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 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 1846th bar, first visited in 2025.

A had a flight with the Quotidian Pint (pilsner), Oktoberfest 2025, Cicatrix (American IPA) and Bermuda Schwartz (Schwarzbier).

I then added on a Mexican Buddha (brown ale) and a Pulchritude (NE IPA). Then bought two bottles of Proud Mama (imperial porter) that I took hom to drink later.

(Oh, and I also had tacos.)

409 W Van Buren=
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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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 1836th bar, first visited in 2025.

This is a modestly upscale and relaxing space, with a fireplace as the centerpiece and a pool table to one side.

I know I had an old fashioned. I feel like I might have had one more drink after that, but I was pretty much gone after the old fashioned and cannot say for sure.

12 Spring St
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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Scooter’s 1835th bar, first visited in 2025.

I had a Hibiscus Berry French 75 (hibiscus berry gin, lemon juice, prosecco) and an espresso martini.

63 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 1833rd bar, first visited in 2025.

We came here as a waiting area while various members of the group waited for their massage appointment start times at a hotel half a block away. I enjoyed both halves of the menu: I started with a mocha latte, then had a Mysterious Gap 2025 (Belgian Tripel) by Gotahold Brewing, and finally a Natural State Porter by Bentonville Brewing.

2 Pine St
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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Scooter’s 1832nd bar, first visited in 2025.

This place is known for its cocktails and for its weekend brunches. We visited twice — first for lunch and then two days later for brunch. I had mimosas and an old fashioned.

55-B South Main St.
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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Scooter’s 1759th bar, first visited in 2024.

There is a small amount of indoor seating, with considerably more seating outdoors under three covered areas. Due to state licensing requirements one of these outdoor seating areas is where you must sit if you plan to order from the distillery menu, but the entire complex is available for wine service. They also serve a handful of brews from Bentonville Brewing.

The patios are dog friendly and water bowls are provided. There is no food, but crackers and popcorn are available to cleanse the palate.

I sampled all of the wines except the Strawberry Trainwreck (I don’t like strawberry) and in a rare situation for me when it comes to wine, I liked nearly all of them. I also had the complete distillery flight, and finished off with a pour of the Hills and Hollers amber lager from Bentonville Brewing.

We bought 5 bottles of wine to take home, and when we asked about a good place nearby to get firewood the owner directed us to a tree he’d recently cut down behind the vineyard and had us load up whatever we wanted.

We’ll definitely be back!

4937 State Hwy 187
Eureka Springs, AR 72631
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Scooter’s 1545th bar, first visited in 2022.

262 N School Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Scooter’s 1544th bar, first visited in 2022.

I had an Oatty Stout by Fossil Cove Brewing, and a cocktail made with red bell peppers that I can’t remember the name of and isn’t on their online menu. (It was in the printed menu, which I didn’t take a picture of.)

107 N Block Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Scooter’s 1442nd bar, first visited in 2020.

There are a few different “rooms” inside, plus a large screened-in patio and a couple of picnic tables on the front lawn. Next door are cabins available for rent.

I had two of the Love Honey (Bock) by Lost Forty Brewing.

7448 Hwy 187
Eureka Springs, AR 72631
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Scooter’s 1407th bar, first visited in 2019.

I headed to Onyx and found it… virtually impossible to get to due to some sort of big outdoor event. So I decided to skip that and go to Bike Rack. But I’d already been to two other Bike Rack locations, and meanwhile I was feeling a sense that I would regret it if I didn’t give Saddlebock another try. So even though I was now about as far from zsaddlebock as it was possible to get and still be in this metro area, I decided to backtrack the 15-20 or so miles to go check it out.

This time when I arrived, it was both open and busy! Still, the staff was very willing to help me as a newcomer understand their selections.

On-site I had their IPA and their Irish Red. I also bought a bottle of their chocolate stout to-go for myself, and a bottle of their Hefeweizen for a friend.

16600 Saddlebrock Lane
Springdale, AR 72764
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Scooter’s 1405th bar, first visited in 2019.

After I finished at Bike Rack I drove a few miles to Macadoodle’s (a liquor store) to buy some regional beer to take home. By the time I finished there, it was time for Saddlebock Brewery to open. So a drove all the way out to the country and arrived there. Yes! Another place where I was the first customer of the day. Except wait, there’s no employee vehicle. The door was locked. Checked Facebook, and found a post made earlier that morning stating that they would be opening late. Crap. I was on a timetable, so so much for getting to visit Saddlebock on this trip.

I returned to town and it was still going to be quite a while before any other brewery on my list would be open. My route took me past Black Apple Crossing, and I began to feel guilty, and worried I’d regret it later if I didn’t visit every single craft establishment I possibly could. So I parked and went inside.

Thank god I did…. because I had no idea I was about to experience the BEST DAMN CIDER OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.

The tasting room is in the far back, behind the restaurant area, and there’s a good sized patio behind that. The credit card system was down so they offered me my cider for free, but I had cash so I would have none of that nonsense.

I had the Barrel Aged 1904 and the, oh sweet Jesus this was so amazingly good: the Hibiscus cider. That one was so good I got a 4-pack to go!

321 E Emma Ave
Springdale, AR 72764
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Scooter’s 1406th bar, first visited in 2019.

I didn’t want a full flight, but I also didn’t want pints, and she seemed confused by my request for 5oz tasters. So I decided to just go with half-pours and call it a day. I later wound up with a third half-pour due to a mis-pour.

This is a sprawling facility with all sorts of activities. There’s a patio in the front and another on the east end between two of the buildings, and outside the west end before the next building on the other side is a fenced dog play area.

I had the Hazelnut Brown, the Arkansas Red Ale, and the Toasted Coconut brown ale.

They were having a pet adoption event at 1:00 and I really wanted to stay to see the pups, but I had a ticket for a special exhibit at Crystal Bridges for 1:30 up in Bentonville so I had to miss out on the doggies.

2470 Lowell Rd
Springdale, AR 72764
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Scooter’s 1404th bar, first visited in 2019.

There were foot trucks out back and it looked like a couple of picnic tables. In the photos below, check out the really sweet retro gaming room.

In addition to coffee I had the Guilded Maple (Belgian Quad) and the ANGUS CHUTE Oatmeal Stout.

205 E Johnson Ave
Springdale, AR 72764
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Scooter’s 1403rd bar, first visited in 2019.

But my Uber ride to Crisis Brewing followed a different route from what I had expected when I studied the map earlier.

Oh, and by now I was drunk.

So as soon as I stepped out of Crisis Brewing I was disoriented, and immediately started off in the wrong direction.

A wrong direction that happened to be downhill. Unbeknownst to me, I needed to have been going uphill.

After about 15 minutes I realized I really should have been there by now and that nothing looked right. I checked the map and saw how far off course I was. I turned around and started backtracking uphill. Staggering and swaying. With constant oncoming traffic that caused me to feel like everyone driving past was laughing at me.

I’m not sure the exact route I took, but I finally found the downtown square. But my now I was seriously turned-around from the direction I’d expected to enter the square.

I finally found the block West Mountain Brewing was on, but I couldn’t find a business by that name. I circled all the way around the block looking for it. Finally, almost back where I started.

That’s when I saw a sign for Tiny Tim’s Pizza, and I remembered that both places shared the same Facebook page. So I went on inside and had a seat at the bar.

“We’re closing up,” the bartender said, “but you can follow that hallway around and go to the place next door.” In retrospect, after figuring out that it was only about 8:45pm on a Saturday night, I’m unsure whether he was telling the truth or just didn’t want to deal with the obviously drunk guy.

I made my way to the back of the restaurant and turned down the hallway. After a stop to use the restroom I continued down the hall and found myself, finally, in the actual West Mountain Brewing.

What should have been a 5-minute walk of maybe about a thousand feet had turned into 40 minutes and well over a mile. But I was finally here!

Alas, they did not do flights. So I found the one beer I figured I’d enjoy the most, their Irish Stout, to have as my point. It was a very, very, very slow pour, but it was worth the wait.

I also had a small pizza (ate the whole thing), and in chatting with the bartender we found out we both grew up in the same neighborhood back in the KC suburbs, although separated in time by 20+ years. That was pretty cool.

When I left I turned around to take the picture of the front and discovered one of the reasons I had trouble finding it even once I’d arrived on the block, the sign was unlit and in the shadows.

I had originally intended to go to three more places in the square, but I was still coherent enough to know that I needed to be done. When I hit the Uber button I failed to notice just how close she was, so even though I immediately stepped out the door and took the picture of the front, when I turned to look down the street waiting for her arrival I was startled by a tap of the horn and whirled around to see her already parked in the spot right next to where I was standing.

21 W Mountain St
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Scooter’s 1402nd bar, first visited in 2019.

I wish I could remember it better. There was a fascinating conversation going on around the corner to my left, but I can’t remember anything about it.

I had an Identity Crisis (black IPA), Existential DIPA, Existential Crisis Hibiscus Saison, and a Major Milk Stout.

210 South Archibald Yell Blvd
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Scooter’s 1401st bar, first visited in 2019.

I had the Nutty Runner (brown ale) and the Weekend Warrior (American IPA).

701 W North St
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Scooter’s 1400th bar, first visited in 2019.

Of course, two sips into the first beer, I had to use the restroom. I was relieved (after I was relieved) to return and find my flight still there as I had no one with me to guard it.

I had the Orange Cream Ale, the T-Rex Tripel, the IPA #3, the La Brea Brown, and the Oatty Stout.

This was the beginning of my downfall. I remember everything about my visit here right up to taking my empty glassware back to the bar. I remember my Uber pulling into the parking lot, I remember nothing about the actual ride to the subsequent brewery except that I couldn’t get my seatbelt to latch so, just like in a similar infamous incident in Madison, WI a few years ago, I held it in place with my hand like a drunken idiot.

1946 N Birch Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72703
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Scooter’s 1399th bar, first visited in 2019.

I had the Coconut Porter, the Coffee Stout, the Chocolate Sweet Stout, and the Robust Porter. I lost track of the order in which they were poured but they were each distinct enough in flavor it was obvious which was which despide them all being the exact same color.

121 W Township St #11
Fayetteville, AR 72703
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Scooter’s 1398th bar, first visited in 2019.

This place felt more like a restaurant than a brewery, and in many ways reminded me of the similarly-named Little Apple Brewing in Manhattan, KS.

Initially I was a little disappointed, as they were out of a few of their beers. I ended up just getting a point of the Hazy Morning Coffee Stout.

But then, as I was preparing to pay, I noticed a not-yet-erased beer name that I had missed on the chalk board around the corner. I asked about it, and sure enough they still had just a little left. The Old Boggy Barrel Aged 2019 that I then received totally redeemed this place in my eyes.

1550 E Zion Rd
Fayetteville, AR 72703
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Scooter’s 1397th bar, first visited in 2019.

One thing that was amusing was the number of borderline vagrants who came in wanting bottles of bourbon to go, and then chewing out the bartender for them not being available yet because they are still waiting for the state to approve their off-premise sales license. (They’d only been open a few months.) I felt bad for the bartender, though.

If you visit, make sure you use the restroom. It’s a little bit trippy.

2121 S Bellview Rd
Rogers, AR 72758
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Scooter’s 1396th bar, first visited in 2019.

They have made damn good use of the space they have. In terms of atmosphere, this was my favorite stop of the day.

I’m marking them as having outdoor seating, though technically it’s indoor. But the huge open garage door makes it just as good as outdoor.

I had the Lil’ Wrecker (American IPA) and the Natural State Porter. The Lil’ Wrecker was actually a mispour, I’d actually asked for the Homewrecker, but I didn’t want her to waste beer so I went with it.

Below are renderings of the building in Bentonville that will become their permanent home in December 2019.

1700 S 1st St
Rogers, AR 72756
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Scooter’s 1395th bar, first visited in 2019.

While here I had the 2019 Anniversary Blend (70% BA Foeder Stout, 30% Not For The Faint aged futher in a cognac cask), and the Not For The Faint itself (barleywine aged with vanilla beans).

I also sampled the Vanilla Cryotherapy (milkshake IPA) and the Oksymarzen (wheat wine) before buying crowlers of them to bring home as souvenirs.

710 N 2nd St
Rogers, AR 72756
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Scooter’s 1394th bar, first visited in 2019.

It doesn’t look it from my photos, but there were probably around 20 people here. There’s just quite a bit of room (inside and out) for them to spread out.

I had the Onyx Coffee Stout, The Momentary Lager (made with honeysuckle and elderflower, a collaboration with a local art museum), their IPA, and their Cream Stout.

While I was eating my lunch I scooted my flight off to the side. Butsomeone came in and sat down beside me, so I had to scoot my flight back out of his way as he sat down. A moment later he asked the bartender, “Do you have flights?”

109 N Arkansas Rd
Rogers, AR 72756
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Scooter’s 1393rd bar, first visited in 2019.

I was impressed with New Province from the moment I went inside, and after the first two 5oz pours it became clear that my “absolutely no flights today” rule was going to be a lost cause at only my second stop of the day.

I had the Philosopher King (American IPA), Commoner (Kentucky Common), Lavish (Lavendar IPA) and Yeoman (Coffee Porter).

1310 W Hudson Rd
Rogers, AR 72756
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Scooter’s 1392nd bar, first visited in 2019.

There’s only a couple of spots at the bar, and seating for maybe 10-12 (depending on size) over in the seating area. At a 6’3″ behemoth, it was a bit of a challenge for me. The outdoor seating area doubles the available space, but it was too cold this particular morning to sit outside.

There are three Bike Rack locations, and this one focuses on small batch brews. I had the Devil’s Den Double IPA and the Patch Kit (Ambler lager).

410 SW A St
Bentonville, AR 72712
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Scooter’s 1048th bar, first visited in 2014.

This little dive near the eastern end of Paragould has almost no information online about it, so I was happy to find that it was indeed in business.

The centerpiece of the bar is the large old-school jukebox, their best-known attraction.

We didn’t notice if there was a pool table as it was particularly busy in here so we didn’t get up and move around a lot. It did look like there was a small patio in the back.

It was rather smoky in here, something we’re no longer used to back home. This is also a place that sells packaged beer to take home, and based upon the coolers Mike’s Maragaritas must be particularly popular for that option.

600 E Kingshighway
Paragould, AR 72450
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