Scooter's Bar Journal

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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….

(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…

(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, 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…

(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…

(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…

(Bad Axe, MI) Formerly Frank’s Place Scooter’s 1863rd bar, first visited in 2025. Second stop on our NYE afternoon bar crawl. This is a motel bar, and ended up being…

(Kinde, MI) Scooter’s 1862nd bar, first visited in 2025. The first of three stops on a NYE rural Michigan bar crawl. I’d seen this bar on previous Michigan vacations but…

(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1861st bar, first visited in 2025. This was a last-second impulse stop after riding the streetcar around to various Christmas destinations. It was exactly halfway…

(Bear Point Harbor, Orange Beach, AL) Scooter’s 1860th bar, first visited in 2025. We rented a boat for the afternoon and docked here for drinks and snacks. I had I…

(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1859th bar, first visited in 2025. This was a completely accidental find. We had spent the afternoon at Flora-Bama. While we were there we decided to have…

(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1858th bar, first visited in 2025. “Oh, this is PERFECT!” I exclaimed as we pulled into the parking lot. What a majestic thing of beauty. The absolute…

(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1857th bar, first visited in 2025. This dive bar in the back of a liquor store turned out to be a lot nicer on the inside than…

(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1856th bar, first visited in 2025. This was just a couple of blocks over from Rocky’s Bar so it was a no-brainer making this our next stop….

(Pensacola, FL) Scooter’s 1855th bar, first visited in 2025. What was supposed to be an afternoon of beachfront bars turned into an afternoon of inland bars as there turned out…

(Gulf Shores, AL) Scooter’s 1854th bar, first visited in 2025. I didn’t have a chance to make it here last year, but this time I was in town for two…

(Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, AL) Scooter’s 1853rd bar, first visited in 2025. We were out for a bike ride and decided to pedal our asses over to the park…

(Belhaven, Jackson, MS) Scooter’s 1852nd bar, first visited in 2025. We were doing a short overnight camp at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park on our way to Gulf Shores, and decided…

(Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1851st bar, first visited in 2025. We had been to the Plaza location for a meal a few years ago, then went to this location a…

(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1850th bar, first visited in 2025. Came here to see the Scottish band High Fade. I had been to the original recordBar location a few…

(Downtown, De Soto, KS) Scooter’s 1849th bar, first visited in 2025. The second brewery for my little brother’s belated birthday. Many of their beers are floral, which isn’t exactly my…

(Windmill Square, Overland Park, KS) Scooter’s 1848th bar, first visited in 2025. Brought my youngest brother here for some belated birthday beer. I had the Java Abyss (Kenyan Mito coffee…