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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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Food Available Archive
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#1128: Sol Cantina
Posted on December 2015 | No Comments(Union Hill, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1128th bar, first visited in 2015. Mexican restaurant & bar in the Martini Corner area. Stopped in briefly as part of a pub crawl.... -
#1127: Brews Cafe
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Granville, OH) Scooter’s 1127th bar, first visited in 2015. This two level restaurant & bar focuses primarily on craft brew, with dozens (hundreds?) of options available. Most are also... -
#1126: North High Brewing
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1126th bar, first visited in 2015. You can’t go wrong with a beer called Filthy McNasty, so it’s lucky we got in here just as they... -
#1124: Grass Skirt Tiki Room
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1124th bar, first visited in 2015. What a lot of fun this place was! We spent well over an hour here, enjoying appetizers and multiple rounds... -
#1122: Donerick’s Pub & Grill
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Grove City, OH) Scooter’s 1122nd bar, first visited in 2015. Hung out here with male relatives while the women we were all with were enduring a nearby baby shower. Though... -
#1123: Wolf’s Ridge Brewing
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1123rd bar, first visited in 2015. We joined up with one of my cousins and her husband to visit a few Columbus bars. We started out... -
#1120: Old Folks Lounge
Posted on October 2015 | No Comments(East Side, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1120th bar, first visited in 2015. This is a bar I have wanted to visit for years, but I’ve always been too scared to... -
#1119: Beer Kitchen
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Westport, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1119th bar, first visited in 2015. We met here for brunch with my family. We almost didn’t go — parking was difficult and once we... -
#1115: Brass Rail
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Oakland, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1115th bar, first visited in 2015. Ever since I first discovered the genre, I have been in love with neighborhood bars located in old houses. So... -
#1111: The Dutch Goose
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Randolph, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1111th bar, first visited in 2015. We had a mini pseudo-toast in here to celebrate my 1111th bar. There’s a long bar along one wall, and... -
#1109: The Shack
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(East Topeka, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1109th bar, first visited in 2015. Our first stop on a birthday pub crawl for my youngest brother Kurt, we were going into this place... -
#1107: Rhythm & Booze
Posted on June 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1107th bar, first visited in 2015. The second to last bar and my second new bar on my bachelor party night. We showed up just... -
#1106: Yard House
Posted on June 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1106th bar, first visited in 2015. This was the 4th bar and my first new bar on my bachelor party. They are best known for... -
#1105: Matchbox Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1105th bar, first visited in 2015. We stopped in here after celebrating a friend’s birthday at El Patron across the street. Coincidentally, a mutual friend... -
#1104: 64 Tavern & Grille
Posted on June 2015 | No Comments(Tremont Square, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1104th bar, first visited in 2015. Sports bar with a good size patio, lots of video screens, and some pretty good burgers. We came... -
#1101: McCorkle’s Eatery & Pub
Posted on May 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Cameron, MO) Scooter’s 1101st bar, first visited in 2015. I ordered Guinness from a can, and this became only the third bar in all my years where I ordered... -
#1100: Terry’s Bar & Grill
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1100th bar, first visited in 2015. We decided to add this one at the last minute at the end of our trip to get me to... -
#1099: The Celtic Fox Irish Pub
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1099th bar, first visited in 2015. The restaurant is on one side of the building, the pub is on the other. There’s outdoor seating in the... -
#1095: Blind Tiger Brewery
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Likins Foster, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1095th bar, first visited in 2015. This is a well-known brewery across our general region. There are multiple rooms in this quirky stone-and-timber building, we... -
#1094: Abigail’s
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Likins Foster, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1094th bar, first visited in 2015. A nice neighborhood dive bar in the back corner of a strip mall next to Walmart. Serves burgers and... -
#1093: Stevie Rae’s
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Likins Foster, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1093rd bar, first visited in 2015. This rather-hard-to-get-to bar just recently opened and was prepping for a birthday party. It’s more of a pool hall,...
