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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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Big John’s Corner Bar
03 March 2008(The Square, Independence, MO) Scooter’s 440th bar, first visited in 2008. A very tiny, long-standing institution in the heart of downtown Independence. Since this was my first visit we were...
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Joe’s Duck Inn
14 October 2023(Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1717th bar, first visited in 2023. After the morning breweries it was time for a dive bar break. If I had realized the route our Uber...
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Jumpin Jack’s
15 July 2011(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Old Lamplighter Inn Scooter’s 908th bar, first visited in 2011. Every barhopping trip includes one bar that is so far beyond our expectations that it ends...
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