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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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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Coconut Bay Cafe
13 November 2010(Manchester, TN) Scooter’s 804th bar, first visited in 2010. The bartender at Irma’s Place told us there were no other bars in town. We headed back to I-24, but crossed...
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Gusoline Alley
21 November 2022(Downtown, Royal Oak, MI) Scooter’s 1588th bar, first visited in 2022. A craft beer dive bar, decorated like a service station, with a pinball machine. I’ve had a t-shirt with...
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Kap’s Tavern
24 August 2013(Downtown, Shenandoah, IA) Scooter’s 987th bar, first visited in 2013. Walking in from the bright sunshine outside, we stumbled a bit in what initially seemed like complete blackness. It took...
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#1481: D.B. Cooper’s Hijackers Lounge
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1481st bar, first visited in 2021. I know I’ve been saying for the past few bars that I was done and needed to go back to... -
#1477: Barrymore’s
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1477th bar, first visited in 2021. I almost cut this one off my list because the second half of my planned day was a focus on... -
#1470: Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1470th bar, first visited in 2021. Lazlo’s is the front-end tasting room for the adjacent Empyrean Brewing. I had a snack here and unfortunately they don’t... -
#1468: White Elm Brewing – Haymarket
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1468th bar, first visited in 2021. The downtown location of White Elm brewing comes with an indoor/outdoor bar, a patio looking down on the street, and... -
#1301: Boiler Brewing Company
Posted on November 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1301st bar, first visited in 2018. Spectacular brewery in the basement of the Grand Manse building, a former courthouse. Accessed from a stairwell in an alley.... -
#580: Bison Witches Bar & Deli
Posted on July 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 580th bar, first visited in 2009. It was microbrew/import night, all microbrews and imports were $2.50. While B perused the cooler I I went to use... -
#577: The Spigot
Posted on July 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 577th bar, first visited in 2009. There were a couple of college kids loitering outside. “”I don’t want any trouble!”" B informed them as we stepped... -
#576: Sidewinders
Posted on July 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 576th bar, first visited in 2009. Whenever you have a bar that’s set up primarily to be a music venue, very often you wind up with...