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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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J and J Roadhouse
22 November 2008(Belton, MO) Formerly Jaudon Hideout Scooter’s 511th bar, first visited in 2008. This was a surprising find. Who’d have expected to find a bar at 203rd & Holmes? And how...
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Marge’s Bar
22 August 2024(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1779th bar, first visited in 2024. I had tried to come to this basement alley cocktail bar the night before but it was unexpectedly closed —...
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Jumpin Jack’s
15 July 2011(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Old Lamplighter Inn Scooter’s 908th bar, first visited in 2011. Every barhopping trip includes one bar that is so far beyond our expectations that it ends...
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#1434: Griffin Claw Clubhouse
Posted on July 2020 | No Comments(Rochester Hills, MI) Formerly Clubhouse BFD Scooter’s 1434th bar, first visited in 2020. This place had just changed formats literally 3 days before my visit. It was originally a craft... -
#1431: Red Crow Brewing Company
Posted on January 2020 | No Comments(Olathe, KS) Scooter’s 1431st bar, first visited in 2020. I never got a chance to visit them when they were in Spring Hill, and then had to wait forever for... -
#1429: BKS Artisan Ales
Posted on January 2020 | No Comments(Brookside, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1429th bar, first visited in 2020. I decided to spend a Saturday afternoon visiting a few of the local breweries that are too far south... -
#1416: HooDoo Brewing Company
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(Fairbanks, AK) Scooter’s 1416th bar, first visited in 2019. This is one that I was unable to make it to the last time I was in Fairbanks, so I was... -
#1407: Saddlebock Brewery
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Springdale, AR) Scooter’s 1407th bar, first visited in 2019. After the exhibit I went to see at the Crystal Bridges art museum, the final things on my itinerary before it... -
#1405: Black Apple Crossing
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Springdale, AR) Scooter’s 1405th bar, first visited in 2019. So remember how in the previous entry I said I wasn’t in the mood for cider? Well here’s what happened... -
#1404: Bike Rack Beer & Coffee
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Springdale, AR) Scooter’s 1404th bar, first visited in 2019. Originally this place wasn’t even on my list, and my first stop of the day was supposed to be Black... -
#1401: Columbus House Brewery
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Fayetteville, AR) Scooter’s 1401st bar, first visited in 2019. My memories here are a bit fuzzy. It felt a little bit like having some drinks in someone’s home, and there... -
#1400: Fossil Cove Brewing Company
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Fayetteville, AR) 1946 N Birch Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72703 Scooter’s 1400th bar, first visited in 2019. I didn’t realize that this was such a short distance from the previous brewery,... -
#1398: Apple Blossom Brewing
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Fayetteville, AR) Scooter’s 1398th bar, first visited in 2019. By now I’d checked into my hotel, and was now on the Uber portion of the day. This place felt more... -
#1397: Fox Trail Distillery
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1397th bar, first visited in 2019. Distilleries are outside my wheelhouse, but I wanted to visit every craft establishment in the region so that meant stepping out... -
#1396: Bentonville Brewing Company
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1396th bar, first visited in 2019. Bentonville Brewery is not currently located in Bentonville, but they will be by the end of December 2019. I don’t know... -
#1395: Hawk Moth Brewery & Beer Parlor
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1395th bar, first visited in 2019. Ok, I absolutely HAD to force myself to be good here and not get a flight, due to all of... -
#1394: Ozark Beer Company
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1394th bar, first visited in 2019. Route-wise this should not have been my next brewery, but because it was still early in the day I had... -
#1393: New Province Brewing Company
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1393rd bar, first visited in 2019. My GPS took me to the wrong building, so if you are also a Waze user note that if you are... -
#1392: Bike Rack Brewing: The Experiment
Posted on October 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Bentonville, AR) Scooter’s 1392nd bar, first visited in 2019. This is a teeny-tiny brewery attached to the neighboring Pedaler’s Pub (which I didn’t visit due to wanting to focus...