Downtown Archive

#1784: Doc’s Bar

Posted on August 2024 | No Comments
(Downtown, Watertown, SD) Scooter’s 1784th bar, first visited in 2024. The drive from Fargo to Sioux Falls seems short on paper, but it’s a mid-numbingly dull drive with about 2...
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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
- Happy Bar
  29 August 2014
  (Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1037th bar, first visited in 2014. Back on the evening of July 18, 2009, a buddy and I tried to make a stop here as part...
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- Ruckmoor Lounge
  20 November 2022
  (Crosswoods, Columbus, OH) Scooter’s 1587th bar, first visited in 2022. We almost cut this from our itinerary because we were running an hour behind, but we are so glad we...
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- Betty Danger’s Country Club
  12 August 2016
  (Nordeast, Minneapolis, MN) Formerly Psycho Suzi’s Scooter’s 1146th bar, first visited in 2016. Kitschy to borderline bizarre country-club themed bar, complete with event space, a restaurant, indoor and outdoor dining/drinking,...
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