Downtown Archive

#1784: Doc’s Bar

Posted on August 2024 | No Comments
(Downtown, Watertown, SD) Scooter’s 1784th bar, first visited in 2024. The drive from Fargo to Sioux Falls seems short on paper, but it’s a mid-numbingly dull drive with about 2...
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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!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
- 9th & State
  17 September 2022
  (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Formerly Lots of things Scooter’s 1571st bar, first visited in 2022. We had tried to visit here a week earlier but it was closed for a...
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- The Cloak Room
  26 August 2022
  (Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1564th bar, first visited in 2022. I wanted to visit at least one true honest to goodness local dive bar while we were hear, and all...
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- The Cave Bar & Grill
  13 October 2019
  (Lanagan, MO) Scooter’s 1408th bar, first visited in 2019. How’s this for something different, a biker bar that’s actually in a cave! My original plan was to eat lunch here,...
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