Platte Ridge Archive

#957: Arthur’s Lounge

Posted on October 2012 | No Comments
(Platte Ridge, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 957th bar, first visited in 2012. This is a bar that I was supposed to visit way back in 2006, but as I was...
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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
A Few Random Favorites
- The Belfry
  21 February 2015
  (Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1073rd bar, first visited in 2015. I’ve known about this place since it opened a while back, but bring that it’s in a spot that’s...
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- The Depot Pub & Grille
  03 July 2024
  (Downtown, Mitchell, SD) Scooter’s 1748th bar, first visited in 2024. We stopped in here for dinner after setting up camp, after checking online menus and determining this looked like our...
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- Ron’s Bar
  11 October 2024
  (Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1823rd bar, first visited in 2024. While we were at the winery my wife asked one of the servers, “If we wanted to go to a dive...
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