Scooter's Bar Journal » Bethany

Mugsley’s Pub

scooterj — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 17:10:00 +0000

(Downtown, Bethany, MO)

Scooter’s 1337th bar, first visited in 2019.

My friend Brandon and I tried to visit here over a decade ago when it was a placed called Right On Q, but it was closed and undergoing extensive renovation. Then I forgot about it every time I’ve been to Bethany since. But not today, when my friend AJ and I stopped here for breakfast on the ay to a weekend in Des Moines.

I had Bud Light with my meaty breakfast.

1605 Fuller St
Bethany, MO 64424
US
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(660) 425-4444
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Long Creek Saloon

scooterj — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:12:00 +0000

(Bethany, MO)
Formerly Double D Saloon

Scooter’s 491st bar, first visited in 2008.

From my 2008 visit:

We had this down on our list as the “Double D Saloon” so it must have changed hands in the recent past. This place was pretty busy, filled with rough-and-tough looking dudes ranging in age from their late 20s to late 60s. One older guy near the door in this small room chatted loudly on his phone with some people who had apparently gone to the wrong bar while others shot him annoyed glances as they tried to pay attention to the episode of “Gunsmoke” playing on the TV.

From my 2010 visit:

Wow, what a difference! This place has really re-invented itself. The new owner has somehow made it twice the size it used to be even through the exterior change is very subtle. It’s also been fixed up a lot on the inside. The bar itself is new, curved, and seats a lot more people. It’s almost what you’d call a classy joint! The crowd seems younger than what I remember from the past, and the additional space means Long Creek can now host live music.

205 S 16th St
Bethany, MO 64424
US
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(660) 425-8650

Toot-Toot Lounge

scooterj — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:11:00 +0000

(Bethany, MO)

Scooter’s 490th bar, first visited in 2008.

This is another place that is half buffet restaurant (very famous and apparently very good), with a seperate and well-isolated lounge.

You enter the bar through that door on the right in the photo. However, the bar is not downstairs, it’s upstairs. And do you go up by way of stairs? Nope… you go up by way of the steepest ramp I have ever seen. We got a chuckle imagining how many people must have stumbled and rolled all the way down at the end of a good bender.

For our beer selection, we chose the beer we saw advertised at the previous bar: MGD64. A 12-ounce beer with only 64 calories.

“You sure you guys want this? It’s only 3.2% alcohol…” our bartender asked us after he’d already opened them and put them before us.

You know those frilly fru-fru brands of bottled water infused with hints of fruit flavor? Now imagine one of those except instead of fruit it’s hints of beer flavor. That’s about what MGD64 is. Sorry, there’s really no reason to drink this.

2905 Miller St
Bethany, MO 64424
US
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(660) 425-6662

Camaro’s Lounge

scooterj — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:10:00 +0000

(Bethany, MO)

Scooter’s 489th bar, first visited in 2008.

Our draws (Bud Light & Busch Light) were the most expensive of the day, at $2.50 each. It may seem cheap to you, but that’s really high for the small town bars we typically visit.

The building is divided into two well-distinguished sections: a steakhouse buffet on the west end and the lounge on the east end. The lounge is decorated with Camaro and racing themes, with a small stage in the northeast corner.

22208 E Us Highway 136
Bethany, MO 64424
US
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(660) 425-6665