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Old Folks Lounge

scooterj — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 17:10:00 +0000

(East Side, Kansas City, MO)

Scooter’s 1120th bar, first visited in 2015.

This is a bar I have wanted to visit for years, but I’ve always been too scared to go. However, I got my chance when our friend B’Lenda mentioned it was her birthday, and it came up in conversation that she’s a regular here. I got my in!

As we approached the bar I began to get a little nervous, passing street sign after street sign of street names I normally only hear about on the news. The nervousness reached a peak when we parked our cars and the first sound we heard upon getting out was a gunshot no more than a block away. None of the locals seemed fazed, however, so we headed on inside.

Though there was initially a “record scratch moment” when we stepped inside, one of B’Lenda’s friends was sitting at the bar just inside the door/ Introductions were made that quickly broke the ice.

Old Folks is divided into three sections. The main section (center) houses a long bar that is dual-sided at the north end. We sat in the west section, with dining tables, the DJ booth, and access to the patio. There is another section east of the bar, we didn’t venture over there but from what we could see it looked like there was a pool table over there.

The bartender was a little gruff with us at first but warmed up pretty quickly, we enjoyed her. The DJ, who has not on duty yet but was coming on around the time we left, came over and chatted with each of us. He was a nice guy.

So, once again, a bar that I spent a long time being terrified of turned out to actually be a pretty nice place with nice clientele.

4805 E 24th St
Kansas City, MO 64127
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Bob’s In Motion

scooterj — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:32:00 +0000

(East Side, Kansas City, MO)

Scooter’s 457th bar, first visited in 2008.

aka Mr. Bob’s Place

Security hit us the second we stepped in but gave us the ok. I struck up a brief conversation with another guy at the bar while B used the restroom but for the most part no one talked to us. We watched a game of pool and some dancing, then headed on up the road.

Rumor has it no one under the age of 30 is admitted.

5709 Troost Ave
Kansas City, MO 64110
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Flamingo Lounge

scooterj — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:29:00 +0000

(East Side, Kansas City, MO)

Scooter’s 454th bar, first visited in 2008.

“We’re going to be the only white people in here,” said B. “Naw, this is going to be pretty much all white,” I replied. I wish we had bet, as I was right.

The place was divided into two rooms separated by the bar in the middle. On one side a dart league was underway, on the other a billiards league.

8642 E 63rd St
Kansas City, MO 64133
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Lafferty’s

scooterj — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:28:00 +0000

(East Side, Kansas City, MO)

Scooter’s 453rd bar, first visited in 2008.

I’ve been driving by this place for over 20 years and never been inside until tonight. A guy playing pool helped us out with directions to a few other locations. In return, we bought him a drink. Except, after we left, we realized we forgot to pay for his drink! Oops!

6301 Blue Pkwy
Kansas City, MO 64129
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