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NORTHERNMOST BAR

Aurora Ice Bar
Chena Hot Springs Resort , Fairbanks , Alaska
(Chena Hot Springs Resort, Fairbanks, AK) Scooter’s 1420th bar, first visited in 2019. At 99.9 miles south of the Arctic Circle, this is the new northernmost bar I’ve ever been...
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SOUTHERNMOST BAR

Dewar’s Clubhouse
Terminal C , Southwest Florida International Airport , Fort Myers , Florida
(Southwest Florida International Airport, Fort Myers, FL) Scooter’s 1459th bar, first visited in 2021. Had lunch and several drinks here during a long wait for our flight home. Taps were...
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EASTERNMOST BAR

Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford , Pennsylvania
(Bedford, PA) Scooter’s 863rd bar, first visited in 2011. This historic tavern was established around 1762, making it among the very oldest bars I have been to. Check out the...
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WESTERNMOST BAR

Gaslight Lounge
Downtown , Anchorage , Alaska
(Downtown, Anchorage, AK) Scooter’s 1424th bar, first visited in 2019. This wasn’t a bar we were planning to visit. But we were revisiting a bar around the corner (Darwin’s Theory)...
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Welcome!
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
- Drafter’s
  06 August 2005
  (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) OUT OF BUSINESS Closed in 2007. Started to re-open as The Belfry but that went under before it got going. Scooter’s 28th bar, first visited in...
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- Bird Creek Farms
  08 July 2023
  (Port Austin, MI) Scooter’s 1660th bar, first visited in 2023. I almost didn’t count this as a bar, but we ended up seated in the outdoor bar area and had...
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- Dick Weed’s Bar
  18 August 2019
  (Mt Clemens, MI) Scooter’s 1365th bar, first visited in 2019. We wanted to get a nice dive bar in on our afternoon, and we picked this one based partly on...
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