Nebraska Archive

  • (Leavenworth, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1639th bar, first visited in 2023. Somehow I’ve missed this spot on previous visits even though it’s right across the street from a former bar I...

    #1639: Alderman’s Bar

    (Leavenworth, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1639th bar, first visited in 2023. Somehow I’ve missed this spot on previous visits even though it’s right across the street from a former bar I...

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  • (Rulo, NE) Scooter’s 1486th bar, first visited in 2021. This place has been on my want-to-visit list for about a dozen years, mainly because I wanted to hang out in...

    #1486: Wild Bill’s Bar & Grill

    (Rulo, NE) Scooter’s 1486th bar, first visited in 2021. This place has been on my want-to-visit list for about a dozen years, mainly because I wanted to hang out in...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1485th bar, first visited in 2021. Boiler Brewing’s second location, in the same shopping center as the two previous brewery tap rooms. I had the King Size...

    #1485: Boiler Brewing Company – South

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1485th bar, first visited in 2021. Boiler Brewing’s second location, in the same shopping center as the two previous brewery tap rooms. I had the King Size...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1484th bar, first visited in 2021. Zipline’s second location in Lincoln, sandwiched between two other brewery tap rooms in the same shopping center. I had the Things...

    #1484: Zipline Beer Hall

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1484th bar, first visited in 2021. Zipline’s second location in Lincoln, sandwiched between two other brewery tap rooms in the same shopping center. I had the Things...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Formerly Local Kitchen + Patio Scooter’s 1483rd bar, first visited in 2021. This big restaurant/brewery with a big patio is located in a relatively new shop[ping center in...

    #1483: Catalyst – Kitchen, Taproom, Patio, & Brewing Co.

    (Lincoln, NE) Formerly Local Kitchen + Patio Scooter’s 1483rd bar, first visited in 2021. This big restaurant/brewery with a big patio is located in a relatively new shop[ping center in...

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  • (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1482nd bar, first visited in 2021. I tried to come here twice earlier on this trip. Both times the door was locked even though I was...

    #1482: V’s Arcade Bar

    (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1482nd bar, first visited in 2021. I tried to come here twice earlier on this trip. Both times the door was locked even though I was...

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  • (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...

    #1481: D.B. Cooper’s Hijackers Lounge

    (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...

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  • (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1480th bar, first visited in 2021. Back on July 15, 2009, my friend Brandon and I were on the first day of a 5-day bar crawl....

    #1480: The Beacon Lounge

    (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1480th bar, first visited in 2021. Back on July 15, 2009, my friend Brandon and I were on the first day of a 5-day bar crawl....

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1479th bar, first visited in 2021. This place finished me. I was done. Pretty much out of stomach volume and mostly out of liver capacity as well....

    #1479: The Old Pub

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1479th bar, first visited in 2021. This place finished me. I was done. Pretty much out of stomach volume and mostly out of liver capacity as well....

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  • (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1478th bar, first visited in 2021. This quirky dive has a large square bar, lots of empty glass bottles of what I believe to be Buddha...

    #1478: The Hot Mess

    (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1478th bar, first visited in 2021. This quirky dive has a large square bar, lots of empty glass bottles of what I believe to be Buddha...

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  • (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...

    #1477: Barrymore’s

    (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...

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  • (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1476th bar, first visited in 2021. As a long-time denizen of Zoo Bar in Kansas City, I’ve been long trying to visit the famous blues venue...

    #1476: Zoo Bar

    (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1476th bar, first visited in 2021. As a long-time denizen of Zoo Bar in Kansas City, I’ve been long trying to visit the famous blues venue...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1475th bar, first visited in 2021. Diagonally opposite Code Beer across a tricky intersection (both for myself as a pedestrian and, earlier, for my Uber driver). A...

    #1475: SARO Cider

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1475th bar, first visited in 2021. Diagonally opposite Code Beer across a tricky intersection (both for myself as a pedestrian and, earlier, for my Uber driver). A...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1474th bar, first visited in 2021. Located right at the extreme eastern edge of what could be considered downtown Lincoln. I was really starting to slow down...

    #1474: Code Beer Company

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1474th bar, first visited in 2021. Located right at the extreme eastern edge of what could be considered downtown Lincoln. I was really starting to slow down...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1473rd bar, first visited in 2021. Deja Vu from this morning? Nope, this is location is the main White Elm brewery. The tasting room is a long...

    #1473: White Elm Brewing Company

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1473rd bar, first visited in 2021. Deja Vu from this morning? Nope, this is location is the main White Elm brewery. The tasting room is a long...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1472nd bar, first visited in 2021. I found the tap room here, which is essentially a hybrid of indoor-outdoor space, the most enjoyable among those I visited...

    #1472: Backswing Brewing Company

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1472nd bar, first visited in 2021. I found the tap room here, which is essentially a hybrid of indoor-outdoor space, the most enjoyable among those I visited...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1471st bar, first visited in 2021. Sl;ightly hard to find, the main Zip Line Brewery is located in an industrial area a couple miles west of downtown...

    #1471: Zipline Brewing Company

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1471st bar, first visited in 2021. Sl;ightly hard to find, the main Zip Line Brewery is located in an industrial area a couple miles west of downtown...

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  • (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1469th bar, first visited in 2021. This brewery taproom didn’t have anything in my wheelhouse so I had to be brave and branch out to try other...

    #1469: Kinkaider Tap Room

    (Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1469th bar, first visited in 2021. This brewery taproom didn’t have anything in my wheelhouse so I had to be brave and branch out to try other...

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  • (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...

    #1470: Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill

    (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...

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  • (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...

    #1468: White Elm Brewing – Haymarket

    (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...

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  • (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1467th bar, first visited in 2021. I would like to have spent more time here because it seems like a pretty cool place, but it was...

    #1467: Tavern on the Square

    (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1467th bar, first visited in 2021. I would like to have spent more time here because it seems like a pretty cool place, but it was...

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