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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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Tartan Inn
31 December 2023(West Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1739th bar, first visited in 2023. We decided to visit just one other bar in West Peoria, and it was a choice between Owls Nest and...
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#1031: Broadway Brewery
Posted on July 2014 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbia, MO) Scooter’s 1031st bar, first visited in 2014. Our 6th stop on our mid-Missouri brewpub tour is below street level down some brick-tiled stairs that we later saw... -
#1030: Flat Branch Pub & Brewing
Posted on July 2014 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbia, MO) Scooter’s 1030th bar, first visited in 2014. Our 5th stop on our mid-Missouri brewpub tour was nearly as good as the 4th. In fact, all three of... -
#1029: Prison Brews
Posted on July 2014 | No Comments(Jefferson City, MO) Scooter’s 1029th bar, first visited in 2014. This was the 4th stop on our mid-Missouri brewpub tour, and my favorite stop of the day. It’s located in... -
#1027: Backwater Jacks
Posted on July 2014 | No Comments(Osage Beach, MO) Scooter’s 1027th bar, first visited in 2014. By car, located off Cocu Ct. By boat, located at mile marker 17.5. This was intended to be a short... -
#1025: Springfield Brewing Company
Posted on July 2014 | No Comments(Downtown, Springfield, MO) Scooter’s 1025th bar, first visited in 2014. This s the first stop of a mid-Missouri brewpub tour. We had lunch here, the food was pretty great (I... -
#1012: Milwaukee Delicatessen Company
Posted on January 2014 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1012th bar, first visited in 2014. This re-creation of a restaurant that occupied this space nearly a century earlier has help save a building that... -
#1004: Benton Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2013 | No Comments(Benton, MO) OUT OF BUSINESS Shockingly, they shut down just a few days after my visit. Scooter’s 1004th bar, first visited in 2013. Fairly new looking on the inside, based... -
#984: Guy & Mae’s Tavern
Posted on June 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Williamsburg, KS) Scooter’s 984th bar, first visited in 2013. Guy & Mae’s is a little hole in the wall bar that, apart from the dollar bills hanging from the...




















