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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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Darlene’s Place
09 August 2006(Ellston, IA) Scooter’s 107th bar, first visited in 2006. We sat at the short end of the L-shaped bar under the watchful eye of a mounted goat head smoking a...
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Shaker’s Cigar Bar
06 April 2019(Walker’s Point, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1322nd bar, first visited in 2019. This place was recommended to us by the bartender at the previous bar. Along the way we did some...
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Madison-Unicorn Park Archive
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#1764: Drekker Brewing Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Madison-Unicorn Park, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1764th bar, first visited in 2024. After I figured out that Drekker Brewing was not actually the same thing as Brewhalla, I made my way... -
#1763: Brewhalla
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Madison-Unicorn Park, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1763rd bar, first visited in 2024. I walked in here thinking this was Drekker Brewing. And it’s an easy mistake to make — the glassware...

