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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!
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Dive bar Archive
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#1343: Shorty’s Somewhat Fancy Bar
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1343rd bar, first visited in 2019. We tried to go to El Bait Shop next but it was wasn’t happening — far too crowded. So... -
#1339: L D’s Corner Bar
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(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... -
#1337: Mugsley’s Pub
Posted on July 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Bethany, MO) Scooter’s 1337th bar, first visited in 2019. My friend Brandon and I tried to visit here over a decade ago when it was a placed called Right... -
#1327: Holler House
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Forest Home Hills, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1327th bar, first visited in 2019. I have been to a ton of dive bars. Up to the point of this writing, I had... -
#1326: Wolski’s Tavern
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1326th bar, first visited in 2019. We had been having such a good time at At Random that we were in serious danger of... -
#1324: The Bubbler
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Bay View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1324th bar, first visited in 2019. The other neighborhood bar near our AirBNB, this was just a few minutes walk east from Sam’s Tap and... -
#1320: George’s Pub
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Harbor View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1320th bar, first visited in 2019. Back last November, a couple of Canadians came into Zoo Bar on a Saturday. They liked to travel, and... -
#1317: Scaffidi’s Hideout
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1317th bar, first visited in 2019. At the other end of the block from Fink’s was arrived at the bar we were originally heading... -
#1316: Fink’s
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1316th bar, first visited in 2019. While we were eating at Red Lion we did some googling and found a place called Scaffidi’s Hideout... -
#1314: Fong’s Pizza
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1314th bar, first visited in 2019. An odd fusion of Chinese, Italian, and Polynesian in a borderline dive-bar setiing that somehow comes together and works.... -
#1310: Firelight Lounge
Posted on December 2018 | No Comments(Quindaro, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1310th bar, first visited in 2018. We tried to visit this place in 2007, but it was closed. We tried to visit again today and... -
#1309: Coach Lite Club
Posted on December 2018 | No Comments(Argentine, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1309th bar, first visited in 2018. Happily, this is very much a dive in every sense of the word. I didn’t notice a pool table... -
#1308: Big D’s On The Hill
Posted on December 2018 | No Comments(Argentine, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1308th bar, first visited in 2018. Despite the outward appearance, this is a genuine sports dive. There’s pool and a patio. I didn’t notice if... -
#1307: The Dotte Spot
Posted on December 2018 | No Comments(Victory Hills, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1307th bar, first visited in 2018. Nice strip-mall dive-ish bar with great staff. Serves food and has a separate party room that can be... -
#1305: Colonial Club
Posted on December 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1305th bar, first visited in 2018. This cute neighborhood pub re-opened in 2018 after having been closed for at least a few years. There’s a... -
#1291: Star Bar
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Five Points, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1291st bar, first visited in 2018. My googling turned up a craft beer dive not far away, so we decided to make one last stop... -
#1280: Welcome Inn
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(River North Arts District, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1280th bar, first visited in 2018. We began out day with a good breakfast nearby at The Butcher Block, but we greatly over-estimated... -
#1278: PS Lounge
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Congress Park, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1278th bar, first visited in 2018. This cute little diver bar was about a block over from Crerebral, and I instantly fell in love with... -
#1272: Burnout Grill
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Milliken, CO) Scooter’s 1272nd bar, first visited in 2018. We were heading to Fort Collins and I had found nice little family diner to stop for breakfast along the way.... -
#1271: The B-Hive
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Downtown, Colby, KS) Scooter’s 1271st bar, first visited in 2018. This dive bar was intended to be a dinner stop (I’d seen great things about their burgers and they were... -
#1268: Beaver Brewery at Mo’s Place
Posted on September 2018 | No Comments(Beaver, KS) Scooter’s 1268th bar, first visited in 2018. When you have a chance to visit a brewery that’s located in a town with a population of 34 in the...
