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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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#844: French Quarters
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Formerly Halftime Sports Bar Scooter’s 844th bar, first visited in 2010. Okay, here’s the deal. We think this is where we were. We cannot say this was our... -
#843: B&R Tavern
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Formerly Bob & Ray’s Tavern Scooter’s 843rd bar, first visited in 2010. Just when we thought things couldn’t get any weirder than how our visit at Jimbo’s Place... -
#842: Jimbo’s Place
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Scooter’s 842nd bar, first visited in 2010. Jimbo’s Place, recommended by the bartender at The Club, contains a tiny zig-zag shaped bar inside a circular building. It’s a... -
#841: The Club
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Formerly Saddle Club, High Hat Scooter’s 841st bar, first visited in 2010. After finishing at the Silver Moon we walked across the street to an unidentified bar. “The... -
#840: Silver Moon Tavern
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Scooter’s 840th bar, first visited in 2010. We left Uncle Bob’s bar with no real destination in mind, and within moments found a residential street with two bars... -
#839: Uncle Bob’s Bar
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Scooter’s 839th bar, first visited in 2010. Our visit to the next bar may have made the bartender nervous, as B entered the side door while I almost... -
#838: Cedar Club
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Scooter’s 838th bar, first visited in 2010. After we left the North End Tavern we instructed the GPS to take us to the nearest bar in a westerly... -
#837: North End Tavern
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Quincy, IL) Scooter’s 837th bar, first visited in 2010. Finally, some 11 hours after it began, we completed our 4-hour drive across Illinois and arrived at our ultimate destination: Quincy.... -
#836: Tiny’s New Place
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Barry, IL) Scooter’s 836th bar, first visited in 2010. This was a nice little bar around the corner from The Black Lantern. The bartender was pretty friendly and we talked... -
#835: Black Lantern Tavern
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Barry, IL) Scooter’s 835th bar, first visited in 2010. We stepped inside to find the bar packed with hunters. There were two long bars along opposite walls, but only one... -
#834: The Still
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(New Berlin, IL) Scooter’s 834th bar, first visited in 2010. B noticed this bar as we headed into town, I somehow missed it completely despite it being at the main... -
#833: Shepp’s Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, New Berlin, IL) Scooter’s 833rd bar, first visited in 2010. I got kind of an off vibe from Shepp’s, I don’t know if B got it too or not.... -
#832: Nellie’s Lounge
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Decatur, IL) Scooter’s 832nd bar, first visited in 2010. This was a bonus bar, that we spotted across a highway behind Curly’s as we were getting ready to leave. It... -
#831: Curly’s Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Decatur, IL) Scooter’s 831st bar, first visited in 2010. We were starving when we pulled into Decatur, and some quick Google research on our phones made it appear that Curly’s... -
#830: Sliderz
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Long Creek, IL) Scooter’s 830th bar, first visited in 2010. This is a new-looking sports bar in a strip mall on the outskirts of Decatur. It has pool tables, a... -
#829: Hammond Pub
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Hammond, IL) Scooter’s 829th bar, first visited in 2010. We liked this little tavern quite a bit. We sat at the small L-shaped bar watching Headline News and discussing the... -
#828: Kel’s Place
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Atwood, IL) Scooter’s 828th bar, first visited in 2010. This small-town bar is almost completely absent from the internet. I could find no information other than that it exists.... -
#827: Proud Mary’s
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Tuscola, IL) Scooter’s 827th bar, first visited in 2010. This is a pretty big bar. There’s a large front room that’s the “face” of the establishment. There’s an even larger... -
#826: It’ll Do
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Arcola, IL) Scooter’s 826th bar, first visited in 2010. There we’re two bars (that we know of) in Arcola, about a block apart, but we had time for only one.... -
#825: Teresa’s Too
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Hindsboro, IL) Scooter’s 825th bar, first visited in 2010. This place was freshly cleaned and full of hunters. We sat down alone at the boomerang-shaped bar, the hunters were all... -
#824: Stumble In
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Hindsboro, IL) Scooter’s 824th bar, first visited in 2010. We plopped down near the corner of the L-shaped bar that wrapped along 2 sides of the building. Our beers were...
