Ripley Archive

  • (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 437th bar, first visited in 2008. This was the first of many bars we went to today where the bartender lamented that they have lost business...

    #437: Cosmo’s

    (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 437th bar, first visited in 2008. This was the first of many bars we went to today where the bartender lamented that they have lost business...

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  • (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 436th bar, first visited in 2008. We took a couple of seats at the bar populated by older, blue-collar men. B needed to break a large...

    #436: Rack Daddy’s

    (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 436th bar, first visited in 2008. We took a couple of seats at the bar populated by older, blue-collar men. B needed to break a large...

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  • (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 389th bar, first visited in 2007. We finished the evening relaxing at a table covered in photos before finally calling it a night. UPDATE Revisted on...

    #389: Dr Pikl’s

    (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 389th bar, first visited in 2007. We finished the evening relaxing at a table covered in photos before finally calling it a night. UPDATE Revisted on...

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  • (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 388th bar, first visited in 2007. We grabbed some Guinness and played a few games of Silver Strike. I was way off my game. Just like...

    #388: Jersey’s Sports Cafe

    (Ripley, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 388th bar, first visited in 2007. We grabbed some Guinness and played a few games of Silver Strike. I was way off my game. Just like...

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