Scooter’s 601st bar, first visited in 2009.

A pretty generic strip mall bar in a new building. A big, open sports bar with a high ceiling and blank, gray-painted drywall walls. The place was so new it hasn’t really established any character yet, but business seemed to be good and customers were enjoying themselves.

217 E Stolley Park Rd
Grand Island, NE 68801
US
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(308) 382-4288

Scooter’s 594th bar, first visited in 2009.

We had to drive around the building to get to the parking lot, and we noticed several people out back smoking. “”The cool people must use the back entrance,”" B said. We pulled around front, where we were the only car, and went inside. “”Oh! I’m glad I remembered to unlock the front door this time!”" said the bartender.

We played some Silver Strike and B set a new high score. Meanwhile on the bar’s TV, ABC was airing a segment on J.K. Rowling (the author of the Harry Potter series, in case you’ve been in a coma), specifically focusing on her sorrows and tribulations. “”I, [sniff] I fell asleep in a big pile of money, and [sniff] I didn’t know where I was!”" exclaimed B in his best sobbing British female voice, to the delight of the other patrons.

2320 S Locust St
Grand Island, NE 68801
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(308) 382-9773

Scooter’s 593rd bar, first visited in 2009.

The front area was a buffet style restaurant, serving up all-you-can-eat fried chicken. It smelled really good and we were starving, but we wanted to hold out for pizza. The bar was in another room in the back and overlooked a golf course. We were a little early for a bartender so had to wait for an of-age server to become available to serve us.

2848 S Locust St
Grand Island, NE 68801
US
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(308) 382-7687