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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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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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#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... -
#725: Holmtown Pub
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Fort Scott, KS) Scooter’s 725th bar, first visited in 2010. Just 2 bars after our favorite bar of the trip came our least favorite bar of the trip. It... -
#724: Rusty’s Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Fort Scott, KS) Scooter’s 724th bar, first visited in 2010. This place looks really nice, but we were kind of bored. The bartender didn’t really interact with us, and... -
#723: Fox Run
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Fulton, KS) Scooter’s 723rd bar, first visited in 2010. I was a bit nervous about this place at first, with its ramshackle appearance and with it being very much off... -
#722: Country Club
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Mound City, KS) Scooter’s 722nd bar, first visited in 2010. Technically a private club, though the fairly quiet group welcomed our presence. They were jokingly surprised that we’d pick this... -
#721: Backdoor Saloon
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Pleasanton, KS) Scooter’s 721st bar, first visited in 2010. This bar is located around back of Northside BBQ, in a converted garage. While it wasn’t too busy when we visited... -
#720: Outpost Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(LaCygne, KS) Scooter’s 720th bar, first visited in 2010. This place is really popular. I know of several people from KC who hang out here quite a bit, mostly bikers... -
#719: Amsterdam Cafe
Posted on June 2010 | No Comments(Amsterdam, MO) Scooter’s 719th bar, first visited in 2010. Amsterdam Cafe was the only business in town open on this Saturday. (I actually wondered if it’s the only business open...
