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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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Ozark Beer Company
12 October 2019(Downtown, Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1394th bar, first visited in 2019. Route-wise this should not have been my next brewery, but because it was still early in the day I had...
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Hair of the Dog Pub
13 November 2010(Downtown, Chattanooga, TN) Scooter’s 799th bar, first visited in 2010. We’d pulled off in Chattanooga looking for one particular bar whose name intrigued us. We found that it no longer...
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Manchester Archive
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#804: Coconut Bay Cafe
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Manchester, TN) Scooter’s 804th bar, first visited in 2010. The bartender at Irma’s Place told us there were no other bars in town. We headed back to I-24, but crossed... -
#803: Irma’s Place
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Black Jack, Manchester, TN) Scooter’s 803rd bar, first visited in 2010. We were having a terrible time finding another bar in this down. We had headed to downtown and found... -
#802: Mickey’s Home Town Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(West Meade, Manchester, TN) Formerly Snafu Scooter’s 802nd bar, first visited in 2010. When we arrived in Manchester we drove from one end of town to the other and decided...


