Downtown Archive

#729: Trade Winds Bar & Grill

Posted on June 2010 | No Comments
(Downtown, Garnett, KS) Scooter’s 729th bar, first visited in 2010. This looks like a good bar, unfortunately the conversations at a table behind us got so obnoxious that we couldn’t...
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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
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  09 October 2024
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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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- Come Back In
  13 August 2016
  (Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1158th bar, first visited in 2016. A dive-ish bar that shares the same kitchen (and I believe owners) as Eseen Haus but has a different menu....
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