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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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Wisconsin Archive
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#1330: 1840 Brewing Company
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Bay View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1330th bar, first visited in 2019. I had never heard of this place, but it came recommended by an Internet Stranger who had been here... -
#1329: Third Space Brewing
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Menomonee River Valley, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1329th bar, first visited in 2019. I wasn’t originally planning to come here, but when fate handed me one of their stickers and then... -
#1328: Sobelman’s
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Menomonee River Valley, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1328th bar, first visited in 2019. We had decided well in advance that our next bar after Holler House was going to be a... -
#1327: Holler House
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Forest Home Hills, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1327th bar, first visited in 2019. I have been to a ton of dive bars. Up to the point of this writing, I had... -
#1326: Wolski’s Tavern
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1326th bar, first visited in 2019. We had been having such a good time at At Random that we were in serious danger of... -
#1325: At Random
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Bay View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1325th bar, first visited in 2019. This was another recommendation from a bartender earlier in the day. And we almost missed it, because what looked... -
#1324: The Bubbler
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Bay View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1324th bar, first visited in 2019. The other neighborhood bar near our AirBNB, this was just a few minutes walk east from Sam’s Tap and... -
#1323: Sam’s Tap
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Bay View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1323rd bar, first visited in 2019. After resting at the AirBNB for a few hours, it was time to head back out on out mission... -
#1322: Shaker’s Cigar Bar
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Walker’s Point, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1322nd bar, first visited in 2019. This place was recommended to us by the bartender at the previous bar. Along the way we did some... -
#1321: La Merenda
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Harbor View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1321st bar, first visited in 2019. As we were wrapping up at George’s we were getting hungry. Our group couldn’t decide between Mexican or Indian.... -
#1320: George’s Pub
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Harbor View, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1320th bar, first visited in 2019. Back last November, a couple of Canadians came into Zoo Bar on a Saturday. They liked to travel, and... -
#1319: Who’s On Third
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1319th bar, first visited in 2019. After Pabst we went to find the Bronze Fonz statue. It took a bit to get to it, a marathon... -
#1318: Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Downtown, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1318th bar, first visited in 2019. We began the next day with what we had intended to be a full-blown visit and tour to all of... -
#1317: Scaffidi’s Hideout
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1317th bar, first visited in 2019. At the other end of the block from Fink’s was arrived at the bar we were originally heading... -
#1316: Fink’s
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1316th bar, first visited in 2019. While we were eating at Red Lion we did some googling and found a place called Scaffidi’s Hideout... -
#1315: Red Lion Pub
Posted on April 2019 | No Comments(Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI) Scooter’s 1315th bar, first visited in 2019. We had prepared well in advance a list of all the bars we wanted to visit in Milwaukee.... -
#1164: Potosi Brewing Company
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Potosi, WI) Scooter’s 1164th bar, first visited in 2016. This brewery was it bit out of the way on a rather winding country road, but it was worth the trip.... -
#1163: Silver Dollar Tavern
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1163rd bar, first visited in 2016. This dive bar was directly acruss the street from the rear exit of our previous bar, and was our last... -
#1162: Wisconsin Brewing Tap Haus
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1162nd bar, first visited in 2016. After Paradise Loung we started walking to the western corner of the square with no particular destination in mind, and... -
#1161: Paradise Lounge
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1161st bar, first visited in 2016. We passed at least half a dozen bars walking over to the south corner of the square, but I’d heard... -
#1160: Tipsy Cow
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1160th bar, first visited in 2016. This restaurant is a tiny little two-room wedge directly facing the capitol building. There’s a small sidewalk seating area demarcated by...
