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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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Van Till Family Farm Winery
(Rayville, MO ) Scooter’s 1844th bar, first visited in 2025. This winery has been on our list for a while, as we had been to its former satellite location in…
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#1130: Harry’s Bar and Tables
Posted on March 2016 | No Comments(Westport, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1130th bar, first visited in 2016. Stopped in here for a quick drink while waiting for my table to open up at another place across... -
#1129: Rusty Horse Tavern
Posted on March 2016 | No Comments(Parkville Commons, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 1129th bar, first visited in 2016. A borderline upscale suburban restaurant/bar with good food and a solid rotating selection of craft and import beer. 6325... -
#1128: Sol Cantina
Posted on December 2015 | No Comments(Union Hill, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1128th bar, first visited in 2015. Mexican restaurant & bar in the Martini Corner area. Stopped in briefly as part of a pub crawl.... -
#1127: Brews Cafe
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Granville, OH) Scooter’s 1127th bar, first visited in 2015. This two level restaurant & bar focuses primarily on craft brew, with dozens (hundreds?) of options available. Most are also... -
#1126: North High Brewing
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1126th bar, first visited in 2015. You can’t go wrong with a beer called Filthy McNasty, so it’s lucky we got in here just as they... -
#1125: Brothers Drake Meadery & Bar
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1125th bar, first visited in 2015. Most of our group had not tried mead before, so half of us went with the safe bet, the Apple... -
#1124: Grass Skirt Tiki Room
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1124th bar, first visited in 2015. What a lot of fun this place was! We spent well over an hour here, enjoying appetizers and multiple rounds... -
#1123: Wolf’s Ridge Brewing
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1123rd bar, first visited in 2015. We joined up with one of my cousins and her husband to visit a few Columbus bars. We started out... -
#1122: Donerick’s Pub & Grill
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Grove City, OH) Scooter’s 1122nd bar, first visited in 2015. Hung out here with male relatives while the women we were all with were enduring a nearby baby shower. Though... -
#1121: The Center Pub
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Downtown Square, Newark, OH) Scooter’s 1121st bar, first visited in 2015. The Center Pub is a genuine dive bar located i n Newark’s downtown square, in the front corner of... -
#1120: Old Folks Lounge
Posted on October 2015 | No Comments(East Side, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1120th bar, first visited in 2015. This is a bar I have wanted to visit for years, but I’ve always been too scared to... -
#1119: Beer Kitchen
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Westport, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1119th bar, first visited in 2015. We met here for brunch with my family. We almost didn’t go — parking was difficult and once we... -
#1118: Whiplash
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(East Topeka, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1118th bar, first visited in 2015. This biker bar was rather tricky to get to due to road construction, but was worth the effort to... -
#1117: Oscar’s Bar & Grill
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(College Hill, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1117th bar, first visited in 2015. Oscar’s is located in a rather nondescript building, a building shared with a hair salon, in what appears to... -
#1116: Hot Pockets
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Oakland, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1116th bar, first visited in 2015. This had originally been edited from our route today due to time, but when we realized how close we were... -
#1115: Brass Rail
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Oakland, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1115th bar, first visited in 2015. Ever since I first discovered the genre, I have been in love with neighborhood bars located in old houses. So... -
#1114: Joletta’s
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(North Topeka, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1114th bar, first visited in 2015. This bar represented unfinished business from May 5, 2007. Back on that date, we were at a bar called... -
#1113: Kick Start Saloon
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(North Topeka, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1113th bar, first visited in 2015. This bar is so far over the top that I’ll let the plethora of photos do most of the... -
#1112: 6th Street Back Door
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Central Topeka, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1112th bar, first visited in 2015. What a unique and unexpected find. This was tacked on as a last second replacement after another bar was... -
#1111: The Dutch Goose
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Randolph, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1111th bar, first visited in 2015. We had a mini pseudo-toast in here to celebrate my 1111th bar. There’s a long bar along one wall, and... -
#1110: Victoria’s Bar
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Terra Heights, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1110th bar, first visited in 2015. A small dive bar on the south end of Topeka. This is a full bar (not 3.2). There’s a...
