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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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Guy & Mae’s Tavern
22 June 2013(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...
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Nancy Whiskey
27 August 2023(North Corktown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1696th bar, first visited in 2023. An absolutely amazing 120+ year old neighborhood dive bar just outside of downtown Detroit! Inside there’s an antique phone...
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Silver Moon Tavern
15 November 2010(Quincy, IL) Scooter’s 840th bar, first visited in 2010. We left Uncle Bob’s bar with no real destination in mind, and within moments found a residential street with two bars...
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#1777: Swing Barrel Brewing
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Moorhead, MN) Scooter’s 1777th bar, first visited in 2024. If not for all the road construction in this area making walking no fun, this brewery actually would have been... -
#1775: Junkyard Brewing Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Moorhead, MN) Scooter’s 1775th bar, first visited in 2024. Based on my research this seems to be the most popular brewery in the Fargo-Moorhead area, and it actually has...