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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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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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Chupacabra Cantina
25 August 2022(Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1553rd bar, first visited in 2022. After The Jackalope we decided that we would just walk down the street and stick our heads in the front...
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Bohannon’s East
14 November 2010(Terre Haute, IN) Scooter’s 820th bar, first visited in 2010. This is kind of weird, the address implies this is west of Speakeasy but it’s actually east of Speakeasy. It’s...
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Robert’s Alley Archive
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#1780: Teddy’s Back Alley Bar
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1780th bar, first visited in 2024. This is a tiny bar at the back of a restaurant, and the bartender remembered me from downstairs at Marge’s.... -
#1779: Marge’s Bar
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1779th bar, first visited in 2024. I had tried to come to this basement alley cocktail bar the night before but it was unexpectedly closed —... -
#1772: Beer & Fish Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1772nd bar, first visited in 2024. After I spent some time walking around downtown (and in particular Robert’s Alley) looking at the various sculptures and murals,...


