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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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Bloom Bawarchi Indian Restaurant & Bar
03 January 2026(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...
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Sidestreet Bar
10 August 2022(Midtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1547th bar, first visited in 2022. Dive bar with pool tables and an absolutely stunning patio. The bartender was very friendly and welcoming. I had...
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L D’s Corner Bar
05 July 2019(McKinley School/ Columbus Park, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1339th bar, first visited in 2019. Originally we had made the difficult decision of cutting this place from our itinerary. But after...
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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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#318: TP’s Office
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 318th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud 10oz draw – $1.25 S: Bud 10oz draw – $1.25 110 S Elson St Kirksville, MO 63501US [launch map]... -
#317: The Locker Room
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 317th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.50 S: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.50 We watched a couple rounds of UFC... -
#316: Full Moon Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Kirksville, MO) Scooter’s 316th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $2 S: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $2 816 W Northtown Rd Kirksville, MO 63501US... -
#315: Checkers
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Queen City, MO) Scooter’s 315th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud bottle – $2 S: Miller Light bottle – $2 We sat at the square-shaped bar and talkedd across... -
#314: Boondocks
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Lancaster, MO) Scooter’s 314th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 7oz bottle – $1.25 S: Bud Lite 7oz bottle – $1.25 We asked for the smallest beer they... -
#313: Jim’s Silver Dollar
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Bloomfield, IA) Scooter’s 313th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Old Milwaukeee 10oz draw – $1 S: Old Milwaukeee 10oz draw – $1 This place wasn’t bad at all… exactly... -
#312: American Legion Post 78
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Bloomfield, IA) Scooter’s 312th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Coors Light 10oz draw – $1 S: Coors Light 10oz draw – $1 We had trouble figuring out how to... -
#311: Cocanana’s
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 311th bar, first visited in 2007. We got our beers ($1 each for 10oz Bud Light draws) and I began looking through my notebook to see how... -
#310: The Salty Frog
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 310th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 8oz draw – $1.25 S: Bud Lite 8oz draw – $1.25 Right across the street from Scooters, this... -
#309: Scooters
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 309th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Tall Kamikaze – $3.50 S: Tall Kamikaze – $3.50 We entered through the back door and discovered that this was... -
#308: Tom Tom Tap
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 308th bar, first visited in 2007. Hotel bar for the Hotel Ottumwa B: Bud Lite 16oz draw – $2 S: Bud Lite 16oz draw – $2 Our... -
#307: Owl’s Nest
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 307th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.25 S: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.25 We were now both feeling it. Not... -
#306: Uncle Buck’s Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 306th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 16oz draw – $2 S: Bud Lite 16oz draw – $2 And, again, another zig-zag across the street.... -
#305: Dugout
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) OUT OF BUSINESS Shut down in July 2008 after a drug raid. Scooter’s 305th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Miller Light 10oz draw – $1.50 S: Miller... -
#304: The Keg
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 304th bar, first visited in 2007. B: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.25 S: Bud Lite 10oz draw – $1.25 A zig-zag across a busy street from... -
#303: Front Runners
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 303rd bar, first visited in 2007. B: Old Milwaukee 12oz draw – $1.25 S: Old Milwaukee 12oz draw – $1.25 The change to Old Milwaukee was a... -
#302: Ned’s Place
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Batavia, IA) Scooter’s 302nd bar, first visited in 2007. Batavia was on the way back to Ottumwa and we stopped despite the fact that it was getting late, so we... -
#301: George’s
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Fairfield, IA) Scooter’s 301st bar, first visited in 2007. B: Coors Light bottle S: Coors Light bottle Now, my notes call this place “Taso’s Pizza & Pub”, but my photo... -
#300: VFW Post 2271
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Fairfield, IA) Scooter’s 300th bar, first visited in 2007. For years I have known of the statue of a distance ancestor in the town square at Fairfield but never had... -
#299: Primavera Club
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Formerly Harley’s Scooter’s 299th bar, first visited in 2007. Our intention was to pass through Ottumwa for now because we had some business to attend to in Fairfield,... -
#298: Alpine Inn
Posted on June 2007 | No Comments(Ottumwa, IA) Scooter’s 298th bar, first visited in 2007. We circled around this place twice trying to determine if it was actually a bar or not. Finally we went inside...
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