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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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Railway Winery & Butler Creek Distilling
(Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1759th bar, first visited in 2024. Technically closer to the town of Beaver than to Eureka Springs, we had driven by this place many times in…
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#1738: Mike’s Tavern
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1738th bar, first visited in 2023. The town of West Peoria has a cluster of neighborhood dive bars, and we decided to explore a couple of... -
#1737: West Town Tap
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Bluff, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1737th bar, first visited in 2023. This dive bar serves breakfast from 6am-2pm daily, so seemed like a good place to start the day. Most... -
#1736: The Basket Case
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Bluff, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1736th bar, first visited in 2023. We hadn’t been to a dive bar yet on this trip and my wife wanted to sing, so after... -
#1735: Martinis On Water Street
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1735th bar, first visited in 2023. We saw this place — one of two venues occupying an old train station (the other a BBQ place) —... -
#1734: Evergreen Farm Brewing
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Metamora, IL) Scooter’s 1734th bar, first visited in 2023. Our original plan was for our next destination to be Tres Rojas Winery in the nearby town of Washington. But When... -
#1733: Bent Tree Tasting Room at Old Mill Vineyard
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Metamora, IL) Scooter’s 1733rd bar, first visited in 2023. We decided to begin the next day by driving out into the countryside to visit a winery. We picked this one... -
#1732: Bearded Owl Brewing
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Peoria, IL) OUT OF BUSINESS Scooter’s 1732nd bar, first visited in 2023. When we found out that this brewery was closing for good this weekend, its position on our... -
#1731: Kelleher’s Irish Pub & Eatery
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1731st bar, first visited in 2023. We decided to pick this place for dinner because it had a good menu and looked pretty. The bar area... -
#1730: Industry Brewing
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1730th bar, first visited in 2023. I drove up to this brewery early in the day because it seemed unlikely I’d get a chance to visit it... -
#1729: Fat Boyz Grill & Bar
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Kearney, MO) Scooter’s 1729th bar, first visited in 2023. We came up here for a big cannabis sale at a nearby dispensary, then decided to check out the local... -
#1728: The Riverhouse
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Scott City, MO) Scooter’s 1728th bar, first visited in 2023. We came here in the mistaken belief it was a winery, but it’s actually a wine bar. No worries. We... -
#1727: 21 Taps
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1727th bar, first visited in 2023. This is one of those self-service beer wall establishments. I wasn’t 100% sure it was still in business because... -
#1726: The Library
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1726th bar, first visited in 2023. This is a place I’d been wanting to check out for quite some time (close to a decade) but... -
#1725: Ebb & Flow Fermentations
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1725th bar, first visited in 2023. My next destination turned out to be a nice, relaxing places to sip on some really good libations. The... -
#1724: Many Good Things Brewing
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1724th bar, first visited in 2023. My next stop on my Black Friday bar crawl. I often forget that this street has businesses on it... -
#1723: Katy O’Ferrell’s Publick House
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1723rd bar, first visited in 2023. I needed to kill about 30 minutes waiting for my net planned stop to open, and I had noticed... -
#1722: Minglewood Brewery
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1722nd bar, first visited in 2023. This is how I spend Black Friday. This brewery seems to be well known for its pizza, but I... -
#1721: 1st Barrel Brewing
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 1721st bar, first visited in 2023. We stopped in here for a quick visit on the way home from Omaha. My flight consisted of the... -
#1720: Nebraska Brewing Company Tap Room & Brewery
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(La Vista, NE) Scooter’s 1720th bar, first visited in 2023. I’ve been wanting to come here for many, many years, so this was definitely the highlight of the day for... -
#1719: The Sociable Inn
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1719th bar, first visited in 2023. We decided our next bar was close enough to walk to, so we set out on foot passing a new... -
#1718: Piccolo’s Bar
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1718th bar, first visited in 2023. This was an unplanned stop, but it was literally right next door so it would have been dumb to not...
