ALL BARS IN METRO AREA: Champaign-Urbana, IL

#829: Hammond Pub‎

Posted on November 2010 | No Comments
(Hammond, IL) Scooter’s 829th bar, first visited in 2010. We liked this little tavern quite a bit. We sat at the small L-shaped bar watching Headline News and discussing the...
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#828: Kel’s Place

Posted on November 2010 | No Comments
(Downtown, Atwood, IL) Scooter’s 828th bar, first visited in 2010. This small-town bar is almost completely absent from the internet. I could find no information other than that it exists....
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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!

--ScooterJ
A Few Random Favorites
- 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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- Ozark Beer Company
  12 October 2019
  (Downtown, Rogers, AR) Scooter’s 1394th bar, first visited in 2019. Route-wise this should not have been my next brewery, but because it was still early in the day I had...
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- Happy Bar
  29 August 2014
  (Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1037th bar, first visited in 2014. Back on the evening of July 18, 2009, a buddy and I tried to make a stop here as part...
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