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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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Grains & Taps
12 June 2021(Downtown, Lee’s Summit, MO) Scooter’s 1462nd bar, first visited in 2021. This brewery and restaurant/taproom grew from the Grains & Taps home brewing store a few blocks down the street....
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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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Velvet Dog
06 May 2003(Union Hill, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 12th bar, first visited in 2003. This is one of the trendier bars, a genre I typically am not a fan of. But of...
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#629: The Fire Barn
Posted on July 2009 | No Comments(Waterloo, NE) Scooter’s 629th bar, first visited in 2009. Not too far from The Depot we found The Fire Barn, a firefighter-themed bar in a brand new strip mall. (Which... -
#628: Depot
Posted on July 2009 | No Comments(Waterloo, NE) Scooter’s 628th bar, first visited in 2009. A railroad themed bar, though we didn’t notice the theme quite so much on the inside as we did on the...