Scooter’s 1727th bar, first visited in 2023.

Unfortunately, at least on this day, several of the taps were out, Of those that were left, a couple were duplicates and a couple more were boring standard mass-produced domestics. So for all practically purposes it was really more like “10 Taps” for my visit. (They do have food, though.)

I had a Cinnamon Maple Stout by Six Mile Bridge Brewing, and a Vanilla Porter by Breckenridge Brewery.

36 N Spanish St
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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Scooter’s 1726th bar, first visited in 2023.

This is a large, dark-finished, multi-room establishment with a bar that pokes through a wall to serve the two main rooms. There’s an outdoor courtyard with a stage and lots of tables, and through the back is a separate (but attached) building with the main indoor stage where a band was getting set up.

For the gentlemen: the restroom in the main bar is for micturition (aka #1) only. You walk down a hall lined with dictionary definitions for various states of inebriation, then enter an elegantly-decorated room with a single wall-length outside trough. “If you need to make use of a cubicle” as the bartender so delicately put it (aka “make poopies”), THAT men’s room is in the back building where the main stage is.

From looking at the web site, it seems I visited fewer than half of the various rooms and buildings that make up this venue.

I had a Guinness and then warmed/yellowed the ice before I left.

10 S Spanish St
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
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Scooter’s 1725th bar, first visited in 2023.

The bartender told me that some of the items were brewed with a yeast strain the brewmaster developed and named after his cat. (Or something like that, I was pretty buzzed by that point.)

I had the Esoteric Arcanum Vol. IX (Mead finished on vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, and plums) and the Complicated Game (imperial stout).

After the list of all their items brewed in-house, Stag as the only guest tap cracked me up.

11 S Spanish St
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
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Scooter’s 1724th bar, first visited in 2023.

Most of what was on tap on this day wasn’t in my normal wheelhouse, so rather than a flight I chose a full pour of the Bewitching Brewnette, a black IPA.

121 N Water St
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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Scooter’s 1723rd bar, first visited in 2023.

This is a massive multi-room / multi-level Irish bar. It had a pool table, and the east half of the building was more of a restaurant feel.

I was nearly fooled by the eather confusing men’s room sign. (I also noticed the men’s room had an odd transparent partition separating the urinals from the sink… seemed kinda pointless.)

I had a Hershey’s Chocolate Porter by Yuengling Brewery.

300 Broadway
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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Scooter’s 1722nd bar, first visited in 2023.

This brewery seems to be well known for its pizza, but I had already eaten so didn’t get to give that a shot.

I had the Elmer IPA, the Blue Sky Blonde, the Southern Cross (New Zealand IPA), and the Brown Ale.

121 Broadway
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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Scooter’s 704th bar, first visited in 2010.

107 N. Main
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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Scooter’s 703rd bar, first visited in 2010.

The crowd was about an equal mix of bikers and middle-aged people.

The decor, while bordering on gimmicky, is whimsical enough to be amusing. (I particularly enjoyed the upside-down Christmas Tree on the ceiling.)

The bar has one pool table and a setup for live music in the front. As much as was in here it should have been crowded and claustrophobic, but it wasn’t. They make good use of their space.

This is definitely a bar I’ll be back to on future visits to the town.

123 N Main
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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Scooter’s 702nd bar, first visited in 2010.

I only tried the porter. It was slightly more bitter than I prefer but it was still quite good.

132 N. Main
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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