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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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Strawberry Hill Brewing
(Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1838th bar, first visited in 2025. After a few years of delays, this finally opened in the Fall of 2024. But since it’s only…
Latest Posts
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#1481: D.B. Cooper’s Hijackers Lounge
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1481st bar, first visited in 2021. I know I’ve been saying for the past few bars that I was done and needed to go back to... -
#1480: The Beacon Lounge
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1480th bar, first visited in 2021. Back on July 15, 2009, my friend Brandon and I were on the first day of a 5-day bar crawl.... -
#1479: The Old Pub
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1479th bar, first visited in 2021. This place finished me. I was done. Pretty much out of stomach volume and mostly out of liver capacity as... -
#1478: The Hot Mess
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1478th bar, first visited in 2021. This quirky dive has a large square bar, lots of empty glass bottles of what I believe to be Buddha... -
#1477: Barrymore’s
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(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... -
#1476: Zoo Bar
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1476th bar, first visited in 2021. As a long-time denizen of Zoo Bar in Kansas City, I’ve been long trying to visit the famous blues venue... -
#1475: SARO Cider
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1475th bar, first visited in 2021. Diagonally opposite Code Beer across a tricky intersection (both for myself as a pedestrian and, earlier, for my Uber driver). A... -
#1474: Code Beer Company
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1474th bar, first visited in 2021. Located right at the extreme eastern edge of what could be considered downtown Lincoln. I was really starting to slow down... -
#1473: White Elm Brewing Company
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1473rd bar, first visited in 2021. Deja Vu from this morning? Nope, this is location is the main White Elm brewery. The tasting room is a long... -
#1472: Backswing Brewing Company
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1472nd bar, first visited in 2021. I found the tap room here, which is essentially a hybrid of indoor-outdoor space, the most enjoyable among those I visited... -
#1471: Zipline Brewing Company
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1471st bar, first visited in 2021. Sl;ightly hard to find, the main Zip Line Brewery is located in an industrial area a couple miles west of downtown... -
#1470: Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1470th bar, first visited in 2021. Lazlo’s is the front-end tasting room for the adjacent Empyrean Brewing. I had a snack here and unfortunately they don’t... -
#1469: Kinkaider Tap Room
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1469th bar, first visited in 2021. This brewery taproom didn’t have anything in my wheelhouse so I had to be brave and branch out to try other... -
#1468: White Elm Brewing – Haymarket
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1468th bar, first visited in 2021. The downtown location of White Elm brewing comes with an indoor/outdoor bar, a patio looking down on the street, and... -
#1467: Tavern on the Square
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1467th bar, first visited in 2021. I would like to have spent more time here because it seems like a pretty cool place, but it was... -
#1466: The Happy Raven
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1466th bar, first visited in 2021. Away from the more crowded sections of downtown Lincoln, this place is well known for its great selection of craft... -
#1465: Cosmic Eye Brewing
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(East Park Plaza, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1465th bar, first visited in 2021. Massive horror-themed brewery taproom in a former laser tag space. The cavernous main taproom is filled with picnic... -
#1464: Big Ten Tavern
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Bennet, NE) Scooter’s 1464th bar, first visited in 2021. From what it sounds like, this place recently opened under new ownership. The bar is divided into three main seating areas,... -
#1463: Bing’s Sports Bar
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Nebraska City, NE) Scooter’s 1463rd bar, first visited in 2021. Sports Bar serving pizza that I’ve somehow managed to miss despite passing through Nebraska City numerous times in the... -
#1462: Grains & Taps
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lee’s Summit, MO) Scooter’s 1462nd bar, first visited in 2021. This brewery and restaurant/taproom grew from the Grains & Taps home brewing store a few blocks down the street.... -
#1461: The Goat Brewing Company
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lee’s Summit, MO) Scooter’s 1461st bar, first visited in 2021. New brewery that did quite am impressive job creating a signature space out of a strip mall location. Focus seems...
