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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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Katy O’Ferrell’s Publick House
24 November 2023(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1723rd bar, first visited in 2023. I needed to kill about 30 minutes waiting for my net planned stop to open, and I had noticed...
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Monowi Tavern
06 July 2024(Monowi, NE) Scooter’s 1754th bar, first visited in 2024. On the last day of this vacation we took back roads and dropped down into northeastern Nebraska, specifically to visit the...
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Abick’s Bar
25 November 2022(Michigan-Martin, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1598th bar, first visited in 2022. Now THIS is what looking for good neighborhood dive bars is all about. Easily in my top 5 of all...
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#1837: Missy’s White Rabbit Lounge
Posted on May 2025 | No Comments(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1837th bar, first visited in 2025. Missy’s White Rabbit is located in one of the staircase alleys, either one flight down or 2 flights up... -
#1778: Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge / Troll Lounge
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1778th bar, first visited in 2024. On almost every bar trip I take I come across at least one place that blows me away. But this... -
#1640: Parliament Pub
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1640th bar, first visited in 2023. This wasn’t a place we’d planned to visit, but we stumbled across it after finding the place we were heading... -
#1525: The Beach Bite / Ros Rocas Bar & Grill
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(Rockaway Beach, OR) Scooter’s 1525th bar, first visited in 2022. OPur plan for weeks was to visit Rick’s Roadhouse next door, a dive bar that looked right up our alley.... -
#1507: Ten & Two Coffee Bar
Posted on September 2021 | No Comments(Bonner Springs, KS) Scooter’s 1507th bar, first visited in 2021. We came here to the Olde Mill Building (which my GPS had no idea how to get to) expecting to... -
#1488: Panther’s Place
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1488th bar, first visited in 2021. Not quite a speakeasy,. but pretty close. You have to follow them on Instagram to be apprised of when... -
#1491: Seaside Restaurant & Bar
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Crescent City, CA) Scooter’s 1491st bar, first visited in 2021. We were planning to go to Seaquake Brewing, but they had a nearly 2-hour wait which put it past closing...