Cadillac Square Archive

#1601: Checker Bar

Posted on November 2022 | No Comments
(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1601st bar, first visited in 2022. We had almost stopped in here earlier in the evening while walking back to our hotel from Grand Trunk Pub,...
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Welcome!
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
- NE Palace
  12 August 2006
  (Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Formerly First Chance, Last Chance Revisited 17 years later in 2023, scroll down for more. Scooter’s 165th bar, first visited in 2006. This place used to...
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- Atlas Saloon & Brewery
  05 May 2018
  (Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1234th bar, first visited in 2018. Beers consumed: Toasted Lager by Blue Point Brewing Company , Siloam Irish Stout , McClearyâ€™s Scottish Ale, Atlas Brew,...
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- Chupacabra Cantina
  25 August 2022
  (Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1553rd bar, first visited in 2022. After The Jackalope we decided that we would just walk down the street and stick our heads in the front...
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