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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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J and J Roadhouse
22 November 2008(Belton, MO) Formerly Jaudon Hideout Scooter’s 511th bar, first visited in 2008. This was a surprising find. Who’d have expected to find a bar at 203rd & Holmes? And how...
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Mockery Brewing
15 September 2018(River North Arts District, Denver, CO) Scooter’s 1282nd bar, first visited in 2018. This was probably my favorite of the Denver breweries we visited on this trip. A very small...
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Main Street Station
10 July 2010(Downtown, Milo, IA) Scooter’s 746th bar, first visited in 2010. Milo was always going to be a last-minute decision. We were on a schedule, and Milo was about thirty minutes...
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#1729: Fat Boyz Grill & Bar
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Kearney, MO) Scooter’s 1729th bar, first visited in 2023. We came up here for a big cannabis sale at a nearby dispensary, then decided to check out the local... -
#1727: 21 Taps
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1727th bar, first visited in 2023. This is one of those self-service beer wall establishments. I wasn’t 100% sure it was still in business because... -
#1719: The Sociable Inn
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1719th bar, first visited in 2023. We decided our next bar was close enough to walk to, so we set out on foot passing a new... -
#1711: St. Andrew’s Pub
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Benson, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1711th bar, first visited in 2023. This is a separate sports bar attached to and affiliated with Beercade is Beercade. Though both bars share the same... -
#1705: DJ’s Dugout
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1705th bar, first visited in 2023. The place we had originally planned as a possible dinner spot (Gate 10 Sports Bar) turned out to be closed,... -
#1697: Nemo’s Bar
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(Corktown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1697th bar, first visited in 2023. And another great historic dive bar! As we approached we were worried we wouldn’t be able to get in because... -
#1692: The Blue Note
Posted on August 2023 | No Comments(St. Louis Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, MO) Scooter’s 1692nd bar, first visited in 2023. Stopped in here for breakfast and a couple of drinks during a layover. I had... -
#1671: Johnny’s Tavern – Parkville
Posted on July 2023 | No Comments(Old Town at Creekside, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 1671st bar, first visited in 2023. Popped in here on my friend’s birthday for a quick Guinness, simply because I hadn’t been here... -
#1652: The Island Pub
Posted on May 2023 | No Comments(Douglas, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1652nd bar, first visited in 2023. After we got back to our rental house we quickly determined that we didn’t have quite enough food to make... -
#1645: McGiviney’s Sports Bar and Grill
Posted on May 2023 | No Comments(Mendenhall Valley, Juneau, AK) Scooter’s 1645th bar, first visited in 2023. We came here first thing after deplaning because it was the closest place we found to the airport where... -
#1601: Checker Bar
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1601st bar, first visited in 2022. We had almost stopped in here earlier in the evening while walking back to our hotel from Grand Trunk Pub,... -
#1597: Applebee’s
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1597th bar, first visited in 2022. It’s always an embarrassment to list an Applebees on this site, but that’s what our hotel bar happened to be... -
#1595: Detroiter Bar
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1595th bar, first visited in 2022. We decided to make one more quick stop before checking to see if our companion back at the hotel had... -
#1593: Sweetwater Tavern
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1593rd bar, first visited in 2022. One member of our traveling group was exhausted, so the rest of us set out on foot from our hotel... -
#1591: Too-Ra-Loo
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Rochester, MI) Scooter’s 1591st bar, first visited in 2022. A sports bar with pizza, Italian food, and 80 beers on tap. I had two cocktails (one was a chocolate... -
#1586: Callahan’s
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1586th bar, first visited in 2022. Because it was so cold/windy and everyplace we had tried while walking back was way too crowded, we had decided... -
#1582: The Other Place – Shawnee
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Shawnee, KS) Scooter’s 1582nd bar, first visited in 2022. This is a massive sports bar/restaurant, a relatively newer location for the Iowa chain. It was extremely crowded and noisy, so... -
#1581: Knub’s Pub
Posted on November 2022 | No Comments(Shawnee, KS) Scooter’s 1581st bar, first visited in 2022. Given that this was a suburban strip mall bar I wasn’t expecting anything noteworthy, but this turned out to be a... -
#1563: Stagger Lee
Posted on August 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1563rd bar, first visited in 2022. We had decided to get out of this neighborhood and walk back toward out hotel, but then we staggered across... -
#1559: Friends Bar
Posted on August 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1559th bar, first visited in 2022. After a while we got antsy and wanted a change of scenery, but it only took a couple of doors... -
#1558: BBG’s Bar, Kitchen, Sports
Posted on August 2022 | No Comments(Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1558th bar, first visited in 2022. We began the day with lunch at Iron Works BBQ, then walked back north to 6th Street in search of...