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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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Electric Park at J. Reiger & Co.
24 April 2022(East Bottoms, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1530th bar, first visited in 2022. The outdoor bar at J Reiger that was closed for the season the last time we were here....
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Gotahold Brewing
20 September 2025(Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1846th bar, first visited in 2025. Stopped here on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Started out outdoor but later had to move inside. Good thing they are...
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Confluence Brewing
05 July 2019(Greater South Side, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1338th bar, first visited in 2019. Though I’ve had some of their beer before, this is my first visit to an Iowa brewery....
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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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#339: Experience Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Welborn, Kansas City, KS) Formerly Rax Scooter’s 339th bar, first visited in 2007. This was a bit of a surprise. This was the only bar whose web site we had... -
#338: Sports Page Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(State Ave, Kansas City, KS) Formerly an arcade and water slide Scooter’s 338th bar, first visited in 2007. We had a hard time finding this place which was why we... -
#337: 61st St Pit Stop
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(State Ave, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 337th bar, first visited in 2007. Your basic dive bar. I can’t remember for sure but this might be the place where our 10oz... -
#336: To the Hoop Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(State Ave, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 336th bar, first visited in 2007. A pretty small sports bar in a commercial area. I had a Bud Select and quickly remembered why... -
#335: American Legion Post 199
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Bethel, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 335th bar, first visited in 2007. We entered through the patio out back to find a fairly full house. There was a fish fry going... -
#334: Jerry’s Neighborhood Sports Bar
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Bethel, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 334th bar, first visited in 2007. Because of the lack of neon we had driven right past this place without noticing it. The main bar... -
#333: Office Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Bethel, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 333rd bar, first visited in 2007. Our first stop was actually a bonus bar. We weren’t expecting to find one here and were just flying... -
#332: Bottom of the Hill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(New Cambria, MO) Formerly Jimbo’s Scooter’s 332nd bar, first visited in 2007. B: Busch Light 8oz draw – $0.75 S: Busch Light 8oz draw – $0.75 Karaoke was in play... -
#331: My Place Ca Fae and Lounge
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Bucklin, MO) Scooter’s 331st bar, first visited in 2007. We pulled in to Bucklin, MO a little after 10:00 on a summer Saturday night, and after a couple of wrong... -
#330: OK Tavern
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Marceline, MO) Scooter’s 330th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Michelob 10oz draw – $2 S: Michelob Light 10oz draw – $2 I had mis-printed my map of this town... -
#329: Lucky’s
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Brookfield, MO) Formerly Shawn’s Place Scooter’s 329th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Coors Light bottle – $2 S: Coors Light bottle – $2 Your basic strip-mall bar. When we... -
#328: Horseshoe Bar
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Linneus, MO) Scooter’s 328th bar, first visited in 2007. While we were sitting in this spacious bar the bartender’s husband and 3 children arrived and sat near us. Cute kids,... -
#327: Rob’s Beer Joint
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Browning, MO) Scooter’s 327th bar, first visited in 2007. B: PBR can – $2 S: PBR can – $2 Rob still owns the place but has been having health problems... -
#326: Afternoon Saloon
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Milan, MO) Formerly Cat’s Den Scooter’s 326th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 8oz draw – $1 S: Fat Tire 8oz draw – $1 This place was almost... -
#325: Legends
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Green Castle, MO) Scooter’s 325th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Natural Light can – $1.50 S: Natural Light can – $1.50 We couldn’t go into the bar due it... -
#324: Chevy’s Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Novinger, MO) Scooter’s 324th bar, first visited in 2007. On the way into town we spotted a guy driving a go-cart and tried to get his picture… but he was... -
#323: Nemo Rocks
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 323rd bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.25 S: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.25 We want to call this a biker... -
#322: Too Tall’s Two: The Inferno
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 322nd bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.50 S: Fat Tire 10oz draw – $2.50 This place was originally Too Tall’s, then... -
#321: Dukum Inn
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 321st bar, first visited in 2007. B: Coors Light 8oz draw – $2 S: Coors Light 8oz draw – $2 With school out of session, this was... -
#320: Woody’s Wooden Nickel
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 320th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 14oz draw – $1 S: Mule Kick 14oz draw – $1.75 They were just opening up and the... -
#319: Ryan’s Sports Bar
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 319th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.75 S: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.75 112 W Harrison St Kirksville, MO 63501US...




















