Tuscola Archive

#827: Proud Mary’s

Posted on November 2010 | No Comments
(Tuscola, IL) Scooter’s 827th bar, first visited in 2010. This is a pretty big bar. There’s a large front room that’s the “face” of the establishment. There’s an even larger...
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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
- Old Stove Brewing
  10 May 2023
  (Downtown, Seattle, WA) Scooter’s 1643rd bar, first visited in 2023. We came across this place while walking around Pike Place Market during a layover and trying to find someplace for...
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- Grass Skirt Tiki Room
  07 November 2015
  (Downtown, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1124th bar, first visited in 2015. What a lot of fun this place was! We spent well over an hour here, enjoying appetizers and multiple rounds...
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- Boiler Brewing Company
  21 November 2018
  (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1301st bar, first visited in 2018. Spectacular brewery in the basement of the Grand Manse building, a former courthouse. Accessed from a stairwell in an alley....
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