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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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Downtown Archive
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#1531: Percheron Rooftop Bar
Posted on June 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1531st bar, first visited in 2022. Seasonal rooftop bar at the Crossroads Hotel, with stunning views in all directions. Cocktail-oriented but does have a few... -
#1512: River Bluff Brewing @ River Market
Posted on March 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1512th bar, first visited in 2022. The second location if a brewery out of St. Joseph that conveniently opened in the same building where I... -
#1509: Alma Mader Brewing Company
Posted on September 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1509th bar, first visited in 2021. Though I’ve had their beer several times at other bars, this was my first visit to their actual location.... -
#1488: Panther’s Place
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1488th bar, first visited in 2021. Not quite a speakeasy,. but pretty close. You have to follow them on Instagram to be apprised of when... -
#1452: Bar Stilwell
Posted on February 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1452nd bar, first visited in 2021. The bar in the main lobby of the new Loew’s Hotel. The bar features split-level seating areas with an... -
#1428: Rochester Brewing and Roasting Company
Posted on December 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1428th bar, first visited in 2019. A combination coffee shop and brewery that opened earlier in 2019. We stopped in here after work on the... -
#1427: Afterword Tavern & Shelves
Posted on December 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1427th bar, first visited in 2019. Part book store, part library, part cafe, part bar. I stopped in here for the first time as a... -
#1412: Chances Social
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Formerly Thou Mayest Scooter’s 1412th bar, first visited in 2019. We came in here for a friend’s birthday. It’s a combo coffee shop / craft cocktail... -
#1411: City Barrel
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1411th bar, first visited in 2019. This was the final “new bar” on my birthday bar crawl. By this point I was hammered. I remember... -
#1410: Lifted Spirits
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1410th bar, first visited in 2019. This was the next stop on my birthday bar crawl. I was pretty lit by this point and all... -
#1409: Mean Mule Distilling Company
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1409th bar, first visited in 2019. This was stop #2 (but my first new bar) on my birthday bar crawl. One of the first things... -
#1383: The Clubhouse Experience
Posted on September 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1383rd bar, first visited in 2019. After more than a decade of dormancy, the basement courtyard of the Wallstreet Tower is alive again! This new... -
#1382: Streetcar Grille & Tavern
Posted on September 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1382nd bar, first visited in 2019. Another new place that also opened very recently in the ground floor retail area of a parking garage. My... -
#1381: Oak & Steel
Posted on September 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1381st bar, first visited in 2019. A brand new craft beer/whiskey bar, my first visit was just a few days after it opened. It’s located... -
#1356: Pierpont’s
Posted on August 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1356th bar, first visited in 2019. I popped in here to meet my wife and a friend of ours at the bar for drinks and... -
#1336: Pizza Bar
Posted on May 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1336th bar, first visited in 2019. I had no idea until later that, while I’ve been in here before, I’d never actually had a drink... -
#1335: County Road Ice House
Posted on May 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Formerly Gordon Biersch Scooter’s 1335th bar, first visited in 2019. I wasn’t originally planning to even count this as a new bar since I had already... -
#1300: Dott Boss
Posted on November 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1300th bar, first visited in 2018. This is the hotel bar for the Hotel Indigo, but with a separate street entrance on Baltimore it’s removed... -
#1299: Made In KC Cafe
Posted on November 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1299th bar, first visited in 2018. From the outside, you’d never guess there was a bar in here. All you can see is a coffee... -
#1298: Parlor
Posted on November 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1298th bar, first visited in 2018. This food hall contains 7 restaurants, 2 bars, a covered deck on the second floor, and space for private... -
#1297: Spokes Cafe & Cyclery
Posted on November 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1297th bar, first visited in 2018. Bike shop, deli, coffee shop, and craft beer bar all rolled up into one. 1200 Washington, Suite B Kansas...
