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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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#565: Brown Bottle
Posted on July 2009 | No Comments(Union, NE) Scooter’s 565th bar, first visited in 2009. By now it was a little after 3:00 in the afternoon. We walked up to the front door of the bar,... -
#555: American Legion Post 318
Posted on May 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 555th bar, first visited in 2009. Technically a private club but open to the public, this is the only true bar in downtown Parkville and serves... -
#554: The Marquee
Posted on May 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 554th bar, first visited in 2009. The Marquee Bar fills the north lobby of the AMC Mainstreet Theatre in downtown Kansas City. You do not... -
#550: Club Savage
Posted on April 2009 | No Comments(Leavenworth, KS) Formerly Creamy’s Place, Firehouse Club Scooter’s 550th bar, first visited in 2009. Formerly the Firehouse Club, also formerly Creamy’s Place. We almost did not come here because our... -
#547: Fatheads Irish Pub
Posted on April 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 547th bar, first visited in 2009. This was the first place we went to to make us fill out membership cards. This was a split-level bar,... -
#546: Sweetwoods Bar & Grille
Posted on April 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 546th bar, first visited in 2009. This was a clean, well-lit, open place. A band was setting up in front, and we grabbed some lunch while... -
#544: High Noon Saloon & Brewery
Posted on April 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 544th bar, first visited in 2009. This place was unbelievably huge, quite possibly the biggest bar I’ve ever been in. We both had the stout. B... -
#541: Music Box Saloon
Posted on April 2009 | No Comments(Weston, MO) Scooter’s 541st bar, first visited in 2009. This is another one that mapping sites get wrong. In fact if you were on my TD’s Bunkhouse map & info... -
#540: TD’s Bunkhouse
Posted on April 2009 | No Comments(Weston, MO) Scooter’s 540th bar, first visited in 2009. I must have driven past this place several times and never noticed it, it’s well hidden from the main road. Most... -
#538: Clarette Club
Posted on March 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Mission, KS) Scooter’s 538th bar, first visited in 2009. Old school dive bar / lounge in the back of a shopping center in downtown Mission. 5400 Martway St Mission,... -
#537: Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar
Posted on February 2009 | No Comments(Westport, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 537th bar, first visited in 2009. Dueling piano bar in Westport. I went during the daytime for a charity mini golf pub crawl. 4115 Mill... -
#536: The Riot Room
Posted on February 2009 | No Comments(Westport, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 536th bar, first visited in 2009. Night club / venue in Westport. I went during the daytime for a charity mini golf pub crawl. 4048... -
#534: The Phoenix
Posted on January 2009 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 534th bar, first visited in 2009. Famous Jazz bar downtown. It had closed for a while but is back open under new management. 302 W.... -
#526: Big Mike’s
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Heath, OH) Scooter’s 526th bar, first visited in 2008. Formerly a sports bar and now a night club, Big Mike’s is technically the hotel bar for the Quality Inn. However... -
#525: Tony’s Bar
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Newark, OH) Scooter’s 525th bar, first visited in 2008. I sought this place out specifically because of an online review I found that made this out to be the absolute... -
#524: Elbow Lounge
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Newark, OH) Scooter’s 524th bar, first visited in 2008. When we arrived the place had just opened and we were the first customers. They were waiting for a DJ to... -
#522: Dew Drop Inn
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Newark, OH) Scooter’s 522nd bar, first visited in 2008. Big space divided into 2 main areas. Two pool tables, DJ booth and small dance floor. The wall behind the bar... -
#518: Fatheads and Braindeads
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Grandview, MO) Scooter’s 518th bar, first visited in 2008. 2 blocks west of downtown, Fatheads and Braindeads is a huge and popular biker bar. We entered through the rear, as... -
#516: One-Eyed Jacks
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Belton, MO) Scooter’s 516th bar, first visited in 2008. I’ve never seen this place not busy, and this afternoon was no exception. While relatively peaceful on the bar side, the... -
#514: Frankie and Johnny’s
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Belton, MO) Scooter’s 514th bar, first visited in 2008. A relative newcomer to Belton in a former bowling alley, this bar was much bigger, and much nicer, than I expected... -
#513: McGrew’s Pub
Posted on November 2008 | No Comments(Raymore, MO) Scooter’s 513th bar, first visited in 2008. Located in a strip mall off MO-58, McGrew’s doesn’t fit the usual profile of a suburban strip mall bar. What on...
