Platte Ridge Archive

#957: Arthur’s Lounge

Posted on October 2012 | No Comments
(Platte Ridge, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 957th bar, first visited in 2012. This is a bar that I was supposed to visit way back in 2006, but as I was...
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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!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
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- Holler House
  07 April 2019
  (Forest Home Hills, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1327th bar, first visited in 2019. I have been to a ton of dive bars. Up to the point of this writing, I had...
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- Dew Drop Inn
  24 August 2013
  (Downtown, Hiawatha, KS) Scooter’s 997th bar, first visited in 2013. Kansas’s “Beer Bars” (also known as “3.2 Bars” or “CMB Bars”) are almost always unexpected treats. Since they are licensed...
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