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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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Suzy’s Bar
25 November 2022(Hamtramck, MI) Scooter’s 1600th bar, first visited in 2022. We almost didn’t stop here because of the party bus parked out front, but we decided to give it a shot....
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2 Lads Winery
14 July 2023(Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City, MI) 44.93428459187982, -85.4960756492465 Scooter’s 1666th bar, first visited in 2023. We decided to spend the afternoon winery-hopping on the Old Mission Peninsula. We started with...
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Limitless Brewing
Lenexa, KS Scooter’s 1893rd bar, first visited in 2026. Kurt and I had been trying to get to the new location for years, but every time we have try it’s…
Two Birds One Stone
Downtown, Kansas City, MO Scooter’s 1892nd bar, first visited in 2026. This is a really cool riverfront bar with indoor seating (garage doors, a covered patio, and a massive open-air…
The Dub
Downtown, Kansas City, MO Scooter’s 1891st bar, first visited in 2026. Kansas City’s first sports bar dedicated to women’s sports. Since there is a Current game later we had to…
Mr. JB’s Sky Bar & Grill
MBS Airport, Freeland, MI Scooter’s 1890th bar, first visited in 2026. The only airport bar at MBS International Airport (aka Tri City Airport). I had a Founder’s Dirty Bastard and…
Shipwreck
Caseville, MI Scooter’s 1889th bar, first visited in 2026. This little distillery is open periodically and only for a portion of the day. A visit gets you four free samples….
Beachy’s
Caseville, MI Scooter’s 1888th bar, first visited in 2026. Technically we went back and forth between Beachy’s and Beachy’s Bake & Brew — two different buildings with a ton of…
Chili’s
DTW Airport, Detroit, MI Scooter’s 1887th bar, first visited in 2026. We were supposed to have a really short layover, but due to a flight delay we ended up with…
Varsity Club
Downtown, Kansas City, MO Scooter’s 1886th bar, first visited in 2026. This is a basement bar that’s accessed from the alley behind the building. It doesn’t serve food directly, but…
Mitch e Amaro
Downtown, North Kansas City, MO Scooter’s 1885th bar, first visited in 2026. I took AJ on a birthday bar crawl and we ended up here as the final stop so…
Calico Skies Vineyard and Winery
Inwood, IA Scooter’s 1884th bar, first visited in 2026. This is a Harvest Host and we were originally going to stay here the first night of our Yellowstone vacation, but…
Streetcar Grille & Tavern KC Northland
Northland, Kansas City, MO Scooter’s 1883rd bar, first visited in 2026. I’d been to the original downtown location a few times, but met some friends here after finding out this…
The Vineyards @ Pirtle Winery
Weston, MO Scooter’s 1882nd bar, first visited in 2026. We were on a winery crawl visiting Pirtle Winery when suddenly half the group disappeared across the street. After I finished…
Tin Kitchen
Downtown, Weston, MO Scooter’s 1881st bar, first visited in 2026. We knew about this as a restaurant but didn’t think it had a bar. We went in for some appetizers…
Royal Deluxe
Downtown, Weston, MO Scooter’s 1880th bar, first visited in 2026. Another one that we never knew existed! We saw a placard outside saying “Craft Beer” so decided to go in…
Holladay on Main
Weston, MO Scooter’s 1879th bar, first visited in 2026. We didn’t know this even existed until Cari’s aunt texted that hey were there as we were out wandering around Weston….
Walnut Creek of Weston
Downtown, Weston, MO Scooter’s 1878th bar, first visited in 2026. A second location for the existing Walnut Creek Winery in Holt, serving all the same wines. Unlike the Holt location…
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…
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#359: Gossip Inn
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Park Drive, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 359th bar, first visited in 2007. Had we realized how close this was to Pam’s, we could have gotten here faster by walking. The... -
#358: Pam’s Pizza & Pub
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Park Drive, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 358th bar, first visited in 2007. We were hoping this would be more pub than pizza place, and we were in luck. The bartender... -
#357: Club Sparks
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Armourdale, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 357th bar, first visited in 2007. This was a bonus bar, we were actually heading next door to a place called Carol’s Place that for... -
#356: Oasis: the Club
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Armourdale, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 356th bar, first visited in 2007. This was another rough looking place but we were comfortable enough to sit and play several rounds at the... -
#355: Alibi’s
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Armourdale, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 355th bar, first visited in 2007. This almost went on the list of places that refused to serve us, but a customer “remembered” B and... -
#354: Casino Bar
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Armourdale, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 354th bar, first visited in 2007. With an interior finish of the finest particle board, this place looked like it had the potential to get... -
#353: Country Cabaret Club
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Armourdale, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 353rd bar, first visited in 2007. This was like being in an entirely different world. The ultimate Mexican country-western bar experience. The bartender passing out... -
#352: Reich’s Club
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Argentine, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 352nd bar, first visited in 2007. Despite the name this place had little to do with WW2 Germany. However it was a little bunker-like. After... -
#351: Dad’s Hole In the Wall
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(State Ave, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 351st bar, first visited in 2007. This was a nice, tiny little spot. Bar seating for 9, with a total capacity of 32. Almost... -
#350: Houlihan’s Restaurant
Posted on August 2007 | No Comments(Boardwalk, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 350th bar, first visited in 2007. 8660 N Boardwalk Ave Kansas City, MO 64154US [launch map] (816) 584-9910 Visit Web Site -
#349: Madrigall
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 349th bar, first visited in 2007. 1627 Oak St Kansas City, MO 64108US [launch map] (816) 472-4400 Visit Web Site -
#348: Paddy O’Quigleys Pub & Grille
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) OUT OF BUSINESS Closed in early 2008, less than a year after opening. Scooter’s 348th bar, first visited in 2007. 100 E 20th St Kansas City,... -
#347: Los Tules
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 347th bar, first visited in 2007. Nice little bar in the front room with friendly bartenders 1656 Broadway St Kansas City, MO 64108US [launch map]... -
#346: Cafe Al Dente
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 346th bar, first visited in 2007. Pizza/pasta joint with a small bar 412 Delaware St Kansas City, MO 64105US [launch map] (816) 472-9444 -
#369: The Studio Restaurant & Bar
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) OUT OF BUSINESS Scooter’s 369th bar, first visited in 2007. 1118 McGee Street Kansas City, MO 64106US [launch map] 816-214-9701 Visit Web Site -
#345: Coyote Blue Cantina
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Argentine, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 345th bar, first visited in 2007. The photo is actually of the building we went in by mistake first. Coyote Blue is the next building... -
#344: Muddy Waters Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Muncie, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 344th bar, first visited in 2007. No wonder we didn’t see it, this biker bar was in a strip mall, across from Wild Woody’s, but... -
#343: Jamie’s Place
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Turner, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 343rd bar, first visited in 2007. The bartender here was a really cool guy and came over to chat with us a bit. He pointed... -
#342: Frankie D’s
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Muncie, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 342nd bar, first visited in 2007. Part bar, part Mexican restuarant. 6411 Kansas Ave Kansas City, KS 66111US [launch map] (913) 287-9134 -
#341: Roadhouse Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Muncie, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 341st bar, first visited in 2007. When we stepped inside here we found ourselves at a nearly-full bar shrouded in total silence. No music, no... -
#340: Bill’s 32 West
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Muncie, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 340th bar, first visited in 2007. This was our first stop at what we thought was a cluster of three bars (but would turn out...









![Houlihan’s Restaurant (Boardwalk, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 350th bar, first visited in 2007. 8660 N Boardwalk Ave Kansas City, MO 64154US [launch map] (816) 584-9910 Visit Web Site](http://www.scootersbars.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/350-115x115.jpg)
![Madrigall (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 349th bar, first visited in 2007. 1627 Oak St Kansas City, MO 64108US [launch map] (816) 472-4400 Visit Web Site](http://www.scootersbars.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/349-115x115.jpg)

![Los Tules (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 347th bar, first visited in 2007. Nice little bar in the front room with friendly bartenders 1656 Broadway St Kansas City, MO 64108US [launch map]...](http://www.scootersbars.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/tules-115x115.jpg)
![Cafe Al Dente (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 346th bar, first visited in 2007. Pizza/pasta joint with a small bar 412 Delaware St Kansas City, MO 64105US [launch map] (816) 472-9444](http://www.scootersbars.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/346-115x115.jpg)
![The Studio Restaurant & Bar (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) OUT OF BUSINESS Scooter’s 369th bar, first visited in 2007. 1118 McGee Street Kansas City, MO 64106US [launch map] 816-214-9701 Visit Web Site](http://www.scootersbars.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/369-115x115.jpg)



![Frankie D’s (Muncie, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 342nd bar, first visited in 2007. Part bar, part Mexican restuarant. 6411 Kansas Ave Kansas City, KS 66111US [launch map] (913) 287-9134](http://www.scootersbars.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/0715071617-115x115.jpg)

