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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!
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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…
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#746: Main Street Station
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Milo, IA) Scooter’s 746th bar, first visited in 2010. Milo was always going to be a last-minute decision. We were on a schedule, and Milo was about thirty minutes... -
#745: Back In The Day Lounge
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Pleasantville, IA) Scooter’s 745th bar, first visited in 2010. We nearly forgot to go to Pleasantville. We had driven right on by, having not even seen a sign for... -
#744: Sandals Lounge
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Knoxville, IA) Scooter’s 744th bar, first visited in 2010. This turned out to be a basement bar. It was a HUGE place. Several pool tables, darts, foosball, and video... -
#743: American Legion Post 168
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Knoxville, IA) Scooter’s 743rd bar, first visited in 2010. Based on how this American Legion looks on the outside, we didn’t originally expect there to be a bar at... -
#742: Dingus Lounge
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Knoxville, IA) Scooter’s 742nd bar, first visited in 2010. This was a place we had to go to just for the name alone. However it was a challenge to find.... -
#741: Dan’s Village Pump
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Knoxville, IA) Scooter’s 741st bar, first visited in 2010. The glare of the sun in this Google Maps Street View image left us with virtually no advance knowledge about this... -
#740: VFW Post 3519
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Knoxville, IA) John Myers Post Scooter’s 740th bar, first visited in 2010. From the Google Maps Street View of this place, we were unable to determine in advance if this... -
#739: Columbia Store & Tire
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Columbia, IA) Scooter’s 739th bar, first visited in 2010. This is one of the most unusual “bars” I have ever been to. From what I can gather, it was originally... -
#738: Sportsman’s Bar
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Chariton, IA) Scooter’s 738th bar, first visited in 2010. This was a pretty big venue, though the actual bar was fairly small. Nothing on tap. There were pool tables,... -
#737: The Office
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Chariton, IA) Scooter’s 737th bar, first visited in 2010. This place was brightly lit from natural lighting and very proudly showed off its Iowa Hawkeyes heritage. There was a... -
#736: Hurribak Club
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Chariton, IA) Scooter’s 736th bar, first visited in 2010. I settled in here at the MegaTouch machine as I needed to kill about an hour of time. The interior... -
#735: JR’s Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Northland, Kansas City, MO) Formerly Shaker, Buster’s Bar & Grill Scooter’s 735th bar, first visited in 2010. Though from the inside it appears to be a typical bar for a... -
#734: The Lost Bar
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Gladstone, MO) Formerly End Zone Scooter’s 734th bar, first visited in 2010. Talk about a lost bar… I thought I’d covered every bar on North Oak four years ago! Every... -
#733: Sandbar
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Ottawa, KS) Scooter’s 733rd bar, first visited in 2010. This a pretty cool tropical-themed bar. It’s a lot small inside than it looks, about half of its public space is... -
#732: Brand’n Iron Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Princeton, KS) Scooter’s 732nd bar, first visited in 2010. I don’t mean this in an offensive way, but this is a total redneck bar. It was crowded, noisy, and rowdy.... -
#731: 1 Moore Bar and Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Richmond, KS) Scooter’s 731st bar, first visited in 2010. This bar was really crowded, in part because what looked like a girls softball team was here celebrating. All of the... -
#730: The Five Spot
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Garnett, KS) Scooter’s 730th bar, first visited in 2010. You could almost call this a motel bar, and you’d probably be right. But it’s isolated enough from the motel that... -
#729: Trade Winds Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Garnett, KS) Scooter’s 729th bar, first visited in 2010. This looks like a good bar, unfortunately the conversations at a table behind us got so obnoxious that we couldn’t... -
#728: Sidelines Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Iola, KS) Scooter’s 728th bar, first visited in 2010. This was another bonus bar. We had planned to go to a place called Beer Blvd but it was closed... -
#727: Monkey Butt Saloon
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Iola, KS) Scooter’s 727th bar, first visited in 2010. We were pretty excited about coming to this bar, primarily for the name but also because of its reputation as a... -
#726: Uncle Ben’s Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Bronson, KS) Scooter’s 726th bar, first visited in 2010. This was a bonus bar, in that it had not come up in my preparation research, but I had a hunch...
