Scooter’s 1877th bar, first visited in 2026.

I had some sort of creamy chocolatey cocktail that I can’t remember the name of except that there was something definitely “gay” in the name. 😁

2 N Main St
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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Scooter’s 1874th bar, first visited in 2026.

I had Guinness.

1204 SW State Rte 7
Blue Springs, MO 64014
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Scooter’s 1866th bar, first visited in 2026.

The owner is a breast cancer survivor with a fascinating and inspiring story. She bought full ownership not long ago and has already put a lot of work into renovations. Her future plans are to renovate the former guest rooms upstairs into vacation rentals.

This bar is known for its food, its cocktails and Bloody Marys, and for sing-it-at-your-seat karaoke that is available by request.

I has a Christmas Cookie cocktail, a mini beer, a Widow Maker (black ale) by Keweenaw Brewing, and a Black & Tan by Yuengling.

827 Promenade St
Bay Port, MI 48720
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Scooter’s 1865th bar, first visited in 2025.

The bar was EXTREMELY crowded so it was impossible to have a proper visit, will have to return another time for that.

This place is divided into two halves. The north half (shorter building) is the bar area, and the south half (taller building) is the dining area with a pool table, dance floor, and DJ booth. In back is a covered, heated deck. There appeared to be a second level but it was too crowded to get to the stairs.

It was surreal seeing young children inside at almost midnight, but apparently kids are allowed as long as they stay out of the bar side.

I had a Guinness.

6584 Main St
Caseville, MI 48725
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Scooter’s 1864th bar, first visited in 2025.

The back room used to be a bowling alley and the sign on top of the building used to say “Biff’s Bowl Bar”, but the letters for the middle word are no longer there. While all the bowling equipment is gone, they kept the lanes and filled the space in-between with additional lane boards to make one big continuous floor. There was a band performing back there tonight.

For drinks I had a can of Bud Light as a result of the server misunderstanding what I asked for, a lemon drop shot, and a cocktail but I forgot to write down which one it was.

4680 N Van Dyke Rd
Kinde, MI 48445
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Scooter’s 1863rd bar, first visited in 2025.

The bar is divided into three main rooms. The front room has pool tables. The middle room has the bar, tables, and booth seating. The back room has more tables and a stage. All three rooms are packed with fun and interesting decor.

I had Two-Hearted IPA by Bell’s Brewing and a lemon-drop shot.

809 E Huron Ave
Bad Axe, MI 48413
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Scooter’s 1859th bar, first visited in 2025.

We had spent the afternoon at Flora-Bama. While we were there we decided to have a fish fry back at our campsite. So though it was the opposite direction, we headed to Perdido Bay Seafood as it was the closest fish market we could definitely make it to before closing time.

While we were inside making fish selections, my disinterested wife wandered around outside. When we finished we could not see her, but a moment later she called and said to come around the corner because she found a bar.

Bushwhacker’s Landing is an open-air covered bar located right along the canal between Perdido Bay and Big Lagoon. Everything about it seemed new, and there was a lot of construction fencing still up. We learned it had only been open for 3 months.

We couldn’t stay long so had only one drink. But we liked it enough that two days later, while, out on a rented boat, we attempted to arrive by water. We got all the way there only to discover that the construction fencing we had seen was because they were still building their dock. D’oh! Oh well, we’ll try again next year.

I had a Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen by Paulaner Brauerei.

13515 Canal Dr
Pensacola, FL 32507
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Scooter’s 1855th bar, first visited in 2025.

This is a pretty extensive space divided into two main sections – with the bar and pool tables on one side and video games and a stage on the other side. The bartender was very friendly and gave us all kinds of good info on places to check out if we made it further into the city.

I had a Guinness, as well as a shot and a bomb shot that were both ordered for me so I don’t remember what they were. (The shot might have been Fireball.)

3703 Gulf Beach Hwy
Pensacola, FL 32507
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Scooter’s 1850th bar, first visited in 2025.

I had been to the original recordBar location a few times 19 years earlier when it was located in a strip mall in Westport and had a full kitchen, but I’d never been to the current location nor seen a show at either.

I had a few glasses of Three Blind Mice (brown ale) by Mothers Brewing during the show.

1520 Grand Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108
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Scooter’s 1847th bar, first visited in 2025.

I had a Natural State Porter by Bentonville Brewing Co.

216 W Van Buren
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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Scooter’s 1844th bar, first visited in 2025.

Wine tastings are done inside, dining (including wood-fired pizzas on weekends) is in a separate greenhouse-like setting.

We had a few different pizzas and tasted pretty much every wine they had available, before buying several bottles of the sparkling and still versions of their rosé.

13986 State Hwy C
Rayville, MO 64084
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Scooter’s 1837th bar, first visited in 2025.

There are three main seating areas here — the main bar – dark and eclectic. A side room with a large mural and natural light from large windows, and a long narrow deck along the back of the building overlooking Main Street. We chose the deck.

Since I had gotten hammered on Friday, I only had a Guinness here so the rest of the group could have the opportunity to drink as much as they wanted. Lots of tequila and rum was poured.

19 1/2 Spring St
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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Scooter’s 1834th bar, first visited in 2025.

The sidewalk out front is made of glass instead of concrete, and the bar sticks out under the sidewalk. In addition to providing some natural light, if you are sitting at the bar counter you can look up and see people walking overhead.

We were there day-drinking on a weekday so at the time of our visit it was pretty dead.

I had a Hibiscus Cider by Black Apple Cider and a Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Moi (Gin, Berry Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice, Topped with Prosecco)

63 Spring St, Unit A
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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Scooter’s 1827th bar, first visited in 2024.

They have karaoke one or two nights a week, and they serve food later than almost anyone else around. They do cell cigars here, so if you don’t enjoy that smell keep that fact in mind.

I had a 420 Extra Pale Ale by SweetWater Brewing Company.

25025 Canal Rd
Orange Beach, AL 36561
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Scooter’s 1826th bar, first visited in 2024.

We started out indoors seated at the bar where we had a round of shots, then decided to move outside after we got our main drinks, where we managed to resurrect the previous night’s fire in the fire pit.

Apart from whatever the random shot was, I had a Fairhope 51 (Pale Ale) by Fairhope Brewing.

103 W Canal Dr.
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
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Scooter’s 1808th bar, first visited in 2024.

Since there was no Swedish beer to be found, I had a Guinness.

507 Cherokee St.
Leavenworth, KS 66048
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Scooter’s 1781st bar, first visited in 2024.

I had the Kilkenny Cod for dinner (Flour dusted, pan sautéed cod with a light white wine and lemon-garlic sauce nestled on a bed of wild rice. Accompanied by house vegetables and served with a lemon) and it was absolutely delicious. I had Guinness with my meal.

101 Broadway N
Fargo, ND 58102
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Scooter’s 1778th bar, first visited in 2024.

When I first arrived there were only two other people here, sitting off against the far wall. By the time I was left, it was filling up as an accordion band was getting set to play.

The signature drink here is aquavit — a spirit from Norway that I’d never heard of. It’s similar to vodka, but with a strong herbal flavor. For at least the Linie brand, it is aged in oak sherry casks which are then sent to sea to rock in the waves and cross the equator twice — I kid you not. I was served a flight of it in a little Viking ship. The flavors in the flight were Citron, Dill, and Caraway. The Caraway was my favorite of the three. After I finished the flight I got a fourth shot — this time of the base version of aquavit (which is the standalone bottle in the photos below).

As I was drinking that 4th shot a couple came in who stumbled across this place out of sheer luck — they had just checked into their hotel and were heading into downtown for dinner when they saw the sign outside. They were in North Dakota for the exact same reason I was — to scratch off a bucket list state. This was their 50th state, so the visitor center (which I would be going to the next day) took their photo and gave them free shorts and “Saved the Best for Last swag”. Sadly for me this was my 49th state, as I still need to get to Hawaii. So no free swag for me. (I’m too honest to lie about it.)

As I was getting ready to leave I noticed a poser on the wall for a beer whose name made me do a double-take, and I just had to have a can of it for the name alone. So I re-opened by tab for that beer and also to buy a shirt.

Drinks consumed here: Dill Aquavit, Citron Aquavit, and Caraway Aquavit (Älskar). Then I had Aquavit Original by Linie (Norway), and finally Aass Pilsner by Aass Bryggeri (Norway).

722 2nd Ave N
Fargo, ND 58102
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Scooter’s 1770th bar, first visited in 2024.

Turned out I had nothing to worry about, they were open and there were a few other customers inside. I had simply apparently come in via a side door.

This is a massive dive bar / package shop combo. There’s a long winding bar in the back-middle with a kitchen, and another room with multiple pool tables. There’s casino games, and a patio in the back.

I considered grabbing a bite to eat but my stomach wasn’t feeling too happy, so I just had a Guinness.

2721 Main Ave
Fargo, ND 58103
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Scooter’s 1768th bar, first visited in 2024.

I had a Lagunitas IPA.

107 Broadway N
Fargo, ND 58102
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Scooter’s 1749th bar, first visited in 2024.

We popped in here for some dive bar drinks before returning to out campsite. Unfortunately we got a video alert that one of our dogs was freaking out back in our RV due to fireworks being shot nearby, so we had to chug our first round and run.

I had a gin and tonic.

112 N Main St
Mitchell, SD 57301
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Scooter’s 1740th bar, first visited in 2023.

Outside is an expansive beer garded with a stage and a sand volleyball court. The bar hosts volleyball leagues, or at least tournaments, according to the stickers they gave us.

I had an Alpha King (pale ale) by 3 Floyds Brewing and a shot of Dough Balll (cookie dough flavored whiskey).

3708 N Meadowbrook Rd
Peoria, IL 61604
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Scooter’s 1736th bar, first visited in 2023.

From the outside it looks terrifying. Down a back alley behind a bicycle shop, next to a creepy parking lot. But inside it was complete dive bar fun with friendly staff and friendly customers. We stayed for a couple of hours, singing songs and drinking drinks.

Among the singers, our group had “Cari with a C” singing, while another group had “Kari with a K” singing — it was that Kari’s birthday. This detail will come back into play tomorrow, 3 bars from now.

I had two Guinness, at least 3 shots that I can remember (1 lemon drop and 2 pineapple upside down cake), and sang Elvira just before we left.

610 W Main St
Peoria, IL 61606
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Scooter’s 1729th bar, first visited in 2023.

There are two rooms, and the main entrance is through the pool table room that awkwardly opens right up against one of the seating tables. We weren’t really sure why the door that goes straight into the main bar room isn’t being used.

I had Guinness.

129 E Washington St
Kearney, MO 64060
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Scooter’s 1726th bar, first visited in 2023.

This is a large, dark-finished, multi-room establishment with a bar that pokes through a wall to serve the two main rooms. There’s an outdoor courtyard with a stage and lots of tables, and through the back is a separate (but attached) building with the main indoor stage where a band was getting set up.

For the gentlemen: the restroom in the main bar is for micturition (aka #1) only. You walk down a hall lined with dictionary definitions for various states of inebriation, then enter an elegantly-decorated room with a single wall-length outside trough. “If you need to make use of a cubicle” as the bartender so delicately put it (aka “make poopies”), THAT men’s room is in the back building where the main stage is.

From looking at the web site, it seems I visited fewer than half of the various rooms and buildings that make up this venue.

I had a Guinness and then warmed/yellowed the ice before I left.

10 S Spanish St
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
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Scooter’s 1704th bar, first visited in 2023.

The most prominent feature of this bar is the stage at the front end. There was some early prep underway for what I assume was an act scheduled for later i the evening.

I had a Guinness.

After we left here we decided to go across the street to T. Henery’s since my friend had never been there. (This was my third visit and second this year.) It was my first visit where it wasn’t packed.

1215 Harney St.
Omaha, NE 68102
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Scooter’s 1703rd bar, first visited in 2023.

This is a basement bar on a block with (at least) three basement bars. It was all decked out for Halloween when we visited. There are video gambling machines, and they have live music on the weekends.

I had a Guinness.

1205 Harney St, Omaha, NE 68102
Omaha, NE 68102
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Scooter’s 1696th bar, first visited in 2023.

Inside there’s an antique phone booth, a claw machine, and all sorts of history. Outside — a covered patio, various yard games, and occasional live music.

I had Guinness and a lemon drop shot.

2644 Harrison St
Detroit, MI 48216
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Scooter’s 1691st bar, first visited in 2023.

I had two different types of pizza, the Arrow Head Stout (Muddy Fork Brewing), a wine flight, and at least one additional glass of wine.

90 Main St
Holt, MO 64048
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Scooter’s 1682nd bar, first visited in 2023.

We were planning to eat dinner here, but when we got inside it was so crazy we decided “no way” and just had drinks. (We later got snacks at the BP across the street then reheated the previous day’s leftovers back at the house.)

I was kinda hoping to get to see the upstairs sister bar (Up Top @ Loose Caboose), but it isn’t air-conditioned so doesn’t open during warm weather.

I had Guinness.

113 W. 5th St.
Hermann, MO 65041
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Scooter’s 1681st bar, first visited in 2023.

We started to come here Friday night but it was too crowded and noisy, tonight it was a somewhat more relaxed environment.

I don’t remember what the cocktail was that I got, and unfortunately I didn’t snap a pic of the menu so I might never know what it was.

The lat/lon given here (map marker) is the location of the stairs down to the cellar bar.

403 Market St.
Hermann, MO 65041
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Scooter’s 1674th bar, first visited in 2023.

101 E. 4th St.
Hermann, MO 65041
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Scooter’s 1655th bar, first visited in 2023.

The first day we tried (Thursday), it was already closed well ahead of their posted hours because the last cruise ship was already departing.

The next day (Friday) we tried to visit while all the cruise ships were active, and there was a sign on the door stating that it would be closed for a private event until 3pm. We returned around 3:20pm to find that it was now closed for the day.

We finally found it open on Saturday, but with our group split up we all ended up visiting it at different times, but reunited there at the end of the day before returning to our rental house.

As I mentioned, it’s an old-west themed bar. Unsure how much of the decor is authentic vs how much is manufactured for the tourists. There are two levels, plus an attached gift shop that also has its own entrance from the street so that it can maintain its own separate hours. Food is served.

Their trademark is their Duck Fart shot, so we all made sure to get that. Since we were in a hurry to get back to our house after a very long day, that was the only drink I had.

278 S Franklin St
Juneau, AK 99801
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Scooter’s 1651st bar, first visited in 2023.

I have no ideal how “authentic” this all was, but it seemed a perfect representation of what I might have expected to find coming here during the gold rush in the 19th century.

There were two levels, as I mentioned, and a stage for performances.

I had a Solstice IPA by 49th State Brewing, as well as participated in a round of lemon drop shots.

167 S Franklin St
Juneau, AK 99801
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Scooter’s 1640th bar, first visited in 2023.

1212 Harney St.
Omaha, NE 68102
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Scooter’s 1639th bar, first visited in 2023.

3216 Leavenworth St
Omaha, NE 68105
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Scooter’s 1635th bar, first visited in 2023.

I had a Castle Cream Ale by Castle Danger Brewery.

617 Central Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
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Scooter’s 1604th bar, first visited in 2023.

While I opted not to mark this as “sports bar”, one of the regulars told me he comes here specifically to watch games om the ample supply of big-screen TVs.

805 W 39th St
Kansas City, MO 64111
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Scooter’s 1578th bar, first visited in 2022.

401 N 6th St
Kansas City, KS 66101
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Scooter’s 1571st bar, first visited in 2022.

Over 110 years old, the building was originally a Pabst bar back in the days when the big breweries operated their own little chain bars all over. It has since been NUMEROUS things, see the history in one of the photos for details.

This is primarily a cocktail bar, though they do have other options. I started with one called The Murdock, which was made with West Bottoms Whiskey, which is how I found out West Bottoms Whiskey existed so would get added to our itinerary for the day. I followed that up with a coffee based cocktail called The Ape Hanger. My wife had a Fancy Glory Hole, named after a row of likely glory holes found in the basement from one of the building’s past uses as a fetish club.

The bar includes two ping-pong tables, something you don’t normally expect to see in a cocktail bar.

1717 W. 9th St.
Kansas City, MO 64101
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Scooter’s 1562nd bar, first visited in 2022.

And in better circumstances, we probably would have loved it.

Though I was beginning to feel better, my stomach was still too upset for me to order any sausages. My friend was beginning to get a headache. There was live music outside that was crazy loud, and instead of the chill environment Rainey Street had been sold to us as, it was completely overrun with people and far crazier than East 6th had been for us so far.

Plus so… many… college kids.

Nonetheless, I accomplished what I came here to do. I had the highly-regarded and recommended Pecan Porter by 512 Brewing, the only place I had found it mentioned in an online menu that we were going to be able to get to on this trip. I also had a Black Masses (imperial coffee stout) by Brash Brewing.

79 Rainey Street
Austin, TX 78701
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Scooter’s 1559th bar, first visited in 2022.

The guy doing the live music was a hoot, and definitely had to be on something (which he alluded to multiple times). He was entertaining enough that we ended up deciding to stay here until it was time for us to leave for our afternoon tour.

I had a couple of rounds of Austin Amber by Independence Brewing.

208 E, 6th St.
Austin, TX 78701
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Scooter’s 1557th bar, first visited in 2022.

The sidewalks were getting busier and we were dodging both other pedestrians and bar employees stationed outside the doors of bars enticing people in.

“Do you guys want to come on in?” called one of the voices too us.

“No thanks,” I said, “we’re done for the night.”

“You sure?” said the door attendant. “We have girls dancing on the bar.”

My friend’s eyes got really big and he looked back, then at me. “Scott, I’ve never been in a Coyote Ugly before. We HAVE to go!”

So we did. (I had already been to the Memphis location years ago, but had to allow my friend the same opportunity.)

Being a Thursday night it was not too busy at first, but it grew busier as time went on. About half an hour after our arrival a bachelorette party came in and that made the bar dancing almost constant.

I had two Guinness and at least one shot.

I have decided not to post any of the pictures of bar dancing because too many of the people on the bar were customers rather than employees.

This ended up becoming the real final bar of the night. What followed was a walk where we overshot the turn to the hotel by 2 blocks, stepping over/around several sleeping homeless people along the creepy route we used to correct that, and my friend crossing an intersection with a very wide berth that took him out onto the light rail tracks and at the time his reason for doing so seemed not only logical but even brilliant, but by morning neither of us could remember what that reason was.

501 E. 6th S
Austin, TX 78701
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Scooter’s 1556th bar, first visited in 2022.

I initially requested a cocktail called the Big Lebowski but the bartender warned it really wasn’t that good. So I switched to a chocolate martini, which she also warned wasn’t great, bit I insisted. It wasn’t great.

After that, who knows? I know there were at least two rounds of shots and at least one more round of (better) cocktails. But I have no documentation and little memory. My second may have been something lemon based, I have no clue about the shots.

422 E. 6th St.
Austin, TX
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Scooter’s 1553rd bar, first visited in 2022.

I had a couple of glasses of the Yuengling lager while a woman (and one guy briefly) played good live music at the front end of the bar.

400 E. 6th St.
Austin, TX 78701
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Scooter’s 1527th bar, first visited in 2022.

They weren’t serving food yet (sad, as we were hungry) but a smoker was going outside. Inside we found all kinds of cool antique decor, a corner full of various musical instruments that a couple of the customers were playing, a wood burning stove, and a really nice bartender.

I had the Vortex IPA by Fort George Brewery.

779 US-101
Chinook, WA 98614
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Scooter’s 1516th bar, first visited in 2022.

I had a giant-ass mug of Budweiser, followed by a mixed drink using Bailey’s Irish Creme so I could have at least something Irish.

113 Gunsmoke St.
Dodge City, KS 67801
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Scooter’s 1493rd bar, first visited in 2021.

I had an Irish Coffee Cream Stout by Fall River Brewing.

960 3rd St
Crescent City, CA 95531
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Scooter’s 1476th bar, first visited in 2021.

This place is a true dive, and reminded me a lot of my own Zoo Bar in KC apart from the stage at the far end and the piano in the middle.

I had Guinness.

136 N 14th St
Lincoln, NE 68508
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Scooter’s 1424th bar, first visited in 2019.

This is like a country-sports dive bar. There’s a pool table, multiple bar games, lots of TVs, a mechanical bull, ping-pong, and a really ornate mid-20th-century style lounge booth in the front corner.

I had a King Street IPA and maybe a shot, I can’t remember for sure.

All that’s missing is a bucket of ice to make this the pinnacle of the dive bar peeing experience…

721 W 4th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
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Scooter’s 1414th bar, first visited in 2019.

I had a King Street Stout. I wanted more, but we were going to ride snowmobiles next and I was nervous enough as it was without worryiong about me being buzzed.

It was unclear to me whether they have outdoor seating, since any such seating would have been taken down for the winter. I’m thinking not know since they had signs prohibiting drinks from being taken out on the deck.

2581 Goldstream Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709
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Scooter’s 1390th bar, first visited in 2019.

This place was absolutely slammed with no seats available at all, so once I got my drink I finished it as quickly as I could and got out of there. I had Guinness.

There was a band playing, and I was cringing at how awful the lead singer was. Until the next singer took the stage, and I realized that the band was doing karaoke.

516 S Joplin Ave
Joplin, MO 64801
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Scooter’s 1391st bar, first visited in 2019.

With a 6:30am opening time, Frank’s is the official bar of Joplin’s overnight shift workers. Despite the parking lot being completely packed, it didn’t seem all that busy inside. Though there was another room at the west end of the bar that I didn’t check out, and it did sound like something (karaoke, I think?) was going on in there.

I had Guinness.

The bartender in the overalls is the one who served me, and he’s of the rare dive bar bartenders who knows how to properly pour a Guinness.

2112 S Main St
Joplin, MO 64804
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Scooter’s 1386th bar, first visited in 2019.

I later learned had only been open about 7 months, having been re-built and re-opened by new owners after a fire destroyed it in 2017.

This was a really cool neighborhood bar with a very nice bartender. Not include in my photos, a pretty big outdoor seating area behind a privacy wall.

Despite how my pictures look there were actually about 15-20 people in here and it became busier during my visit, as both a birthday party and karaoke were preparing to start. I just happened to catch a couple of moments where people had moved from one section of the room to another.

I had Guinness.

321 W Main
Cartersville, MO 64835
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Scooter’s 1385th bar, first visited in 2019.

The bartender was a really cool and mellow older guy, and a biker based upon his stories of a ride down to Fayetteville.

I had a Bud bottle.

253 US 160
Lamar, MO 64759
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Scooter’s 1365th bar, first visited in 2019.

This is a true neighborhood dive bar, with very friendly staff and patrons. I played some Golden Tee, and around the corner band instruments were set up. Outside was the largest set of horseshoe pits I’ve ever seen at a bar.

I had Guinness and breakfast shots. I wouldn’t normally do a shot that involved orange juice but, hey, bacon!

299 North Ave
Mt Clemens, MI 48043
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Scooter’s 1351st bar, first visited in 2019.

I had a Zoltan Session IPA by Exile Brewing Company

419 E Court Ave
Des Moines, IA 50309
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Scooter’s 1337th bar, first visited in 2019.

I had Bud Light with my meaty breakfast.

1605 Fuller St
Bethany, MO 64424
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Scooter’s 1327th bar, first visited in 2019.

The first thing that makes this bar unique is that its basement is home to the oldest still-operating officially-sanctioned bowling alley in America. It is two lanes and has no computers or mechanical parts. All scoring is done on hand by paper, and the pins are reset by neighborhood children who work for tips. Unfortunately were were not able to bowl today because, being that it was Sunday morning, there were no children available. However they did happily allow us to go have a look around.

Next up the decor. Very eclectic, very historical. Tons of photos, even a scrap book of the bar’s history. An old piano. Hilarious signs. And bras everywhere! Bras that had been collected and displayed for decades. Several years ago an uptight inspector with too much free time declared them a fire hazard and ordered them removed. They were down for some time before the city finally ruled that the fire hazard notion was ridiculous and allowed them to be put back up.

Our crew had done their homework in advance, so some of the women came ready with an extra bra tucked away. Which turned out to be more fun that expected, because as the woman removes the bra all of the regulars erupting in a humming of a strip tease. Then everyone signs the bar with a sharpie before the patron gets to hang it up. The bra tradition was started in the 1950s/60s as a fluke when the owner had been partying and took her own off. Over a thousand have been collected so far, they are archived after several years when they start to deteriorate so there are hundreds more boxed away than what you see in the bar.

Speaking of the owner, she’s a huge part of what makes this bar great. Her name is Marcy, and when we visited she was 93 years old and sitting next to us yelling at the umpires in the baseball game on TV. Among her hobbies she lists “reading pornography to the blind”.

Also fun — there’s a barrel in the corner full of vintage clothes, hats, and wigs. Donation bin for the needy? Nope, it’s all there for patrons to play dress-up and take pictures with. We had a blast with that.

There’s nothing on tap, but they can whip up just about any mixed drink. The beer selection is limited to bottles and while it’s a small selection, it’s a good mix of both the basics and a few local craft beers. They also try to have Polish beer on hand, which makes sense as this is a Polish bar in a historically Polish neighborhood.

I had a Żywiec (pale lager from Poland) by Grupa Żywiec, a Blatz by Pabst Brewing Company (which I will never have again as it is terrible, but I had to try it once!), and a Fantasy Factory (IPA) by Karben4 Brewing.

2042 W Lincoln Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53215
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Scooter’s 1318th bar, first visited in 2019.

There are at least four bars in the building. The public bar is accessible at street level from the courtyard. There’s another bar through the gift shop for tour guests. There’s an event venue bar upstairs for weddings and the like. And a speakeasy-style bar in the basement, I’m not sure when it gets used.

The tour was interesting and informative (it was more of a video presentation, the actual tour was just a few rooms). But it was longer than we thought it would be, and in the end we decided we didn’t want to do tours all day after all so this ended up being the only Pabst facility we visited. (We did step briefly into the Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom, located in a former church 2 blocks up the street, but it was so insanely crowded we decided not to stay.)

I had a Unite the Clans (Scottish ale) by Third Space Brewing and, of course, a Pabst Blue Ribbon which I took along the tour and drank at Frederic Pabst’s desk.

917 W Juneau Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53233
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Scooter’s 1311th bar, first visited in 2019.

The bar area is spacious and very nice, with a large patio that can be enclosed in bad weather.

There is billiards, darts, Golden Tee, and various other bar games.

100 NE Brizendine Rd
Blue Springs, MO 64104
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Scooter’s 1264th bar, first visited in 2018.

Patio is still being worked on but is usable as long as you watch your step!

Future “indoor” patio area

North Kansas City, MO 64116
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Scooter’s 1245th bar, first visited in 2018.

The most prominent feature on their grounds is the actual “Magic Bus” from the movie “Into the Wild”, which should be noted is not the actual Magic Bus, which still sits the meadow 35 miles west.

I had their McCarthy’s Stout, Fallen Comrade (Red Ale brewed for Memorial Day), and Smoked Imperial Stout

Mile 248.4 Parks Hwy
Healy, AK 99743
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Scooter’s 1227th bar, first visited in 2018.

I had an IPA by Good People Brewing, and an IPA by Haint Blue.

137 E Gulf Pl
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
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Scooter’s 1226th bar, first visited in 2018.

Seafood restaurant, bar, gift shop, packaged liquor, and venue. Multiple stages, multiple bars, multiple rooms, and multiple outdoor decks.

We came during the day so it wouldn’t be busy, and it’s family-friendly during the daytime. By evening it switches to adults-only and turns into a big party.

I had a Florida Cracker White Ale by Cigar City Brewing.

17401 Perdido Key Dr
Pensacola, FL 32507
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Scooter’s 1225th bar, first visited in 2018.

It’s a full bar, but the beer is mostly domestics with just a few local options. I had a Cheap Sunglasses (Blonde Ale) by Fairhope Brewing.

624 Gulf Shores Pkwy
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
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Scooter’s 1224th bar, first visited in 2018.

We spend all our time at the L-shaped bar in the main room, which was full of pool tables and a handful of what I believe were video poker machines. There were a few people shooting pool, and a few others there to eat.

At the time of our visit they served only beer, and it’s just the standard domestics. The bartender told us it’s under new ownership and there’s been a lot of changes, including having bottled beer for the the first time starting only about a week prior to our visit. The food menu was new also, and while we only tried a couple of things, they were very good.

883 S. Green St.
Tupelo, MS 38804
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Scooter’s 1217th bar, first visited in 2017.

Beers consumed: The Temptress NITRO (Lakewood), Trackdown Pre-Prohibition Porter (Idle Vine)

7112 W Hwy 80
Midland, TX 79706
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Scooter’s 1177th bar, first visited in 2016.

As first-time visitors we were given free shots of their house drink, called Grog, made from an old family recipe.

411 N. 6th
Kansas City, KS 66101
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Scooter’s 1173rd bar, first visited in 2016.

When you enter the door there’s a room to the left with pool tables and a small secondary bar, and a room to the right with the main bar and a DJ booth. Tiny restrooms are straight back. A deck wraps around the main bar area.

A family arrived shortly after we did and within minutes their children had managed to knock over a stack of karaoke song list binders and send pages of song titles scattering in all directions all over the floor.

2719 Pine Cove Rd
Edwards, MO 65326
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Scooter’s 1172nd bar, first visited in 2016.

49 Rendezvous Ct.
Edwards, MO 65326
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Scooter’s 1154th bar, first visited in 2016.

It’s not often that a VFW shows up on nearly every list of must-see bars in a major city, so we had to make the side trip over there (walking down from CC Club) to see what the fuss was about.

This is definitely not like any VFW I have ever been to. It was huge, and I understand it had recently doubled in size.

We counted three rooms: the north end of the building had a band playing, the front of the south end was the main bar area (featuring a centralized island bar), and in back of that was another room up a ramp where karaoke was underway.

Most VFWs also don’t feature a beer list of their craft brews. I had a Farro Buckwheat Lager by Fulton Beer.

2916 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
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Scooter’s 1151st bar, first visited in 2016.

Over 100 years old and originally part of Grain Belt Brewing, but not always technically a bar. Has been operating as Palmer’s for about 50 years.

We picked this place because so many dive bar lists pegged this as the best of the worst, “really scary”, and so forth among dive bars. But it wasn’t anywhere close to being my worst or scariest, and in fact the large craft beer selection almost disqualifies it from me calling it a dive.

I had the “Rout” Brown Ale by Lupine Brewing.

500 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55454
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Scooter’s 1150th bar, first visited in 2016.

They had quite a bit of craft beer to I mark this as a dive with a little bit of hesitation.

I had Sweet Child of Vine (English IPA) by Fulton Beer, and Furious (American IPA) by Surly.

501 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55454
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Scooter’s 1143rd bar, first visited in 2016.

The daytime picture was taken from our hotel room.

1501 Washington Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55418
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Scooter’s 1127th bar, first visited in 2015.

We’ve heard great things about the burgers, but we opted for pizza and found it to be good, too.

116 E. Broadway
Granville, OH 43023
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Scooter’s 1125th bar, first visited in 2015.

26 E 5th Ave
Columbus, OH 43201
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Scooter’s 1122nd bar, first visited in 2015.

Though it’s your basic suburban strip mall bar, it’s actually pretty decent. Not too expensive, a good beer selection, and not bro-obnoxious like a lot of sports bars can be.

5919 Hoover Rd
Grove City, OH 43123
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Scooter’s 1121st bar, first visited in 2015.

We were the first customers of the day, and had a delightful conversation with a really nice bartender as we enjoyed our drinks.

Entering from the street, you find yourself in a carpeted room with two pool tables and lots of natural lighting. If you enter from inside the Arcade you arrive at the back half of the venue — the hardwood-floored main bar with a back wall covered in dollar bills.

The Center Pub is everything you should expect a dive bar to be, and even had a few surprises — I noticed some imports and specialty beers including a few I had not seen before.

We were invited to return in the evening when it would be busier and there would be a band, but unfortunately we didn’t make it after a long, exhausting day in Columbus. But this will be my new hangout on future Newark visits.

33 N. 3rd St.
Newark, OH 43055
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Scooter’s 1120th bar, first visited in 2015.

As we approached the bar I began to get a little nervous, passing street sign after street sign of street names I normally only hear about on the news. The nervousness reached a peak when we parked our cars and the first sound we heard upon getting out was a gunshot no more than a block away. None of the locals seemed fazed, however, so we headed on inside.

Though there was initially a “record scratch moment” when we stepped inside, one of B’Lenda’s friends was sitting at the bar just inside the door/ Introductions were made that quickly broke the ice.

Old Folks is divided into three sections. The main section (center) houses a long bar that is dual-sided at the north end. We sat in the west section, with dining tables, the DJ booth, and access to the patio. There is another section east of the bar, we didn’t venture over there but from what we could see it looked like there was a pool table over there.

The bartender was a little gruff with us at first but warmed up pretty quickly, we enjoyed her. The DJ, who has not on duty yet but was coming on around the time we left, came over and chatted with each of us. He was a nice guy.

So, once again, a bar that I spent a long time being terrified of turned out to actually be a pretty nice place with nice clientele.

4805 E 24th St
Kansas City, MO 64127
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Scooter’s 1115th bar, first visited in 2015.

Everything in here, including the floor and ceiling, is well-aged wood.

Granted, we were here during the late afternoon, but this seems to be a pretty laid back place. I wouldn’t quite call this a sports bar, though they are big into watching sports here. They do appear to have a small amount of food service, including tacos, chili dogs, etc. They host karaoke and bands from time to time.

Outside the west door (the main entrance if entering from the parking lot) is a great little half-covered patio with outdoor heat.

Sometimes you just have to get creative as to where you’re going to be able to mount the toilet paper.

401 NE Emmett St,
Topeka, KS 66616
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Scooter’s 1114th bar, first visited in 2015.

Back on that date, we were at a bar called Stingers (now called “The Flamingo”), and the bartender had written directions to a couple of nearby bars on post-it notes for us. One of them was Joletta’s, but were unable to find it and eventually gave up when we stumbled across Twilighter Country Club (now “Rumba Club”) — where our experience made up for getting lost.

Joletta’s is known for karaoke and also hosts life bands regularly. The L-shaped bar anchors the center of big floorspace, with a large open area at one end for bands and (presumably) dancing. There are two dart boards, we did not see any pool tables. A covered patio is nestled at the front of the building.

We enjoyed our visit quite a bit, mostly due to the really nice bartender.

600 NW Paramore St
Topeka, KS 66608
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Scooter’s 1113th bar, first visited in 2015.

This is a biker bar, and it’s big. Lots of places to tuck away to with your drinks. Bras hang from everything. There’s an exhibit, behind glass, of various biker related items and oddball items.

Outside there’s a complex system of patios, a stage, some bikes fixed-in-place that I’m not sure if you’re supposed to sit on but some of us did, and a beat-up old bus that’s been converted into a drinking area.

On with the pictures!

2521 N Kansas Ave
Topeka, KS 66617
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Scooter’s 1110th bar, first visited in 2015.

There’s a pool table, a small L-shaped main bar, a handful of additional tables, and a separate smaller bar named “Bitches Island” that we particularly enjoyed. There’s also a patio out back.

5011 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka, KS 66609
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Scooter’s 1105th bar, first visited in 2015.

2934 Southwest Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108
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Scooter’s 1090th bar, first visited in 2015.

This bar prides itself on a large rotating selection of craft beer. There’s a patio in the back.

We ended up hanging out here until we were too buzzed and too tired and ready to get back to our hotel. As it turned out, we should have called for a cab the moment we arrived because it would take a full hour for our cab to arrive.

717 Commercial
Emporia, KS 66801
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Scooter’s 1085th bar, first visited in 2015.

The completed area included a bar area with recessed purple lighting and multiple selections of craft beer on tap and in bottles. Towards the front are pool tables and several bar tables. A stage flanks the front wall of this section.

Outdoor seating is available in a central courtyard that was still under construction but was open during construction. The courtyard included a future stage and a future outdoor bar.

We did wander through the under-construction area, finding another large under-construction space with another bar, this room looked like possibly a figure dance hall. Stars led up to what was possibly a future mezzanine area.

It almost seems like this place is going to be too big for the market to support, but it might work if they can book enough good acts. They’ve put a lot of work into restoring this building so I wish them the best of luck.

One note — though it’s a Merchant Street address, the entrance is actually on the 4th Street side.

402 Merchant
Emporia, KS 66801
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Scooter’s 1067th bar, first visited in 2014.

I’d been wanting to go for a long time, but no one who knew the location would tell me for obvious reasons. I had managed to narrow it down to about the half-block but could never identify the specific door or hours.

Earlier in 2014 The Ship went legit, and now it is easy to spot with its blazing 1930s-esque electric signage, though with its entrance being in an alley you still have to have a general idea of where to look.

The interior re-creation uses as much of the original bar’s decor as was salvageable, creating an atmosphere that looks very much like being on the ship. The main room, where the bar is located, features live music. A small corridor offer additional limited seating, leading to additional rooms in the back that can be used for more seating or private events.

1217 Union Ave
Kansas City, MO 64101
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Scooter’s 1063rd bar, first visited in 2014.

15 Pence
Roscoe, MO 64776
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Scooter’s 1060th bar, first visited in 2014.

In addition to the pool table by the front door, there is a large back room with rows of tables, a dancer pole, and a stage that is used for karaoke.

Dive bar bonus: an ice-filled trough urinal!

10 W. Chestnut
Butler, MO 64730
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Scooter’s 1053rd bar, first visited in 2014.

900 N 1st St.
St. Louis, MO 63102
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Scooter’s 1050th bar, first visited in 2014.

We had planned on staying here for a little while, however two problems cropped up. The first was that we were at Touchdown Club (the previous bar) a lot longer than we had planned. The second problem was that we pulled up at WW Club only to find it closed.

Fortunately the bartender was still inside. It had been dead all evening show she had just close it minutes before we arrived. After hearing of our mission and how critical her bar was to a successful completion, she agreed to let us in for one quick round of shots.

We didn’t really get to look around, but I do know there’s a beer garden with an outdoor bar, there’s karaoke, and they sometimes grill around back.

5925 Old Us Highway 45 S
Paducah, KY 42003
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Scooter’s 1047th bar, first visited in 2014.

I’ve seen this place a couple of times before while driving between Memphis and Kansas City, so I’ve been curious about it for a while. Though it looks rustic, I had always assumed it was a relatively new place deliberately manufactured to look like a dive. I was wrong about that, this is the real deal.

The bartender seemed a little wary of us and scrutinized our IDs very closely before serving us.

There’s darts, pool tables, a stage decorated with records and guitars, a dance floor decorated by a wall hanging of metal masks, and lots of other interesting decor. Of particular interest is the “rock” garden out front that from a distance appears to be full of pebbles but is actually thousands of beer bottle caps.

3924 County Road 2600
Willow Springs, MO 65793
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Scooter’s 1046th bar, first visited in 2014.

The bar is on the far back all of the casino, and is what you expect from a casino bar — video poker/blackjack at each barstool, big screen TVs, and occasional live entertainment.

69300 East Nee Road
Quapaw, OK 74363
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Scooter’s 1036th bar, first visited in 2014.

We were in here on an off night — they had had an event the previous night and had another scheduled for the next night — so having a DJ for the half dozen or so people in the places seemed a little odd.

I was really impressed by this bar. The vast open space is decorated in a very cool and inviting way, and the front garage doors — that open to a patio looking down over North Oak — are a great touch. The bar itself is a swooping oblong loop in the center of the building. Beer prices were surprisingly cheap, $3 each for premium draughts.

6609 N Oak Trafficway
Gladstone, MO 64118
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Scooter’s 1033rd bar, first visited in 2014.

10919 NW Highway 45
Parkville, MO 64152
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Scooter’s 1027th bar, first visited in 2014.

This was intended to be a short stop, at what we thought would be a dive bar, to break up the monotony of a long driving segment. But new traffic patterns made it hard to find and when we got there it was so crowded be were barely able to squeeze to one of the bars for a quick shot (Vegas bombs) before we had to turn around and get out.

4341 Beach Drive
Osage Beach, MO 65065
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Scooter’s 1024th bar, first visited in 2014.

There is a great deal of seating at the double-sided rectangular bar, plus lots of tables throughout the space. I saw darts, shuffleboard, and several video games. I didn’t notice any pool tables but it’s possible some were around back by the stage.

Since I didn’t go all the way around to the back room, I missed noticing the big partially-covered beer garden out back.

I’ve seen bars go to great lengths to prevent pooping (among other nefarious activities) in the men’s room — such as removing toilet seats and/or stall doors. But this was a first for me — the toilet out in the open while the urinal gets the private stall. (Bonus — note the tiny sink in the corner.)

110 E 8th St.
South Sioux City, NE 68776
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Scooter’s 1022nd bar, first visited in 2014.

As dives go, this place is quite a bit cleaner than most. Almost too clean to fit the category! (Though I didn’t need to use the restroom, so I could be wrong!)

I noticed a small room in the back that had a pool table and assumed that was the extent of the bar. But after finding them on Facebook, I have learned from the photos that had I gone back there I would have found that it continued to the next storefront, where bands sometimes set up to play.

Several online reviews let me to believe this place would be terrifying, but I knew that was most likely not the case at all. Indeed, it was definitely not the least bit scary. A nice place for cheap drinks.

601 Pearl St.
Sioux City, IA 51101
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Scooter’s 1021st bar, first visited in 2014.

The bar is spacious with very high ceilings and packed with firefighting decor. There are pool tables, dart boards, and several TVs, as well as several video games, a boxing game, and free popcorn.

While I didn’t venture out back, there is a large patio with several covered areas that are heated in cold weather.

As I drank my Guinness, a man came in and asked the bartender for duct tape so he could tape the sole back onto one of his shoes. As a man who wears all of his shoes until their complete destruction, I was completely sympathetic.

1211 5th St.
Sioux City, IA 51101
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Scooter’s 1020th bar, first visited in 2014.

This place was pretty busy when I arrived. I sat at the U-shaped bar. Lots of people were eating, and catfish appears to be what they are known for. Unfortunately my notes for this bar have been lost, so that’s about all I remember.

1212 Linn St
Sikeston, MO 63801
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Scooter’s 1019th bar, first visited in 2014.

Most of the people in Danny’s were sitting at the tables eating, I was the only person sitting at the penny-covered bar.

I didn’t notice any pool tables but there is a wall full of dart boards.

There appears to be an outdoor stage around back and I’ve found online info about at least one concert in the past, though so far I haven’t turned up any that are recent.

1102 Linn St
Sikeston, MO 63801
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Scooter’s 1016th bar, first visited in 2014.

I’m very confused about what the name of this bar is. When I first looked it up, the liquor license said “Bear Foot Burgers & Beer”. The owner confirmed that as the name, but added “For now,” then clarified that it would soon be renamed as a Bears Lodge. Indeed, the liquor license is now listed as “Fraternal Order of Bears, Lodge 521″. Yet, adding to the confusion, the sign out front says “Cooter Brown’s Bar” and this appears to be the name they are best known by on the internet.

The bar is undergoing extensive renovation currently both outside and inside. The owner was working on the roof of the entryway when I arrived. He showed me an island bar he and his buddies had been working on — in the form of a motorcycle enclosed in a crate. The building’s attic space is being converted into an upstairs bar area, and he mentioned that in the woods out back they he is working on putting in a camping area.

The main level is fairly roomy with lots of seating, and includes a stage and a few pool tables.

Foodwise this place is well known for its burgers. They do deliver, but only when it’s possible for someone to leave to make the run..

3716 Missouri T
Puxico, MO
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Scooter’s 1014th bar, first visited in 2014.

This is a biker bar — with smoking allowed, pool tables, video poker, and darts. There are no taps that I saw, all bottles and cans. I noticed a mini fryer and a mini griddle and saw burgers advertised. As of my visit they have karaoke on Saturday nights.

My interior picture didn’t turn out but here’s one I found from a Google search…

11924 State Highway K
Puxico, MO 63960
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Scooter’s 1013th bar, first visited in 2014.

This is very big establishment, with multiple rooms and bars. There’s a patio on the main level, and a rooftop deck surrounds the second level.

Drink prices are slightly high but not terrible. I didn’t try the food but it looked & smelled good enough that I may have to next time.

7421 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64114
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Scooter’s 1010th bar, first visited in 2013.

The bar was to the right, so I took a seat. The bartender was on the phone but immediately excused herself from the call to get me a drink. It wasn’t necessary, but that’s a good bartender!

She said that I had just missed a party bus and that when she started her shift it was standing room only. I thought for a while that it was just me and her in the place, but later when I went around the corner to use the restroom I realized there was one other person in there playing video slots/poker.

The men’s restroom is pretty interesting — basically it’s a tiny lighted closet with a urinal on the back wall. That’s it — nothing more. (The handwashing sink was outside in the main room — that in itself isn’t such an unusual thing to find really. Let’s everyone know who the nasty people are.)

102 U.S. 62
Risco, MO 63874
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Scooter’s 1007th bar, first visited in 2013.

Paradise Lounge is a little bit bigger than it’s neighbor a few doors down, and uses the extra space to occasionally host live music. There’s a pool table near the front, and there appeared to be little more in the way of food options here.

At the time of my visit the bar was empty, so I watched a Christmas episode of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” while enjoying a bottle of Guinness.

110 W. Main
Bernie, MO 63822
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Scooter’s 999th bar, first visited in 2013.

A registered historic landmark, musicians have been gathering here after-hours every weekend since the 1930s to hold jam sessions until sunrise.

Because of the nature of this tradition, the club room opens at midnight on weekends and doesn’t really get hopping until around 3:00am. For decades the city looked the other way, but a complaint in 2006 forced enforcement of the liquor laws. Unable to serve drinks any longer, attendance fell off and the Foundation was in danger of failure.

Thankfully the cultural importance of this institution was recognized, and special legislation was passed in 2007 making this the one and only place in the entire state of Missouri licensed to serve drinks all night long.

But if you’re here only for the uniqueness of drinking past 3am in Kansas City, you’re missing out on the main attraction. The music here is fantastic. Kansas City’s best have been jamming here for nearly 9 decades, this is a place to go to listen to great music while the beer you buy helps keep the lights on.

1823 Highland Ave
Kansas City, MO 64108
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Scooter’s 996th bar, first visited in 2013.

Four pool tables. Doorless restrooms with mismatched toilets/urinals. Suits of armor. Nude aliens, with pacifier penises, lounging in sexy poses on the bar in front of a pile of sombreros. American flags everywhere. Far more signs and pictures on the wall than I was able to take in.

This one came out so blurry because someone walked in and caught me in the act of taking it, embarrassing the crap out of me.

520 Oregon
Hiawatha, KS 66434
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Scooter’s 995th bar, first visited in 2013.

Inside is a boxing game, a pool table, and a lot of crowd noise due to so many people in a kind of cavernous space. There’s also a courtyard outside, adjacent to the main bar area. Free wifi.

We later learned that the reason it was so busy was that a carnival was going on just a block away. It took us a little while to navigate our way around this unexpected obstacle when we left.

1821 Stone St
Falls City, NE 68355
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Scooter’s 994th bar, first visited in 2013.

One strange thing about our visit — and it may have just been that they had just recently been cleaning — is that there was an overpowering smell of “urinal mints” hanging in the air while we were seated at the bar. I hope that’s not normal?

102 Main St.
Shubert, NE 68437
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Scooter’s 986th bar, first visited in 2013.

Wildhorse Saloon has been open for about a year, at the center of downtown in a prominent 1877 building that formerly housed a NAPA auto parts store.

The building is divided into a cafe side and a bar side. We, of course, chose the bar side and never saw anything of the cafe.

We sat at the relatively small (compared to the rest of the space) L-shaped bar and ordered drinks and lunch. The menu is largely centered around burgers, sandwiches, nachos, and fried appetizers. Plus rotating off-menu specials.

There’s a huge TV screen over the bar, plus several TVs scattered throughout the main area. A shuffleboard and a piano are also found on this level. The upstairs level has a good deal of additional seating and a pool table.

401 Main
Tarkio, MO 64491
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Scooter’s 980th bar, first visited in 2013.

The bar itself is an island in the center of the building, and a pool table and foosball table are tucked away behind it. In the bar back a separate room has a dart board and a large projection screen. Along the west side of the building is partially-covered outdoor seating.

Apart from good food and lots of TVs, they host live music regularly.

5551 S. 48th St.
Lincoln, NE 68516
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Scooter’s 978th bar, first visited in 2013.

The bartender told us that on the weekend Woody’s stays quiet until around 8pm, then quickly fills up to a couple hundred people until closing time.

There’s a stage, darts, and a single pool table in a separate room in the far back.

Sadly the Office who owns the bar is being transferred, so he is currently seeking a new owner.

507 Cherokee
Leavenworth, KS 66048
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Scooter’s 977th bar, first visited in 2013.

The bar area is very cramped, due to the crowd I did not attempt to work my way back to explore the place.

A band was setting up and the only available seating was right next to the speakers, so we drank as quickly as we could and got out of there.

202 N 20th St,
Leavenworth, KS 66048
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Scooter’s 976th bar, first visited in 2013.

There’s video poker, pool tables, a stage, and an impressive collection of shot glasses. They have karaoke here.

2001 Dakota
Leavenworth, KS 66048
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Scooter’s 975th bar, first visited in 2013.

There’s a stage, a pool table, and a very old flip-style jukebox. Particularly noteworthy, though, is the huge collection of country record album covers adorning several of the walls.

107 North 3rd
Easton, KS 66020
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Scooter’s 973rd bar, first visited in 2013.

Indoors, Humm-Dingers features a small bar, a stage, a pool table, and a buffet. (No food was being served at the time of our visit.) Outdoors there is a huge covered deck.

It can be a little tricky to see this place from the main road. Look for a liquor store, then drive around to the back.

1414 K4 Hwy
Valley Falls, KS 66088
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Scooter’s 972nd bar, first visited in 2013.

Flamingo Too is located in a formal old-school Rexall drug store, complete with the soda fountains which are still intact. The decor is somewhat eclectic, note the photos of the “mannequins” below.

The menu is largely sandwiches and fried food. However, while in most bars fried food is the way to go if you want something quick, that’s not the case here. There is only one fryer, and it’s very small, so he can fry only one order at a time.

One of the locals advised me that the best bet here is to ignore the menu altogether and instead ask the owner what he has. Often the answer is delicious BBQ — smoked out front on his smoker — or tacos and gigantic burritos made from the leftover smoked meats. On Sunday an all-you-can-eat breakfast menu is served.

We almost didn’t notice that there was another room to the side. We went around the corner to find additional seating, pool tables, and a stage with a complete light and sound system. Quite a lot for a one-man operation!

324 Broadway
Valley Falls, KS 66088
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Scooter’s 970th bar, first visited in 2013.

The bar is rather spacious and quite clean, with lots of seating. There are pool tables darts, and several TVs.

The bar’s original owner drove a milk truck, which inspired the bar’s name. The bar has changed hands a couple of times but has always remained in the family.

11040 U.S. 59
Atchison, KS 66002
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Scooter’s 964th bar, first visited in 2012.

According to their Facebook page that don’t serve food yet, but are in the process of setting up a kitchen.

At the north end of the bar, up a short step, is a side room with video poker and other games.

17991 State Hwy 25
Bloomfield, MO 63825
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Scooter’s 961st bar, first visited in 2012.

If you eat here, which I highly recommend, be advised that any sides you order will be large enough for about 4 or so people to share!

646 S. Kansas City Ave
Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
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Scooter’s 959th bar, first visited in 2012.

119 W Pine St
Warrensburg, MO 64093
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Scooter’s 957th bar, first visited in 2012.

Opening at 7am with a morning happy hour for night shift workers, Arthur’s is a good strip mall dive. It has several pool tables, plenty of seating, offers karaoke, and is open until 3am.

8158 NW Prairie View Rd
Kansas City, MO 64151
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Scooter’s 953rd bar, first visited in 2012.

911 Phillips Lane
Louisville, KY 40209
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Scooter’s 944th bar, first visited in 2011.

The weather + the economy were hitting Beale Street hard tonight. There were about 30 customers in here, all concentrated on one side of the bar. On the far opposite side, all by themselves, a band was playing that was actually rather good. We ended up sitting at a table near the stage. I felt kind of sorry for the band, I hope business picked up more later in the evening.

197 Beale Street
Memphis, TN 38103
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Scooter’s 945th bar, first visited in 2011.

Tonight there was the standard $5 cover, but as we were about to pay we were informed that the band had just gone on break. We decided to head next door to Mr. Handy’s instead, where a band was playing, and paid the cover there.

Once inside though we discovered the place packed — too crowded to even stand. So we used the connecting door and headed back over to Rum Boogie after all (the cover applies to both places).

Rum Boogie Cafe wasn’t near as busy as it was when we were hear last year, but it still had a decent crowd. The band finally took the stage about 20 minutes after our arrival, so we ended up staying here for a couple of rounds of drinks. We would like to have stayed longer, but the overpowering perfume of an older woman who arrived during our second round told us that it was time to move along.

182 Beale Street
Memphis, TN 38103
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Scooter’s 943rd bar, first visited in 2011.

I failed to notice that this club actually has 3 levels, though business was slow the night I visited so it’s likely the other floors were closed off.

The bartender was a really nice guy and very helpful, but he kept disappearing. I can’t blame him, though, there were only about 20-30 customers in the whole place. I don’t know if it was the rain, the NBA lockout, or the economy in general but there were fewer than half as many people out an about than there were last year’s Thanksgiving weekend.

152 Beale St.
Memphis, TN 38103
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Scooter’s 942nd bar, first visited in 2011.

There’s also a gigantic semi-covered patio outdoors, which features its own live entertainment when weather permits.

183 Beale Street
Memphis, TN 38103
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Scooter’s 941st bar, first visited in 2011.

The original bar burned down in 2009 from careless smoking in the women’s restroom, the current building was built quickly afterwards.

The interior of the bar is huge, with ample seating for large crowds. There’s pool tables, darts, a stage, and a menu of very cheaply-priced food.

The bar’s location can occasionally cause some trouble. It sits just north of the city limits, nestled by a creek that often floods and blocks access. It is hidden from view down a curved gravel road at the end of a one-lane bridge. At night there is no light at all and there have been accidents involving people leaving and attempting to make the sharp turn onto the bridge so use caution.

HC 2 Box 107, MO-51
Zalma, MO 63787
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Scooter’s 939th bar, first visited in 2011.

This bar is in a concerted house that has been entirely opened up. It’s very run down, but it has a lot of character and is populated by friendly people.

There’s at least 3 pool tables, video poker machines, and a large TV that isn’t viisible if you’re sitting at the bar.

8317 MO-77
Oran, MO 63771
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Scooter’s 934th bar, first visited in 2011.

2211 W. Diversy Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
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Scooter’s 933rd bar, first visited in 2011.

This was a really friendly dive bar, and I was welcomed in. There was a Veterans Day buffet taking place. From what I can tell, despite its remote and sketchy location (it’s next to a huge tire dump), this VFW is very active in the community.

Apart from the bar (which only has Budweiser on tap but has several other domestics in cans and bottles), there’s a pool table, a juke box, lottery tickets, Silver Strike, and a MegaTouch game. In the back there is a banquet/reception hall.

As is customary when I am able to get to a VFW or American Legion on November 11, I bought a round for the bar and shook the hands of several veterans before leaving.

6801 Wilson Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64125
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Scooter’s 932nd bar, first visited in 2011.

Once inside and I got a look around I was able to figure out we were inside some sort of converted old house (which is blurred out in Google Street View for some reason). The place was packed with college students, which surprised our friend. “Usually it’s much older people in here,” he said, “But then again I’m usually in here during the daytime on weekdays, not on a Saturday night,” he laughed.

We shared a pitcher of a local brew and chatted for a while with a couple of the employees until closing time.

Here’s a better picture, this one of the front, stolen from Yelp…

1027 E Walnut St
Springfield, MO 65806
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Scooter’s 931st bar, first visited in 2011.

3138 E. Sunshine St.
Springfield, MO 65804
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Scooter’s 929th bar, first visited in 2011.

The stage is in a recessed area at the far back, the venue tapers to a point at the front end of the bar.

There’s pool tables, a punching bag game, Silver Strike, and Golden tee. There’s lots of seating, they make good use of the building’s odd shape.

Outside the north door is a pretty good sized enclosed patio.

5617 Lake Avenue
St. Joseph, MO 64504
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Scooter’s 928th bar, first visited in 2011.

What I love about these really-old bars in old parts of town is that, no matter what the exterior may look like, inside there is often hidden beauty. And such is the case here.

The bar makes full use of the building’s first floor (the second floor is living space). The floor is hardwood, the ceiling is the building’s original ornate tile. All of the woodwork inside the bar is breathtaking and well-maintained.

There’s pool tables, a jukebox, darts, Silver Strike (which was being played by an amusingly enthusiastic old man), and a very small stage/DJ area behind a rail in one of the front windows. Over my table was a disco ball, which was plugged in and had a spotlight aimed at it, so obviously the area in which I was sitting gets turned into a dance floor from time to time. The bartender was very friendly, too.

This was obviously truly a “Neighborhood” tavern, as there were only a few cars here yet a couple dozen people inside.

2112 South 10th Street
St. Joseph, MO 64503
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Scooter’s 927th bar, first visited in 2011.

The J-shaped bar sits in the middle of the back wall, and numerous tables and pool tables fill the vast space. The band area is on the east end of the bar.

Other entertainment includes darts, a punching game, Silver Strike, a South Park pinball game, and huge TVs. Kurt played pinball while I played Silver Strike.

2316 North Belt Highway
St. Joseph, MO 64506
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Scooter’s 923rd bar, first visited in 2011.

I was here for karaoke and had a pretty good time. It was busy but never felt crowded, and all of the staff (including the bouncer) were courteous and friendly.

1169 Northeast Rice Road
Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
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Scooter’s 922nd bar, first visited in 2011.

This is a rock-and-roll dance club. The bar runs down one side, while the stage and dance floor are on the other side. There was no cover, though i don’t know if that’s normally the case or if it was just because we were there so late.

512 Felix St
St. Joseph, MO 64501
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Scooter’s 920th bar, first visited in 2011.

619 Felix Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
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Scooter’s 915th bar, first visited in 2011.

Once we got inside, though, we realized that the answer should have been obvious from the name — it’s a pool hall.

The bar area is semi-partitioned away from the area with the pool tables. It’s not a huge pool hall, just 3 or 4 tables. There’s also a stage area in one of the corners towards the front of the building.

We ended up shooting a game here, and I played the worst game of my life. I didn’t sink even one ball at all.

1811 Frederick Avenue
St. Joseph, MO 64501
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Scooter’s 914th bar, first visited in 2011.

I saw Golden Tee and lots of flatscreens, but I didn’t notice any darts or pool tables. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any, though, since I didn’t see the whole place.

B tried to pass us off as freelance journalists in order to get some good stories, but no one was buying it.

Here’s a better picture from the bar’s web site:

1817 Frederick Avenue
St. Joseph, MO 64501
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Scooter’s 912th bar, first visited in 2011.

The L-shaped bar occupies the front half of the narrow space, framed by a Silver Strike machine and a dart board. The back half has darts, pool tables, and a dance floor. The restrooms are up a small set of stairs in the far back.

It was very smokey in here and a true dive. Music was playing and B danced to it a little, an employee promised him it would be rocking in here in about another hour.

1805 St Joseph Ave
St. Joseph, MO 64505
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Scooter’s 910th bar, first visited in 2011.

I was really surprised to find it open, as several online sources list it as closed and there are no recent reviews or posts on any web site I could find about it.

It’s really more an upscale-casual restaurant today, but there is a bar along the back wall. I’d like to take a moment now to apoligize to the host, as we walked towards the bar I didn’t notice you standing there trying to ask us about our seating preference.

I was kind of beered out so I decided to try a Twisted Tea instead. Big mistake, that stuff is nasty!

We were getting hungry so ordered a basket of fried pepper jack cheese bites. These came out in record time, but turned out to be cheddar cheese. I had a few anyway but let B finish them off.

Since we had paid our bar tab earlier, I forgot all about the addition of the appetizer and nearly walked out without paying for it. Whoops!

The First Ward House also has a very nice, well-shaded deck around the back. But it was way too hot to be out there!

2101 Saint Joseph Avenue
St. Joseph, MO 64505
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Scooter’s 905th bar, first visited in 2011.

Though it’s essentially one big room, it’s divided in that the south half is a deli and the north half is a bar.

There’s a pool table and a handful of flatscreen TVs, but the most prominent feature is the vast collection of beer bottles. Literally thousands of bottles, on multiple shelves, all the way around the room along every wall. (See the panorama below.)

While I was using the men’s room I noticed I had a nice view of the charming little house next door. Hopefully the residents don’t also have a nice view of the charming little urinal I was using.

Panorama of Magoon’s. Use the slider below the photo to view.

632 South 8th Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
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Scooter’s 890th bar, first visited in 2011.

Unfortunately, the next time we came through here, we found that it had gone out of business.

About a year after that, I noticed it was back in operation again. Now it was a biker bar. Again, I can’t remember the name. I was unable to check it out at that moment but made plans to visit soon.

Finally, in October 2010, we got that chance. Three of us made plans to meet there. We arrived, to find the place dark and empty. Someone at a neighboring business said we had just missed it by a couple of weeks.

Recently I noticed it back open again, so I went out of my way to make sure I stopped in. Skeeter’s is music-oriented, with frequent live acts. There’s also a good menu of fried food and burgers, patio seating out front, and pool tables. Like its predecessor it remains biker-friendly.

6505 Nieman Road
Shawnee, KS 66203
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Scooter’s 885th bar, first visited in 2011.

We grabbed seats at the large rectangular bar and had a couple of beers alonmg with several other patrons. Around the corner in the restaurant side of the establishment, live acoustic Irish music was being played.

117 West River Street
Savannah, GA 31401
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Scooter’s 884th bar, first visited in 2011.

303 West River Street
Savannah, GA 31401
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Scooter’s 883rd bar, first visited in 2011.

The front room, with the main bar, has a stage at the far back and a projection TV screen next to the bar. Parallel to that in the next room is a secondary bar in a more intimate lounge-type setting.

307 West River St.
Savannah, GA 31401
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Scooter’s 881st bar, first visited in 2011.

125 W Congress St
Savannah, GA 31401
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Scooter’s 875th bar, first visited in 2011.

Indoors is a full bar and an enclosed dining area. Outdoors are two seating areas — one fully open-air and one covered. Live music was being played on the front deck.

A stop here is a must if you visit Tybee Island.

1403 Butler Avenue
Tybee Island, GA 31328
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Scooter’s 871st bar, first visited in 2011.

Drinks here were slightly more expensive than at the other bars but still reasonably priced.

Panorama of the front room. Use the slider below the photo to view.

1512 Butler Avenue
Tybee Island, GA 31328
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