Scooter's Bar Journal » Gladstone

My Other Place

scooterj — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 17:10:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 1510th bar, first visited in 2021.

Cute little dive bar in a converted house that I noticed for the first time just before covid then never got a chance to visit until now. Though it’s associated with the people who ran the old Judge’s Pizza a little over half a mile away, at the time of my visit the only available food was hot dogs and a couple of other snacks. I had a Bud Light.

5700 NE Antioch
Gladstone, MO 64118
United States
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Pepperoni Pub

scooterj — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 18:10:00 +0000

(Gladstone Plaza, Gladstone, MO)
Formerly Rent-a-Center

Scooter’s 1220th bar, first visited in 2017.

I’d heard about this for a month or so and we finaly got a chance to stop in.

The “pub” aspect was a bit of a letdown, just a small corner bar with only a few of the basic domestic beers available in cans. But I drank one, so it counts!

The pizza is pretty great though, and I’m told even more games are coming than what I show here. They have lots of room to grow.

I had to laugh when I saw the ridiculously-oversized single-occupancy restroom…

6591-A North Oak
Gladstone, MO 64118
US
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Ikey’s Pizza

scooterj — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 17:11:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 1212th bar, first visited in 2017.

This was an unplanned stop. I popped in here to order a pizza and was going to hang out next door at the Hideout while waiting for it to be made. But then I noticed this place had a small bar of its own, so I stayed here instead to snag the new bar find!

6950 N Oak Tffy
Gladstone, MO 4118
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Hard Core Cafe

scooterj — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:16:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 1076th bar, first visited in 2015.

This was our last stop of the night and honestly it’s mostly a blur. It was very busy but we lucked into a couple of seats at the bar. I remember really enjoying this place.

This new bar is a spin-off of Hard Core Customs, across the parking lot, and just opened a few months ago.

Though Gladstone allows smoking in bars, Hard Core Cafe went above and beyond by allowing smoking but only in their smoking lounge — which is completely closed off from the main bar area. A great way to cater to both sets of patrons!

320 NE 72nd St.
Gladstone, MO 64118
US
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No. 9 Saloon

scooterj — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:12:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 1036th bar, first visited in 2014.

A biker bar in a former Harley Davidson dealership, apparently it’s been there for a year and I never noticed it until this week despite driving by it a few times each month.

We were in here on an off night — they had had an event the previous night and had another scheduled for the next night — so having a DJ for the half dozen or so people in the places seemed a little odd.

I was really impressed by this bar. The vast open space is decorated in a very cool and inviting way, and the front garage doors — that open to a patio looking down over North Oak — are a great touch. The bar itself is a swooping oblong loop in the center of the building. Beer prices were surprisingly cheap, $3 each for premium draughts.

6609 N Oak Trafficway
Gladstone, MO 64118
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The End Zone II

scooterj — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:10:00 +0000

(Gladstone Plaza, Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 985th bar, first visited in 2013.

A small neighborhood sports bar located in a corner of a once-dying strip mall that appears to be trying to make a comeback.

There’s a pool table in the front, two dart boards, and a jukebox. A large toaster oven behind the bar implied that they may serve appetizers.

Since I was there in the daytime it was an older crowd of about 10 or so scattered around the L-shaped bar. The bartender was friendly and charming and knew everyone by name.

Because this is Gladstone, smoking is permitted. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a bar as smoky as this was.

6583 North Oak Trafficway
Gladstone, MO 64118
US
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(816) 468-5100

The Lost Bar

scooterj — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:10:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)
Formerly End Zone

Scooter’s 734th bar, first visited in 2010.

Talk about a lost bar… I thought I’d covered every bar on North Oak four years ago! Every time I saw the name “Lost Bar” come up in my research I assumed it had to be a new name for a bar I’d already been too.

Ironically, my BARDAR has gone off numerous times while driving past the very strip mall in which this bar is located. It’s a strip mall that screams that it has a bar in it, yet there isn’t one to be found…

…unless you look in the back.

But why would you? From Oak it looks like a standard one-story strip mall with nothing behind it. But it turns out there’s a sharp drop in the hill and there is indeed a lower level around back.

Lost Bar is a small, dark, smokey dive — exactly what you’d expect such a well-hidden place to be. There’s pool tables, games, and a small stage. There seems to be a well-knit group of regulars.

7632 N Oak Trfy
Gladstone, MO 64118
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Tommy’s

scooterj — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:10:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 660th bar, first visited in 2009.

Usually restaurant lounges are kind of lame, but the lounge at Tommy’s holds its own as a sports dive. It’s isolated enough from the restaurant area that it feels like its own place.

6221 N Chestnut Ave
Gladstone, MO 64119
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Buck’s

scooterj — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:10:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 659th bar, first visited in 2009.

A former Ponderosa restaurant converted into a sports bar with pretty good Italian food and BBQ.

5708 N Oak Trfy
Gladstone, MO 64118
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(816) 455-2825

Mark & Michelle’s Bar & Grill

scooterj — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:17:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 279th bar, first visited in 2007.

2007 Visit: I couldn’t remember anything.

2014 Visit: This place is deceptively larger than it looks from the outside. The square-shaped island bar sits in the center of the room, with video games of varying degrees of working sit in the far corner. Serves pizza & wings, hosts karaoke.

7102 N Oak Trfy
Gladstone, MO 64118
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(816) 436-6600
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Hide Out Bar & Grill

scooterj — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:16:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Scooter’s 278th bar, first visited in 2007.

As karaoke was being set up and old woman made me sign a birthday card for someone I didn’t know. At the far end of an easily-missed strip mall near 69th & North Oak.

I’ve since learned that this is a popular blues bar.

6948 N Oak Trfy
Gladstone, MO 64118
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(816) 468-0550
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The Office

scooterj — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:15:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)
Formerly Kyle’s Tap Room

Closed, but a new bar has opened in the same location.
Was called Kyle’s Tap Room when I visited in 2007. Kyle’s closed on April 05, 2008. Is now re-opened under new ownership as “The Office”.

Scooter’s 277th bar, first visited in 2007.

Nice neighborhood hang-out

6825 N Oak Trfy
Gladstone, MO 64118
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(816) 420-9099
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Player’s Sports Bar

scooterj — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:19:00 +0000

(Antioch, Gladstone, MO)
Formerly The Peanut

Closed, but a new bar has opened in the same location.
Now a Tanner’s.

Scooter’s 237th bar, first visited in 2007.

Located in the Meadowbrook shopping center. Hopefully Tanner’s will have better luck at this location.

6024 N. Antioch Rd
Gladstone, MO 64119
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816-455-8266
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Margarita’s North

scooterj — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:10:00 +0000

(Gladstone, MO)

Destroyed by a tornado in 2007, was rebuilt.

Scooter’s 198th bar, first visited in 2006.

Mexican restaurant & bar

7013 N Oak Trfy
Gladstone, MO 64118
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(816) 468-0337
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