Peculiar Archive

#1058: The Frog Pond

Posted on November 2014 | No Comments
(Peculiar, MO) Scooter’s 1058th bar, first visited in 2014. Smoky but pleasant dive bar in the heart of Peculiar. It opens early in the morning, we stopped in for breakfast...
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Welcome!
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
- Elephant Room
  25 November 2022
  (Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1594th bar, first visited in 2022. We knew our companion would still be needing some more nap time at the hotel, so we headed on over...
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- Midland Beer Garden
  22 November 2017
  (Midland, TX) Formerly Garden View Nursery Scooter’s 1217th bar, first visited in 2017. Quite literally a beer garden, as this craft beer bar occupies several greenhouses at a plant nursery....
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- Churchill’s British Pub
  13 November 2010
  (Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 795th bar, first visited in 2010. We had already tried and failed twice at finding this bar open, but I was really curious about it so...
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