ALL BARS IN METRO AREA: St. Joseph, MO-KS
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#1721: 1st Barrel Brewing
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 1721st bar, first visited in 2023. We stopped in here for a quick visit on the way home from Omaha. My flight consisted of the... -
#1447: River Bluff Brewing
Posted on November 2020 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 1447th bar, first visited in 2020. This place is enormous. Multiple rooms and seating areas. All sorts of interesting decor. Pinball machines, arcade games, and a... -
#1446: The Angry Swede Brewing Company
Posted on November 2020 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 1446th bar, first visited in 2020. This new brewery is located in (what appears to be) an old bank building in downtown St. Joseph. In... -
#998: VFW #5531
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Wathena, KS) Scooter’s 998th bar, first visited in 2013. We really wanted to find one more Kansas bar. But here we were just a mile or so from the state... -
#930: Wiley’s Lounge
Posted on September 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 930th bar, first visited in 2011. Wiley’s Pub is a converted Pizza Hut (I’ve been to quite a few converted Pizza Hut bars) whose front patio... -
#929: Cagney’s
Posted on September 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 929th bar, first visited in 2011. Cagney’s is a wedge-shaped bar that focuses on being a venue for live music. The stage is in a recessed... -
#928: Neighborhood Tavern
Posted on September 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 928th bar, first visited in 2011. Unlike most of the other bars in this part of town that open bright and early, Neighborhood Tavern doesn’t open... -
#927: Last Call Bar & Grill
Posted on September 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 927th bar, first visited in 2011. Big biker park, taking up about half of an old strip mall. It’s really not that visible from the street,... -
#926: Tuck’s Bar
Posted on September 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 926th bar, first visited in 2011. This was a bonus, unexpected find. Tuck’s Bar is a biker-friendly bar attached to the front of Belt Bowl. It... -
#925: Hammer Heads
Posted on September 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 925th bar, first visited in 2011. This was a fantastic little bar located right on one of the busiest corners in St. Joseph. The U-shaped bar... -
#924: Uncle D’s Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on September 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 924th bar, first visited in 2011. Just barely off the beaten path, this is a pretty good sports bar that was pretty busy with people watching... -
#922: Hammerjack’s Rock’n'Roll Sports Bar
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 922nd bar, first visited in 2011. I wasn’t planning on coming here, but for some reason we would up here instead of the more-our-speed Felix... -
#921: Shaft Nightclub
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 921st bar, first visited in 2011. My exterior photo did not turn out, so I stole this photo from Google Street View. This is technically... -
#920: Rendezvous Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 920th bar, first visited in 2011. This dive is located a block down the street from Foster’s. Another responsible bartender working here. B had water... -
#919: Foster’s
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 919th bar, first visited in 2011. Fosters is a martini & wine bar primarily. We got here pretty late and they were preparing to close.... -
#918: Long Branch Tavern
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 918th bar, first visited in 2011. As expected from the outside appearance, this was a good old-school dive. There were two rooms, with the smaller side... -
#917: Norty’s Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 917th bar, first visited in 2011. This is the second location for Norty’s. It used to be located on Messanie, but it burned down in 2007.... -
#916: Kelly’s Pub
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 916th bar, first visited in 2011. We started out about to go the the Frederick Inn, but when we looked inside we decided it looked too... -
#915: Big Shots
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 915th bar, first visited in 2011. We had no idea what kind of place this was going to be, as we could find absolutely NO information... -
#914: Hi-Ho Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 914th bar, first visited in 2011. This is a great little bar with a really nice semi-covered patio. I saw Golden Tee and lots of flatscreens,... -
#913: Pop A Top Tavern
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Family Tavern Scooter’s 913th bar, first visited in 2011. A dive bar does not get more divey than this. A dive in its purest form, not... -
#912: Peterman’s Shamrock
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Shamrock Inn Scooter’s 912th bar, first visited in 2011. As far as I can tell this bar has been called the Shamrock for a very long... -
#911: Brown Bear Tavern
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 911th bar, first visited in 2011. This is another really old bar, having opened in either 1898 or 1899 depending on your source. And it’s another... -
#910: First Ward House
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 910th bar, first visited in 2011. The First Ward House opened in 1878 and is one of the contenders for Oldest Bar West of the Mississippi.... -
#909: Bottoms Up Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 909th bar, first visited in 2011. I’ve seen this place off and on for the past 15 years or so but never stopped in until now.... -
#908: Jumpin Jack’s
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Old Lamplighter Inn Scooter’s 908th bar, first visited in 2011. Every barhopping trip includes one bar that is so far beyond our expectations that it ends... -
#907: American Tavern
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 907th bar, first visited in 2011. American Tavern is a beautifl, timeless, classic example of a dive bar all-around. It is rustic, dirty, and charming. This... -
#906: VFW #1668
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 906th bar, first visited in 2011. This is one of the busiest VFW bars I have been to on a day that wasn’t a holiday! Almost... -
#905: Magoon’s Saloon
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 905th bar, first visited in 2011. Magoon’s Saloon is a place we chose to visit simply because we liked the name, and it turned out to... -
#904: A’s J. R’s McGaughy Lounge
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 904th bar, first visited in 2011. We knew before arriving here that were not exactly going to fit in here. We’d been warned that the bar... -
#903: Susie’s Place
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Frank’s Tavern Scooter’s 903rd bar, first visited in 2011. There was a little bit of tension in the air when we first stepped inside, and I’m... -
#902: Pappy’s Grill & Pub
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 902nd bar, first visited in 2011. We almost didn’t stop here because it looked too much like a restaurant, but once inside we decided to go... -
#901: Muny Inn
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 901st bar, first visited in 2011. We kept seeing this place listed as “Big Al’s Muny Inn”, but the bartender had never heard of the “Big... -
#900: First & Last Chance Tavern
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 900th bar, first visited in 2011. My 900th bar! To help me celebrate B bought the round out-of-turn, and lucked out with $1 cans for the... -
#899: Jackson’s Tavern
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Yost & Fisher Tavern Scooter’s 899th bar, first visited in 2011. Jackson’s Tavern looks a block from Adams B&G on the map, but in reality they... -
#898: Adams Bar & Grill
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Phipps Tavern Scooter’s 898th bar, first visited in 2011. This is one of those places that looks a lot bigger — and nicer — on the... -
#897: Hickory Tavern
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 897th bar, first visited in 2011. Hickory Tavern is an old bar. No one present during our visit could confirm the age, but they did speak... -
#896: Cordonnier’s Place
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 896th bar, first visited in 2011. This is a fish restaurant, specializing in catfish & carp. Just inside the main entrance is a bar area. A... -
#895: Biggins Sports Bar
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Formerly Mackenzie’s Scooter’s 895th bar, first visited in 2011. This is the new location for Biggins, having opened here just a few weeks ago after previously being... -
#894: Hap’s Place
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 894th bar, first visited in 2011. Hap’s is primarily a well-known catfish restaurant (located right by the river), but it has a small bar in the... -
#893: Pop’s Place
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 893rd bar, first visited in 2011. Pop’s Place is quite a bit bigger, and nicer, than I was expecting! It has at least 3 pool tables,... -
#892: Bill’s Pub
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(Hyde Park, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 892nd bar, first visited in 2011. This was a nice sports dive bar just down the street from Southgate. It has a couple of... -
#891: Southgate Grill & Lounge
Posted on July 2011 | No Comments(Hyde Park, St. Joseph, MO) Formerly 6106 King Hill Avenue Scooter’s 891st bar, first visited in 2011. Southgate is divided into two main areas. The larger restaurant area takes up... -
#371: Katies Pub
Posted on September 2007 | No Comments(Gower, MO) Scooter’s 371st bar, first visited in 2007. Since the phone number was disconnected we assumed this place was out of business. But, on a hunch that a town...
