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
- Guy & Mae’s Tavern
  22 June 2013
  (Downtown, Williamsburg, KS) Scooter’s 984th bar, first visited in 2013. Guy & Mae’s is a little hole in the wall bar that, apart from the dollar bills hanging from the...
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- Back Door Lounge
  02 December 2006
  (River Bend, MO) Scooter’s 208th bar, first visited in 2006. This is a tiny dive bar on the back side of a gas station at 291 & 210 Hwys. Access...
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- Ebb & Flow Fermentations
  24 November 2023
  (Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1725th bar, first visited in 2023. My next destination turned out to be a nice, relaxing places to sip on some really good libations. The...
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