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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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The Dotte Spot
28 December 2018(Victory Hills, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1307th bar, first visited in 2018. Nice strip-mall dive-ish bar with great staff. Serves food and has a separate party room that can be...
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Rochester Brewing and Roasting Company – Parkville
29 July 2023(Downtown, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 1672nd bar, first visited in 2023. This second location of Rochester Brewing opened in an iconic downtown Parkville building that features seating in a vintage rail...
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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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Strawberry Hill Brewing
(Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1838th bar, first visited in 2025. After a few years of delays, this finally opened in the Fall of 2024. But since it’s only…

Missy’s White Rabbit Lounge
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1837th bar, first visited in 2025. Missy’s White Rabbit is located in one of the staircase alleys, either one flight down or 2 flights up…

Jack Rabbett’s Whisky Bar
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1836th bar, first visited in 2025. This is one of two bars in the Basin Park Hotel, located on the 1st floor (which is actually…

Voodoo Lounge
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1835th bar, first visited in 2025. This is the other bar in the New Orleans Hotel, at street level and tucked away in the back…

The Quarter
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1834th bar, first visited in 2025. One of two bars in the New Orleans Hotel, I wouldn’t necessarily call this a basement bar because it…

Brews Taproom & Java Joint
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1833rd bar, first visited in 2025. A combination coffee shop and craft beer bar. Also offered at least some cocktails — my wife got a…

Spring On Main
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1832nd bar, first visited in 2025. This bar/restaurant is accessible only via an outdoor flight of stairs on the second floor of a downtown building….

Kon Tiki
(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1831st bar, first visited in 2025. I didn’t even know this tiki bar existed until visiting it on this Sunday afternoon for a birthday party….

Parkville Wine House
(Downtown, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 1830th bar, first visited in 2025. This wine bar (which also features a curated set of craft beer) opened in 2024 in a converted house right…

Warbird Whiskey
(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1829th bar, first visited in 2024. A whiskey/cocktail bar that opened a few months ago, this one with theme honoring American military aviation history. When…

Huey’s Hidden Vault
(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1828th bar, first visited in 2024. This is a new whiskey, cocktail, and cigar bar that opened this past August. Don’t worry if you don’t…

The Undertow
(Orange Beach, AL) Scooter’s 1827th bar, first visited in 2024. One of the locals suggested we go here next. We were a little let down when we saw it was…

The Sloop
(Gulf Shores, AL) Scooter’s 1826th bar, first visited in 2024. We were looking for a true dive bar among a sea of touristy bars, and we struck gold with this…

Grassroots Garden Lounge
(Downtown, Smithville, MO) Scooter’s 1825th bar, first visited in 2024. While I was circling around the block after leaving the brewery I noticed this cocktail bar and decided to check…

WelCo Brewing Project
(Smithville, MO) Scooter’s 1824th bar, first visited in 2024. I was camping nearby at Smithville Lake and got bored one afternoon so decided to head into town to check out…

Ron’s Bar
(Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1823rd bar, first visited in 2024. While we were at the winery my wife asked one of the servers, “If we wanted to go to a dive…

Mackinaw Trail Winery, Brewery & Bistro
(Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1822nd bar, first visited in 2024. This winery / brewery is a few miles south of Petoskey. I’d originally planned to do a wine tasting or have…

The Back Lot
(Downtown, Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1821st bar, first visited in 2024. We were looking for someplace to get lunch, and I was charged with finding a place, but no one could…

Legs Inn
(Cross Village, MI) Scooter’s 1820th bar, first visited in 2024. This historic tavern is a must-see tourist destination at the end of the Tunnel of Trees scenic highway. It was…

Petoskey Brewing
(Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1819th bar, first visited in 2024. This had been on my must-visit list ever since I saw a picture of the building a little over a year…

Tap30 Pourhouse
(Downtown, Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1818th bar, first visited in 2024. Since this was right next door we decided it was a must-visit before heading out of downtown. Most of the…

Mitchell Street Pub
(Downtown, Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1817th bar, first visited in 2024. We had parked a couple of blocks away and shopped and a candy shop and a clothing store. I took…

Great Turtle Brewery & Distillery
(Mackinac Island, MI) Scooter’s 1816th bar, first visited in 2024. After high tea at the Grand Hotel we went to the bar at the top of the hotel, which offers…

Mustang Lounge
(Mackinac Island, MI) Scooter’s 1815th bar, first visited in 2024. While we were at the Pink Pony we heard about the oldest bar on the island, so headed over there…

Pink Pony Bar & Grill
(Mackinac Island, MI) Scooter’s 1814th bar, first visited in 2024. Our visit to Mackinac Island was kind of a spur of the moment decision. Upon arrival we had a great…

Vue Wine Bar
(Downtown, Charlevoix, MI) Scooter’s 1813th bar, first visited in 2024. It was too windy and choppy to put our kayaks into Lake Michigan, so we decided to drive down to…

New Holland Brewing – Holland Tap Room
(Downtown, Holland, MI) Scooter’s 1812th bar, first visited in 2024. This brewery has been on my bucket list for a few years, and today our driving route just happened to…

Barley & Vine
(Downtown, Platte City, MO) Scooter’s 1811th bar, first visited in 2024. Half brewery, half wine bar, this place opened (I believe) around the end of last year. I opted for…

Willcott Brewing Company
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 1810th bar, first visited in 2024. As we walked in the door we were stopped by a lady who said “Here’s even more people I don’t…

VFW Post # 56
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 1809th bar, first visited in 2024. We were walking from Fluffy’s to Willcott Brewing when we found ourselves in front of an open VFW that we…
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#788: Club Synergy
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Macon, GA) Scooter’s 788th bar, first visited in 2010. Because of the name, we expected more of a trendy night club. Instead we found what seemed to be a... -
#787: The Rookery
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Macon, GA) Scooter’s 787th bar, first visited in 2010. After a long day of driving. moving furniture and boxes, and finally a large and delicious home-cooked southern meal at... -
#786: O’Neal’s Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Ashland Hills, Clarksville, TN) Formerly Choppers Roadhouse  Scooter’s 786th bar, first visited in 2010. It took us quite a while to find another place that was still open at... -
#785: Same Ol Jukebox
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 785th bar, first visited in 2010. It took us a little while to find this place, it was further from downtown than we realized. However once we... -
#784: Pea Patch
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 784th bar, first visited in 2010. It was a cold walk of a few blocks to find our next bar of the night. The Pea Patch... -
#783: Lar’s Olde Towne Tavern
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 783rd bar, first visited in 2010. This beer-only bar downtown was an unexpected bonus find. It was very quiet, only 2 other patrons in the bar.... -
#782: Blackhorse Pub & Brewery – The Tap Room
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 782nd bar, first visited in 2010. The Blackhorse Pub was a bar I was eager to visit, unfortunately it has closed early on this Thursday night.... -
#781: Smokey’s Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Ringgold, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 781st bar, first visited in 2010. We just so happened to walk in on karaoke night, so we watched three girls performing “The Time Warp” back... -
#780: Speakeasy
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Ringgold, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 780th bar, first visited in 2010. While Mouse Trap still keeps our award for Best Bar in Clarksville, Speakeasy takes the award for Most Memorable. We... -
#779: Mouse Trap
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 779th bar, first visited in 2010. As soon as we stepped in the door, we knew we had found it… THIS IS THE BEST BAR IN CLARKSVILLE!... -
#778: Tipper’s Night Club
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 778th bar, first visited in 2010. We weren’t planning on coming here as night clubs aren’t our thing, but it wasn’t very busy and there wasn’t a... -
#777: Rebounds Sports Bar
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 777th bar, first visited in 2010. Located directly across the street from the Fort Campbell military base, security was tighter here than at any other bar on... -
#776: Tipper’s Neighborhood Pub
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 776th bar, first visited in 2010. This little bar is attached to a gas station about halfway between I-24 and the military base. The bar itself is... -
#775: O’Connor’s Irish Pub
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 775th bar, first visited in 2010. We picked this as our first stop into Clarksville because we found a number of reviews that led us to believe... -
#774: Silver Bullet
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Paducah, KY) Scooter’s 774th bar, first visited in 2010. As soon as we parked we knew this bar was more our speed. The covered patio overlooking the parking lot... -
#773: Fat Moe’s Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Paducah, KY) Scooter’s 773rd bar, first visited in 2010. This place was quite a bit nicer than we were counting on, a beautiful bar in a beautiful building. (We... -
#772: Mandy’s East State Bar
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 772nd bar, first visited in 2010. Since we’d already stayed in O’Fallon longer than we planned, we figured there was no way we could leave... -
#771: Haney’s Place
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 771st bar, first visited in 2010. We had planned to visit only 3 bars in O’Fallon, but this place just looked too tempting and we... -
#770: The Outdoorsman
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 770th bar, first visited in 2010. This was our third stop in O’Fallon as we walked around the downtown area. A laid-back, neighborhood dive bar... -
#769: Towne Lounge
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 769th bar, first visited in 2010. We popped in here after our first visit to the local VFW and were greeted by an enthusiastic young... -
#768: VFW Post 805
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 768th bar, first visited in 2010. We pulled into O’Fallon a little after 11am on Veterans Day, looking for some veterans to honor. Unfortunately, when...