Downtown Archive

#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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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
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  09 August 2006
  (Diagonal, IA) Scooter’s 106th bar, first visited in 2006. From the outside this was probably the most run-down looking of any place we visited but once we stepped in we...
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- 9th & State
  17 September 2022
  (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Formerly Lots of things Scooter’s 1571st bar, first visited in 2022. We had tried to visit here a week earlier but it was closed for a...
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- Dusty’s Bar
  12 August 2006
  (Nord East, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 161st bar, first visited in 2006. The bar was pretty busy so we sat at a table and the smell of Dago Burgers was mouthwatering....
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