Beals Archive

#1040: The Elbow Room

Posted on August 2014 | No Comments
(Beals, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1040th bar, first visited in 2014. This really great neighborhood dive looks sketchy from the outside but is well worth stopping in. Very friendly staff and...
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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
- Fulton Beer
  30 March 2023
  (Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1611th bar, first visited in 2023. I almost cut this brewery at the last minute because I was running out of stamina, but I’m glad I...
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- International Tap House – Crossroads
  26 June 2017
  (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1200th bar, first visited in 2017. The first Kansas City location for the St. Louis based beer bar. 54 beers on tap plus what looks...
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- The Alaskan Hotel & Bar
  12 May 2023
  (Downtown, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1651st bar, first visited in 2023. We used this historic bar as our meet-up spot after our group converged from three different directions. I was the...
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