Scooter's Bar Journal » Downtown

Red Rocket Saloon

scooterj — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:16:00 +0000

(Downtown, Odessa, MO)

Scooter’s 676th bar, first visited in 2009.

From outside I expected this place to be huge, instead I found Odessa’s tiniest bar. The few barstools were occupied so we had to take one of a few small tables. By the front door several people were playing at the one pool table that could fit, while the jukebox blared ’90s dance hits.

115 W. Mason St.
Odessa, MO 64076
US
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(816) 456-8663

Jugheads

scooterj — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:15:00 +0000

(Downtown, Odessa, MO)

Scooter’s 675th bar, first visited in 2009.

Another basic small down, downtown neighborhood dive. There was some cleaning/repair work underway.

Though there was essentially no difference between Jugheads and its neighbor Woody’s, Jugheads was nearly empty while Woody’s had maybe a dozen or so customers. I have no idea why the disparity.

121 S. 2nd St.
Odessa, MO 64076
US
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(816) 651-0397

Woody’s Tavern

scooterj — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:14:00 +0000

(Downtown, Odessa, MO)

Scooter’s 674th bar, first visited in 2009.

Your basic neighborhood dive bar, exactly the type of place you expect to find downtown in a small town.

There were several customers here and they were all women. I wondered briefly if it was a lesbian bar, but I could find no obvious evidence. After we were here about 20 minutes several other guys came in, so I guess that was just a fluke.

Something about this place seemed familiar to me, even down to the Woody Woodpecker car hood hanging on the wall. I never figured out why I was having such a sense of deja vu here.

111 S. 2nd St.
Odessa, MO 64076
US
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(816) 918-6634