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Some people collect autographs, some collect antiques, others collect stamps. My hobby is a little different, I collect bars. This site represents my collection, documenting each bar I visit.
This is not a review site, there's plenty of those already. Most posts in this bar diary are slice-of-life recaps of the half hour or so I spent having a beer. I hope you enjoy browsing through my collection!
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#1740: Friendly Valley Tavern
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1740th bar, first visited in 2023. Our last dive bar for this trip opened in an old bunker in 1947. The oddly-shaped building features a low and... -
#1736: The Basket Case
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Bluff, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1736th bar, first visited in 2023. We hadn’t been to a dive bar yet on this trip and my wife wanted to sing, so after... -
#1729: Fat Boyz Grill & Bar
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Kearney, MO) Scooter’s 1729th bar, first visited in 2023. We came up here for a big cannabis sale at a nearby dispensary, then decided to check out the local... -
#1726: The Library
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1726th bar, first visited in 2023. This is a place I’d been wanting to check out for quite some time (close to a decade) but... -
#1704: Harney St. Tavern
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1704th bar, first visited in 2023. Another basement bar located a few doors over from Dubliner. Originally we weren’t going to stop here, but we were... -
#1703: Dubliner Pub
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1703rd bar, first visited in 2023. I tried to visit this bar on an August Saturday night back in 2009, but it was so packed I... -
#1696: Nancy Whiskey
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(North Corktown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1696th bar, first visited in 2023. An absolutely amazing 120+ year old neighborhood dive bar just outside of downtown Detroit! Inside there’s an antique phone... -
#1691: Walnut Creek Winery
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(Holt, MO) Scooter’s 1691st bar, first visited in 2023. A pretty massive winery in an old metal barn. In addition to wine they also serve pizza and beer from a... -
#1682: Loose Caboose Saloon
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1682nd bar, first visited in 2023. I was expecting a dive bar, but this was too clubby for my tastes. I think I would have enjoyed... -
#1681: Hermann 1837 Cellar Bar
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1681st bar, first visited in 2023. This historic bar (lots of memorabilia) is located in the basement of a downtown hotel (the Hermann Crown Suites). There... -
#1674: The Piano Bar
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Hermann, MO) Scooter’s 1674th bar, first visited in 2023. Popped in for brunch before starting a day of winery crawling. In addition to my breakfast (including one of the... -
#1655: Red Dog Saloon
Posted on May 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1655th bar, first visited in 2023. This Old West themed bar is the traditional bar everyone who visits Juneau is supposed to experience. It proved to... -
#1651: The Alaskan Hotel & Bar
Posted on May 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1651st bar, first visited in 2023. We used this historic bar as our meet-up spot after our group converged from three different directions. I was the... -
#1640: Parliament Pub
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1640th bar, first visited in 2023. This wasn’t a place we’d planned to visit, but we stumbled across it after finding the place we were heading... -
#1639: Alderman’s Bar
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Leavenworth, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1639th bar, first visited in 2023. Somehow I’ve missed this spot on previous visits even though it’s right across the street from a former bar I... -
#1635: Otter’s Saloon
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1635th bar, first visited in 2023. This tiny little karaoke dive bar was packed but a lot of fun, I’ll plan to come back here... -
#1604: Missie B’s
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(West 39th, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1604th bar, first visited in 2023. I’ve never been in here before because I’m rarely in this part of town during the hours this... -
#1578: Manor Records
Posted on October 2022 | No Comments(Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1578th bar, first visited in 2022. Not-for-profit record label & record store that recently opened a bar/performance venue as an addition to its fundraising... -
#1571: 9th & State
Posted on September 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Formerly Lots of things Scooter’s 1571st bar, first visited in 2022. We had tried to visit here a week earlier but it was closed for a... -
#1562: Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden
Posted on August 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1562nd bar, first visited in 2022. This place had come with so many recommendations, so we decided to head over here next. And in better circumstances,... -
#1559: Friends Bar
Posted on August 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1559th bar, first visited in 2022. After a while we got antsy and wanted a change of scenery, but it only took a couple of doors...
