Westside South Archive

#1023: Red Room Lounge

Posted on July 2014 | No Comments
(Westside South, Sioux City, IA) Scooter’s 1023rd bar, first visited in 2014. This cash-only dive features a rectangular island bar in the center of the main room, small but cheap...
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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!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
- Dick Weed’s Bar
  18 August 2019
  (Mt Clemens, MI) Scooter’s 1365th bar, first visited in 2019. We wanted to get a nice dive bar in on our afternoon, and we picked this one based partly on...
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- Locust Tap
  15 July 2017
  (Downtown, Des Moines, IA) Scooter’s 1202nd bar, first visited in 2017. FANTASTIC historic dive bar, an old school gem in a highly-gentrified neighborhood. Great people, great times, and a great...
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- Atwater Brewery
  26 August 2023
  (Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1695th bar, first visited in 2023. I’d had their Java Porter many times both from stores and at other bars, now I finally got to see where...
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