Central City Archive

#602: The Independent Club

Posted on July 2009 | No Comments
(Central City, NE) Scooter’s 602nd bar, first visited in 2009. A very big, old bar with all sorts of large, inflatable objects hanging from the ceiling. 417 G St Central...
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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
- Fair State Brewing Cooperative
  01 April 2023
  (Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1628th bar, first visited in 2023. The last time I had a drink on this block, 1,464 bars ago in August 2006, it was directly...
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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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- Dugout Bar
  17 July 2009
  (Downtown, Fremont, NE) Scooter’s 620th bar, first visited in 2009. Before we went inside we walked around the block looking for a pizza place that was supposed to be there,...
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