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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Dean’s Place
21 June 2014(Fisk, MO) Scooter’s 1017th bar, first visited in 2014. This was a fantastic bonus bar find! I was turning the corner to go to Morgan’s Place when I spotted a...
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Katy O’Ferrell’s Publick House
24 November 2023(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1723rd bar, first visited in 2023. I needed to kill about 30 minutes waiting for my net planned stop to open, and I had noticed...
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Come Back In
13 August 2016(Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1158th bar, first visited in 2016. A dive-ish bar that shares the same kitchen (and I believe owners) as Eseen Haus but has a different menu....
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Fairmount Archive
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#452: Cozy Inn
Posted on March 2008 | No Comments(Fairmount, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 452nd bar, first visited in 2008. Re-backtracking back to where we were about to go when we realized we needed to backtrack, we came across this... -
#449: Calico Cat
Posted on March 2008 | No Comments(Fairmount, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 449th bar, first visited in 2008. A customer at Down The Road had told us this morning about his lifelong ban from The Calico Cat, and...