Oaktown Archive

#812: Da Bar & Grill

Posted on November 2010 | No Comments
(Oaktown, IN) Scooter’s 812th bar, first visited in 2010. This is a very hard bar to find. Some mapping software claims it doesn’t exist, and the roads in this town...
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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
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- Joe’s Duck Inn
  14 October 2023
  (Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1717th bar, first visited in 2023. After the morning breweries it was time for a dive bar break. If I had realized the route our Uber...
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- Zoo Bar
  19 June 2021
  (Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1476th bar, first visited in 2021. As a long-time denizen of Zoo Bar in Kansas City, I’ve been long trying to visit the famous blues venue...
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