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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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Deerhead Tavern
14 November 2010(Jacobsville, Evansville, IN) Scooter’s 809th bar, first visited in 2010. A pizza pub, jazz tavern, and sidewalk cafe all rolled up into one. This is a new one for me...
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Wagon Wheel Bar
04 July 2024(Interior, SD) Scooter’s 1750th bar, first visited in 2024. While driving through Badlands National Park we accidentally exited the park, and we decided “why not drive on to that little...
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Nebraska Brewing Company Tap Room & Brewery
14 October 2023(La Vista, NE) Scooter’s 1720th bar, first visited in 2023. I’ve been wanting to come here for many, many years, so this was definitely the highlight of the day for...
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Van Till Family Farm Winery
(Rayville, MO ) Scooter’s 1844th bar, first visited in 2025. This winery has been on our list for a while, as we had been to its former satellite location in…
Crazy Gnome Brewery
(East Nashville, Nashville, TN) Scooter’s 1843rd bar, first visited in 2025. I decided I wanted to visit one brewery in Nashville while camped about 15 miles north of the city….
Bryson City Brewing
(Bryson City, NC) Scooter’s 1842nd bar, first visited in 2025. It was a toss-up which brewery in Bryson City we were going to visit today, but this one won out…
Native Brews Tap & Grill
(Cherokee, NC) Scooter’s 1841st bar, first visited in 2025. This Native-American (and I believe women as well) owned restaurant and brewery has two locations as of the day before our…
River’s End
(Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City, NC) Scooter’s 1840th bar, first visited in 2025. Cane here for dinner and drinks. Couldn’t sit at the bar due to it being a small…
Clad & Cordon Vineyard
(Creal Springs, IL) Scooter’s 1839th bar, first visited in 2025. We stayed on their RV campground on the first night of a 9-day vacation. We tried pretty much all of…
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…
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#290: The Silver Spur
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Centerville, IA) Scooter’s 290th bar, first visited in 2007. While I tried 3 times to close the men’s room door before giving up and peeing with it wide open, B... -
#289: Neighborhood Tap
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Seymour, IA) Scooter’s 289th bar, first visited in 2007. This was the first of many bars we’d visit this weekend on the town squares of small towns. We love those!... -
#288: Fibbin Fisherman Lounge
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Corydon, IA) Scooter’s 288th bar, first visited in 2007. I forgot to get a photo of this sign that was hanging behind the bar, I also forgot to buy one... -
#287: American Legion #379
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Allerton, IA) Scooter’s 287th bar, first visited in 2007. This town was a fairly significant detour off the main highways and had only one bar, so we had already called... -
#286: Crossroads Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Princeton, MO) Scooter’s 286th bar, first visited in 2007. This was the home of the biggest hairdos I have ever seen in person. Unfortunately I could not get a discrete... -
#285: Snappy’s
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Trenton, MO) Scooter’s 285th bar, first visited in 2007. When we first arrived there was no one to be found, but after a couple of minutes B did some exploration... -
#284: Trackside
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Trenton, MO) Scooter’s 284th bar, first visited in 2007. While B parked the car I stepped on inside, and all conversation came to a stop. With all eyes on my... -
#283: Traphouse
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Chillicothe, MO) Scooter’s 283rd bar, first visited in 2007. This place was hard to find. Google Maps got us close but we just didn’t see it. We circled around, drove... -
#282: Angela’s Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Hamilton, MO) Scooter’s 282nd bar, first visited in 2007. This was a pretty big place on the inside, occupying 2 buildings on the downtown strip. One building was set up... -
#281: O’Dowd’s Irish Pub
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Zona Rosa, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 281st bar, first visited in 2007. 8600 NW Prairie View Rd Kansas City, MO 64153US [launch map] (816) 268-6333 Visit Web Site -
#280: Boomers Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 280th bar, first visited in 2007. Pretty decent strip mall sports bar. Features a good jukebox, pool tables, fried bar food favorites, Golden Tee and Silver... -
#279: Mark & Michelle’s Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Gladstone, MO) Scooter’s 279th bar, first visited in 2007. 2007 Visit: I couldn’t remember anything. 2014 Visit: This place is deceptively larger than it looks from the outside. The square-shaped... -
#278: Hide Out Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Gladstone, MO) Scooter’s 278th bar, first visited in 2007. As karaoke was being set up and old woman made me sign a birthday card for someone I didn’t know. At... -
#277: The Office
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Gladstone, MO) Formerly Kyle’s Tap Room Closed, but a new bar has opened in the same location. Was called Kyle’s Tap Room when I visited in 2007. Kyle’s closed on... -
#276: Mickey’s Irish Pub
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Englewood, Kansas City, MO) Closed, but a new bar has opened in the same location. Has gone through several names. Among others it has been a Tanner’s before it was... -
#275: Hiway House
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Colonial Square, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 275th bar, first visited in 2007. On Prather Road, just south of the Prather/Antioch split. The bar is very small compared to the rest... -
#274: Bama’s
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(N. Brighton, Kansas City, MO) Closed, but a new bar has opened in the same location. Now called One Eyed Jacks Scooter’s 274th bar, first visited in 2007. Pizza place... -
#273: Antoinette’s Lounge
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(N. Brighton, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 273rd bar, first visited in 2007. 2007 Visit: I take back what I said about that American Legion being the most redneck place I’ve... -
#272: American Legion Post 61
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Clay County, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 272nd bar, first visited in 2007. 2007 Visit: This one was hard as hell to find and took several tries. I asked several locals,... -
#271: Comedy City
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) MOVED – No longer at this location. Now located in Westport at the Westport Flea Market. No longer has its own bar, shares with the Westport... -
#270: Rendezvous Bar
Posted on May 2007 | No Comments(Salina, KS) Scooter’s 270th bar, first visited in 2007. We both had Old Style. 12 oz. draws for $1.25 each. Before long we once again began lamenting the loss of...









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