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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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Finn’s Food & Spirits
(Downtown, Hannibal, MO) Scooter’s 1873rd bar, first visited in 2026. I really needed a good coffee and had been unable to find one in downtown Springfield. Hannibal was the city…
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#991: Linemen
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Nebraska City, NE) Scooter’s 991st bar, first visited in 2013. I first tried to go here during a visit back in 2009, but arrived in Nebraska City too early... -
#990: Geno’s Grill & Lounge
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Nebraska City, NE) Scooter’s 990th bar, first visited in 2013. I was supposed to have first visited Geno’s on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, as part of what ended up being... -
#989: Farragut Tavern
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Farragut, IA) Scooter’s 989th bar, first visited in 2013. Our third stop on my brother’s birthday pub crawl. Most online maps get the location of this bar wrong. It’s... -
#988: Dirt’s Place
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Shenandoah, IA) Formerly Mike’s Place Scooter’s 988th bar, first visited in 2013. You know, for a place called Dirt’s Place, this is one of the cleanest bars I’ve ever... -
#987: Kap’s Tavern
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Shenandoah, IA) Scooter’s 987th bar, first visited in 2013. Walking in from the bright sunshine outside, we stumbled a bit in what initially seemed like complete blackness. It took... -
#986: Wildhorse Saloon
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Tarkio, MO) Scooter’s 986th bar, first visited in 2013. We pulled in here just after opening as the first stop on a four-state pub crawl for my youngest brother’s... -
#985: The End Zone II
Posted on July 2013 | No Comments(Gladstone Plaza, Gladstone, MO) Scooter’s 985th bar, first visited in 2013. A small neighborhood sports bar located in a corner of a once-dying strip mall that appears to be trying... -
#984: Guy & Mae’s Tavern
Posted on June 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Williamsburg, KS) Scooter’s 984th bar, first visited in 2013. Guy & Mae’s is a little hole in the wall bar that, apart from the dollar bills hanging from the... -
#983: Fat Boyz
Posted on June 2013 | No Comments(Garden City, MO) Scooter’s 983rd bar, first visited in 2013. For years I’ve been curious about this bar that’s attached to a gun shop and indoor shooting range, but every... -
#982: Bar Louie
Posted on June 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Formerly Famous Dave’s BBQ Scooter’s 982nd bar, first visited in 2013. I stopped in here to take advantage of the Tuesday $1 burger special and stuck... -
#981: Triple D Saloon
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Syracuse, NE) Scooter’s 981st bar, first visited in 2013. We stopped in here looking for one small town bar to stop in at on the way home from errands... -
#980: The Garage Sports Bar/Grill
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 980th bar, first visited in 2013. Spacious sports bar were we stopped in for some lunch. The menu has a good variety of traditional bar food options,... -
#979: WC’s South Lounge
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 979th bar, first visited in 2013. I picked this place out because of a Google review griping that this bar doesn’t cater to customers in their early... -
#978: Woody’s Watering Hole
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Formerly Potter’s Pub Scooter’s 978th bar, first visited in 2013. Woody’s is owned by an Army officer who wanted to create a fun place to hang out.... -
#977: Ross’s 20th Street Bar & Grill
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 977th bar, first visited in 2013. Bar on one side, liquor store on the other. So, as a I quickly learned, if the bar doesn’t stock what... -
#976: Benny’s
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 976th bar, first visited in 2013. We almost didn’t stop here because it looked so much like someone’s house, but the small sign on the east side... -
#975: Legends of Country Music
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Easton, KS) Scooter’s 975th bar, first visited in 2013. I guess they mustn’t get very many out-of-town visitors, because we were all carded despite being in our 30s and... -
#974: Stinky’s Other Side
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown Square, Oskaloosa, KS) Scooter’s 974th bar, first visited in 2013. This was a place I had to make a side trip to just for the name alone. I mean... -
#973: Humm-Dingers
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 973rd bar, first visited in 2013. We didn’t expect to be the only people here when we arrived, but I guess all the bikers were still... -
#972: Flamingo Too
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 972nd bar, first visited in 2013. An interesting place! Apparently it’s a one-man operation, one of the locals told me the owner has no employees... -
#971: The Hop
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Nortonville, KS) Scooter’s 971st bar, first visited in 2013. This is the kind of place I love to find — a dive bar in a far-flung small town located...
