Essex Archive

#1011: Long Branch

Posted on November 2013 | No Comments
(Essex, MO) Scooter’s 1011th bar, first visited in 2013. This tiny hangout in a tiny town was pretty close to packed when I arrived. Unlike most of the other bars...
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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
- B.B. King’s Blues Club
  26 November 2010
  (Downtown, Memphis, TN) Scooter’s 851st bar, first visited in 2010. Our next stop on Beale Street was packed. There was a cover charge, but it was only $3 and I...
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- Tasting Room at J. Reiger & Co.
  08 January 2022
  (East Bottoms, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1511th bar, first visited in 2022. We found out about this distillery complex less than a week before COVID lockdowns started in early 2020...
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- Chupacabra Cantina
  25 August 2022
  (Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1553rd bar, first visited in 2022. After The Jackalope we decided that we would just walk down the street and stick our heads in the front...
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