1620th bar, first visited in 2023. On Google Maps this was a bit tricky to find, but I eventually determined from photos I found on...
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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
- 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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- St. Ambrose Cellars
  02 September 2021
  (Beulah, MI) Scooter’s 1505th bar, first visited in 2021. We decided to spend an afternoon hanging out at a winery, which turned out to also have mead and their own...
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- Speakeasy Conversation Bar
  14 November 2010
  (Terre Haute, IN) Scooter’s 819th bar, first visited in 2010. We liked this place a lot. A nice quiet bar with a cool bartender, a place with no games and...
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