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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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Black Apple Crossing
13 October 2019(Downtown, Springdale, AR) Scooter’s 1405th bar, first visited in 2019. So remember how in the previous entry I said I wasn’t in the mood for cider? Well here’s what happened...
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The Drift Inn
25 May 2018(Downtown, Bremerton, WA) Scooter’s 1235th bar, first visited in 2018. This old dive bar is practically the first place you see after stepping out of the ferry terminal. We really...
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New Delhi Cafe
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1877th bar, first visited in 2026. We went to several Eureka Springs bars today, but this was the only of them I hadn’t been to…
Station 7 Tavern
(Lee’s Summit, MO) Scooter’s 1876th bar, first visited in 2026. This bar is part of the Martin City Brewing family and serves their beer and food. We were there close…
Lotawana Brewing Company
(Grain Valley, MO) Scooter’s 1875th bar, first visited in 2026. After I left Edge on 7 I went on a bar crawl. This was technically stop #4, but it was…
Edge On 7
(Blue Springs, MO) Formerly Joe’s Standard Bar Scooter’s 1874th bar, first visited in 2026. There are two halves of this bar. The south half used to be the Class Reunion…
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…
Celtic Mist Pub
(Downtown, Springfield, IL) Scooter’s 1872nd bar, first visited in 2026. There were several bars available to choose from on the downtown square, but since we were planning to go to…
Brewhaus
(Downtown, Springfield, IL) Scooter’s 1871st bar, first visited in 2026. We arrived in Springfield too late to visit out hotel’s bar, so after getting settled in we headed out into…
Bloom Bawarchi Indian Restaurant & Bar
(Bloomington, IL) Scooter’s 1870th bar, first visited in 2026. This place was a lucky accident! We had plans to eat at a small Indian restaurant in Springfield, but icy road…
Tri-City Brewing Company
(Bay City, MI) Scooter’s 1869th bar, first visited in 2026. I have had lots of beers from this brewery and even own some of their merchandise, but had never been….
Beeters Brew Pub
(Sebewaing, MI) Scooter’s 1868th bar, first visited in 2026. This wasn’t a planned stop, but it was (sort of) on the way back to the house and the owner is…
Colwood Bar
(Unionville, MI) Scooter’s 1867th bar, first visited in 2026. Another favorite find of ours, especially due to friendly regulars and an awesome bartender. This bar is located WAY out in…
Bay Port Inn
(Bay Port, MI) Scooter’s 1866th bar, first visited in 2026. This was our favorite bar that we found on this trip. Located in a building that used to be a…
Blue Water Inn
(Downtown, Caseville, MI) Scooter’s 1865th bar, first visited in 2025. After our earlier bar crawl we took a break for a couple of hours, then came here for the annual…
Biff’s Bar & Grill
(Kinde, MI) Scooter’s 1864th bar, first visited in 2025. This was the third and final stop of our NYE afternoon bar crawl. They were serving a prime rib dinner and…
BottomsUp
(Bad Axe, MI) Formerly Frank’s Place Scooter’s 1863rd bar, first visited in 2025. Second stop on our NYE afternoon bar crawl. This is a motel bar, and ended up being…
Heck’s Bar
(Kinde, MI) Scooter’s 1862nd bar, first visited in 2025. The first of three stops on a NYE rural Michigan bar crawl. I’d seen this bar on previous Michigan vacations but…
Block 15 Tavern & Exchange
(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1861st bar, first visited in 2025. This was a last-second impulse stop after riding the streetcar around to various Christmas destinations. It was exactly halfway…
OSO at Bear Point Harbor
(Bear Point Harbor, Orange Beach, AL) Scooter’s 1860th bar, first visited in 2025. We rented a boat for the afternoon and docked here for drinks and snacks. I had I…
Bushwhacker’s Landing
(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1859th bar, first visited in 2025. This was a completely accidental find. We had spent the afternoon at Flora-Bama. While we were there we decided to have…
Flight Deck
(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1858th bar, first visited in 2025. “Oh, this is PERFECT!” I exclaimed as we pulled into the parking lot. What a majestic thing of beauty. The absolute…
Nelson’s Liquor & Lounge
(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1857th bar, first visited in 2025. This dive bar in the back of a liquor store turned out to be a lot nicer on the inside than…
Gary’s Brewery & Biergarten / Wandering Oaks Winery
(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1856th bar, first visited in 2025. This was just a couple of blocks over from Rocky’s Bar so it was a no-brainer making this our next stop….
Rocky’s Bar
(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1855th bar, first visited in 2025. What was supposed to be an afternoon of beachfront bars turned into an afternoon of inland bars as there turned out…
Big Beach Brewing Company
(Gulf Shores, AL) Scooter’s 1854th bar, first visited in 2025. I didn’t have a chance to make it here last year, but this time I was in town for two…
The Dragonfly
(Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, AL) Scooter’s 1853rd bar, first visited in 2025. We were out for a bike ride and decided to pedal our asses over to the park…
Fertile Ground Beer Company
(Belhaven, Jackson, MS) Scooter’s 1852nd bar, first visited in 2025. We were doing a short overnight camp at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park on our way to Gulf Shores, and decided…
Cooper’s Hawk
(Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1851st bar, first visited in 2025. We had been to the Plaza location for a meal a few years ago, then went to this location a…
recordBar
(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1850th bar, first visited in 2025. Came here to see the Scottish band High Fade. I had been to the original recordBar location a few…
Force of Nature Brewing
(Downtown, De Soto, KS) Scooter’s 1849th bar, first visited in 2025. The second brewery for my little brother’s belated birthday. Many of their beers are floral, which isn’t exactly my…
Discourse Brewing
(Windmill Square, Overland Park, KS) Scooter’s 1848th bar, first visited in 2025. Brought my youngest brother here for some belated birthday beer. I had the Java Abyss (Kenyan Mito coffee…
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#764: JT’s Grill & Sports Bar
Posted on October 2010 | No Comments(De Soto, KS) Scooter’s 764th bar, first visited in 2010. Restaurant on one side, sports bar on the other side. Past the restaurant is a back room with pool tables... -
#763: Silver Wheel Tavern
Posted on October 2010 | No Comments(De Soto, KS) Scooter’s 763rd bar, first visited in 2010. Like Beert Thirty, this was also a private club. Unlike Beer Thirty they did not give us memberships, but did... -
#762: Beer Thirty
Posted on October 2010 | No Comments(De Soto, KS) Scooter’s 762nd bar, first visited in 2010. At first glance, this was a run down, dirty, almost scary place. But the longer I sat there, the more... -
#761: Wallaby’s Grill & Pub
Posted on October 2010 | No Comments(Lenexa, KS) Scooter’s 761st bar, first visited in 2010. I had never noticed this sports bar before, but it had a pretty good sized and rowdy crowd on this Saturday... -
#760: Llywelyn’s Pub
Posted on October 2010 | No Comments(Old Stanley, Overland Park, KS) Scooter’s 760th bar, first visited in 2010. This is an amazingly beautiful Irish pub in a converted 19th-century church. The interior features all the original... -
#759: PJ’s Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on September 2010 | No Comments(Shawnee, KS) OUT OF BUSINESS As of May 2011, PJ’s appears to have closed. Scooter’s 759th bar, first visited in 2010. This strip mall sports bar is really showing its... -
#758: Goodfellas Bar & Grill
Posted on September 2010 | No Comments(Belton, MO) Scooter’s 758th bar, first visited in 2010. This is a new Italian Gangster / Gangster movie themed bar in Belton. It’s small but has room to move around.... -
#757: Whiskey Tango
Posted on September 2010 | No Comments(Grain Valley, MO) Scooter’s 757th bar, first visited in 2010. HUUUUGE country-western night club, with a capacity of over 3,000 people. Unfortunately I went on a night where there were... -
#756: Applebee’s
Posted on September 2010 | No Comments(Blue Springs, MO) Scooter’s 756th bar, first visited in 2010. I’m embarassed listing this as I always am when I list a suburban chain, but I sat at the bar... -
#755: Cinzetti’s
Posted on September 2010 | No Comments(Overland Park, KS) Scooter’s 755th bar, first visited in 2010. I’m hesitant to list this as a bar since it’s actually an awesome family Italian buffet restaurant, but I got... -
#754: Rivals Sports Bar
Posted on September 2010 | No Comments(Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 754th bar, first visited in 2010. Sports bar at Kauffman Stadium overlooking the outfield. I’m listing it as “private” since you have to buy... -
#753: Sidepockets
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Lees Summit, MO) Scooter’s 753rd bar, first visited in 2010. Gigantic strip mall sports bar. Mostly centered on pool but also has darts, several video games, cornhole tournaments, and lots... -
#752: Roadside Inn
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Martensdale, IA) Scooter’s 752nd bar, first visited in 2010. So we’re flying down Iowa 92, very far behind schedule for getting to a wedding reception we were do it, when... -
#751: The Irishman
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Indianola, IA) Scooter’s 751st bar, first visited in 2010. When we had mentioned earlier that we were going to The Irishman, the people we were talking to winced. Normally... -
#750: Mojo’s
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Indianola, IA) Scooter’s 750th bar, first visited in 2010. The birthday group from the previous bar led us to Mojo’s. There was a strong smell of paint or varnish... -
#749: The Garage
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Indianola, IA) Scooter’s 749th bar, first visited in 2010. This was a very small bar, with darts and video slots. The wood-grained interior was considerably nicer than what I’d... -
#748: Pete’s Pizza
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Indianola, IA) Scooter’s 748th bar, first visited in 2010. We had placed our order when we first arrived in town, and now it was time to head back and... -
#747: The Zoo
Posted on July 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Indianola, IA) Scooter’s 747th bar, first visited in 2010. I’ve been wanting to come here for over a year due to it having the same name as my hangout... -
#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...




















