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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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Warbird Whiskey
(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1829th bar, first visited in 2024. A whiskey/cocktail bar that opened a few months ago, this one with theme honoring American military aviation history. When…
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#1745: Brewer’s Kitchen
Posted on February 2024 | No Comments(Hyde Park, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1745th bar, first visited in 2024. Decided to check this place out for a late breakfast before we headed to a lawn and garden... -
#1744: Whiskey River
Posted on February 2024 | No Comments(Old Town at Creekside, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 1744th bar, first visited in 2024. Whiskey and craft beer bar with all sorts of high-end spirits, and creative cocktails. Also serves some... -
#1743: Pairings by Van Till
Posted on January 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1743rd bar, first visited in 2024. This is a wine bar associated with the Van Till Family Winery in Rayville, MO. Each end of the... -
#1742: Piropos
Posted on January 2024 | No Comments(Briarcliff, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1742nd bar, first visited in 2024. We came in here for cocktails and appetizers and sat at the bar. The place was absolutely packed, which... -
#1741: Thyme Kitchen and Craft Beer
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1741st bar, first visited in 2023. My last bar in 2023 was the venue we selected for our NYE dinner reservation. We had pork belly appetizers,... -
#1740: Friendly Valley Tavern
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1740th bar, first visited in 2023. Our last dive bar for this trip opened in an old bunker in 1947. The oddly-shaped building features a low and... -
#1739: Tartan Inn
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1739th bar, first visited in 2023. We decided to visit just one other bar in West Peoria, and it was a choice between Owls Nest and... -
#1738: Mike’s Tavern
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1738th bar, first visited in 2023. The town of West Peoria has a cluster of neighborhood dive bars, and we decided to explore a couple of... -
#1737: West Town Tap
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Bluff, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1737th bar, first visited in 2023. This dive bar serves breakfast from 6am-2pm daily, so seemed like a good place to start the day. Most... -
#1736: The Basket Case
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(West Bluff, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1736th bar, first visited in 2023. We hadn’t been to a dive bar yet on this trip and my wife wanted to sing, so after... -
#1735: Martinis On Water Street
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1735th bar, first visited in 2023. We saw this place — one of two venues occupying an old train station (the other a BBQ place) —... -
#1734: Evergreen Farm Brewing
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Metamora, IL) Scooter’s 1734th bar, first visited in 2023. Our original plan was for our next destination to be Tres Rojas Winery in the nearby town of Washington. But When... -
#1733: Bent Tree Tasting Room at Old Mill Vineyard
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Metamora, IL) Scooter’s 1733rd bar, first visited in 2023. We decided to begin the next day by driving out into the countryside to visit a winery. We picked this one... -
#1732: Bearded Owl Brewing
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Peoria, IL) OUT OF BUSINESS Scooter’s 1732nd bar, first visited in 2023. When we found out that this brewery was closing for good this weekend, its position on our... -
#1731: Kelleher’s Irish Pub & Eatery
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1731st bar, first visited in 2023. We decided to pick this place for dinner because it had a good menu and looked pretty. The bar area... -
#1730: Industry Brewing
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Peoria, IL) Scooter’s 1730th bar, first visited in 2023. I drove up to this brewery early in the day because it seemed unlikely I’d get a chance to visit it... -
#1729: Fat Boyz Grill & Bar
Posted on December 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Kearney, MO) Scooter’s 1729th bar, first visited in 2023. We came up here for a big cannabis sale at a nearby dispensary, then decided to check out the local... -
#1728: The Riverhouse
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Scott City, MO) Scooter’s 1728th bar, first visited in 2023. We came here in the mistaken belief it was a winery, but it’s actually a wine bar. No worries. We... -
#1727: 21 Taps
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1727th bar, first visited in 2023. This is one of those self-service beer wall establishments. I wasn’t 100% sure it was still in business because... -
#1726: The Library
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1726th bar, first visited in 2023. This is a place I’d been wanting to check out for quite some time (close to a decade) but... -
#1725: Ebb & Flow Fermentations
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1725th bar, first visited in 2023. My next destination turned out to be a nice, relaxing places to sip on some really good libations. The...
