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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#1103: American Legion Post 58
Posted on May 2015 | No Comments(Smithville, MO) Scooter’s 1103rd bar, first visited in 2015. This was an unplanned stop. We were intending to go to a bar in Plattsburg, but exited in Kearney when we... -
#1097: Ichabod Laundra Bar
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Quinton Heights, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1097th bar, first visited in 2015. This dive bar is accessed through a strip mall laundromat. It was a little intimidating in here at first,... -
#1096: The Spot
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Quinton Heights, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1096th bar, first visited in 2015. A nice little dive bar in a residential neighborhood. There’s a covered patio with picnic tables, free popcorn, and... -
#1093: Stevie Rae’s
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Likins Foster, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1093rd bar, first visited in 2015. This rather-hard-to-get-to bar just recently opened and was prepping for a birthday party. It’s more of a pool hall,... -
#1079: Wagon Wheel
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1079th bar, first visited in 2015. This was originally going to be our third Emporia stop, but after we learned of its quirky weekday hours we decided... -
#1078: Bishop’s Brew
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Ottawa, KS) Scooter’s 1078th bar, first visited in 2015. We started out our weekend road trip with a couple of bottles at this 3.2% beer bar. There’s pool tables, a... -
#1076: Hard Core Cafe
Posted on February 2015 | No Comments(Gladstone, MO) Scooter’s 1076th bar, first visited in 2015. This was our last stop of the night and honestly it’s mostly a blur. It was very busy but we lucked... -
#1050: WWW Sports Bar
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(St. Johns, Paducah, KY) Scooter’s 1050th bar, first visited in 2014. Stop #8 on our 9-states-in-1-day pub crawl, representing Kentucky. We had planned on staying here for a little while,... -
#1048: CJ’s Chatterbox
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(Paragould, AR) Scooter’s 1048th bar, first visited in 2014. The 6th stop in our 9-states-in-1-day pub crawl, representing Arkansas. This little dive near the eastern end of Paragould has almost... -
#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... -
#1036: No. 9 Saloon
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(Gladstone, MO) Scooter’s 1036th bar, first visited in 2014. A biker bar in a former Harley Davidson dealership, apparently it’s been there for a year and I never noticed it... -
#1018: Morgan’s Place
Posted on June 2014 | No Comments(Fisk, MO) Scooter’s 1018th bar, first visited in 2014. My notes for this bar have vanished, unfortunately. But what I do remember, besides the pool tables, is that I sat... -
#1016: Cooter Brown’s Bar & Grill / Bear Foot Burgers & Beer / Bears Lodge 521
Posted on June 2014 | No Comments(Puxico, MO) Scooter’s 1016th bar, first visited in 2014. Every bar I went to today had several people drinking in it except this place, where I was all alone except... -
#1014: Tool Shed Saloon
Posted on June 2014 | No Comments(Kinder, Puxico, MO) Scooter’s 1014th bar, first visited in 2014. This is one of those places where if you don’t know it’s there, you’re not going to find it. It’s... -
#1011: Long Branch
Posted on November 2013 | No Comments(Essex, MO) Scooter’s 1011th bar, first visited in 2013. This tiny hangout in a tiny town was pretty close to packed when I arrived. Unlike most of the other bars... -
#994: Centerfield
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Shubert, NE) Scooter’s 994th bar, first visited in 2013. This place is kind of unusually shaped. The bar forms a central core (floor to ceiling), and the space wraps around... -
#991: Linemen
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Nebraska City, NE) Scooter’s 991st bar, first visited in 2013. I first tried to go here during a visit back in 2009, but arrived in Nebraska City too early... -
#987: Kap’s Tavern
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Shenandoah, IA) Scooter’s 987th bar, first visited in 2013. Walking in from the bright sunshine outside, we stumbled a bit in what initially seemed like complete blackness. It took... -
#984: Guy & Mae’s Tavern
Posted on June 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Williamsburg, KS) Scooter’s 984th bar, first visited in 2013. Guy & Mae’s is a little hole in the wall bar that, apart from the dollar bills hanging from the... -
#983: Fat Boyz
Posted on June 2013 | No Comments(Garden City, MO) Scooter’s 983rd bar, first visited in 2013. For years I’ve been curious about this bar that’s attached to a gun shop and indoor shooting range, but every... -
#976: Benny’s
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 976th bar, first visited in 2013. We almost didn’t stop here because it looked so much like someone’s house, but the small sign on the east side...
