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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!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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Velvet Dog
06 May 2003(Union Hill, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 12th bar, first visited in 2003. This is one of the trendier bars, a genre I typically am not a fan of. But of...
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The Angry Swede Brewing Company
07 November 2020(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...
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Bullet Hole
16 July 2009(Utica, NE) Scooter’s 586th bar, first visited in 2009. This was a COMPLETE bonus bar, absolutely nothing in our research indicated this would be here and we wouldn’t expect a...
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#505: Frederick’s Tikki Bar
Posted on September 2008 | No Comments(Turner, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 505th bar, first visited in 2008. Tiny private club in the railyards. Serves pizza and canned beer. Karaoke on Friday nights. 4448 Speaker Rd Kansas... -
#343: Jamie’s Place
Posted on July 2007 | No Comments(Turner, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 343rd bar, first visited in 2007. The bartender here was a really cool guy and came over to chat with us a bit. He pointed...