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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!
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Kansas Archive
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#1085: Brick Yard 20 Ale House
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1085th bar, first visited in 2015. This is an enormous new establishment that was still under construction at the time of our visit, but had been... -
#1084: The Noose
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Emporia, KS) Formerly Lariat Lounge Scooter’s 1084th bar, first visited in 2015. Biker-friendly dive bar with a pool table in the front and a patio in the back. The... -
#1083: Charlie’s Place
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Emporia, KS) Formerly Last Chance Cantina Scooter’s 1083rd bar, first visited in 2015. Though the bar counter itself is pretty small (though very nice and clean), this is a... -
#1082: Mary’s Place
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1082nd bar, first visited in 2015. One of the ratings I sometimes give when visiting bars in new city is, “This is the Zoo Bar of ____.”... -
#1081: Just One More
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Emporia, KS) Formerly Purple Duck Scooter’s 1081st bar, first visited in 2015. This narrow dive bar features a long, boomerang-shaped bar with a pool table at one end. We watched... -
#1080: Coach’s
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1080th bar, first visited in 2015. This place is quite a bit nicer than I expected. It’s really more of a restaurant than a bar, the bar... -
#1079: Wagon Wheel
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1079th bar, first visited in 2015. This was originally going to be our third Emporia stop, but after we learned of its quirky weekday hours we decided... -
#1078: Bishop’s Brew
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Ottawa, KS) Scooter’s 1078th bar, first visited in 2015. We started out our weekend road trip with a couple of bottles at this 3.2% beer bar. There’s pool tables, a... -
#1045: 5th Street Bar & Grill
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(Downtown, Pittsburg, KS) Scooter’s 1045th bar, first visited in 2014. The third stop in our 9-states-in-1-day pub crawl, representing Kansas. We hadn’t taken into account that some of these small... -
#998: VFW #5531
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Wathena, KS) Scooter’s 998th bar, first visited in 2013. We really wanted to find one more Kansas bar. But here we were just a mile or so from the state... -
#997: Dew Drop Inn
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Hiawatha, KS) Scooter’s 997th bar, first visited in 2013. Kansas’s “Beer Bars” (also known as “3.2 Bars” or “CMB Bars”) are almost always unexpected treats. Since they are licensed... -
#996: Rosey’s Cantina
Posted on August 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Hiawatha, KS) Scooter’s 996th bar, first visited in 2013. This was nothing at all like I expected. From the name, I was thinking Mexican restaurant. Instead I found a... -
#984: Guy & Mae’s Tavern
Posted on June 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Williamsburg, KS) Scooter’s 984th bar, first visited in 2013. Guy & Mae’s is a little hole in the wall bar that, apart from the dollar bills hanging from the... -
#978: Woody’s Watering Hole
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Formerly Potter’s Pub Scooter’s 978th bar, first visited in 2013. Woody’s is owned by an Army officer who wanted to create a fun place to hang out.... -
#977: Ross’s 20th Street Bar & Grill
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 977th bar, first visited in 2013. Bar on one side, liquor store on the other. So, as a I quickly learned, if the bar doesn’t stock what... -
#976: Benny’s
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 976th bar, first visited in 2013. We almost didn’t stop here because it looked so much like someone’s house, but the small sign on the east side... -
#975: Legends of Country Music
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Easton, KS) Scooter’s 975th bar, first visited in 2013. I guess they mustn’t get very many out-of-town visitors, because we were all carded despite being in our 30s and... -
#974: Stinky’s Other Side
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown Square, Oskaloosa, KS) Scooter’s 974th bar, first visited in 2013. This was a place I had to make a side trip to just for the name alone. I mean... -
#973: Humm-Dingers
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 973rd bar, first visited in 2013. We didn’t expect to be the only people here when we arrived, but I guess all the bikers were still... -
#972: Flamingo Too
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Valley Falls, KS) Scooter’s 972nd bar, first visited in 2013. An interesting place! Apparently it’s a one-man operation, one of the locals told me the owner has no employees... -
#971: The Hop
Posted on April 2013 | No Comments(Downtown, Nortonville, KS) Scooter’s 971st bar, first visited in 2013. This is the kind of place I love to find — a dive bar in a far-flung small town located...
