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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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B.B. King’s Blues Club
26 November 2010(Downtown, Memphis, TN) Scooter’s 851st bar, first visited in 2010. Our next stop on Beale Street was packed. There was a cover charge, but it was only $3 and I...
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Barrymore’s
19 June 2021(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1477th bar, first visited in 2021. I almost cut this one off my list because the second half of my planned day was a focus on...
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Dew Drop Inn
24 August 2013(Downtown, Hiawatha, KS) Scooter’s 997th bar, first visited in 2013. Kansas’s “Beer Bars” (also known as “3.2 Bars” or “CMB Bars”) are almost always unexpected treats. Since they are licensed...
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#1864: Biff’s Bar & Grill
Posted on December 2025 | No Comments(Kinde, MI) Scooter’s 1864th bar, first visited in 2025. This was the third and final stop of our NYE afternoon bar crawl. They were serving a prime rib dinner and... -
#1862: Heck’s Bar
Posted on December 2025 | No Comments(Kinde, MI) Scooter’s 1862nd bar, first visited in 2025. The first of three stops on a NYE rural Michigan bar crawl. I’d seen this bar on previous Michigan vacations but...

