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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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Bike Rack Beer & Coffee
13 October 2019(Downtown, Springdale, AR) Scooter’s 1404th bar, first visited in 2019. Originally this place wasn’t even on my list, and my first stop of the day was supposed to be Black...
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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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Chuck’s Bar
02 June 2011(North Historic District, Savannah, GA) Scooter’s 882nd bar, first visited in 2011. This was the first bar we spotted after descending the steps to the riverfront. It’s a quirky, funky...
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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…
Huey’s Hidden Vault
(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1828th bar, first visited in 2024. This is a new whiskey, cocktail, and cigar bar that opened this past August. Don’t worry if you don’t…
The Undertow
(Orange Beach, AL) Scooter’s 1827th bar, first visited in 2024. One of the locals suggested we go here next. We were a little let down when we saw it was…
The Sloop
(Gulf Shores, AL) Scooter’s 1826th bar, first visited in 2024. We were looking for a true dive bar among a sea of touristy bars, and we struck gold with this…
Grassroots Garden Lounge
(Downtown, Smithville, MO) Scooter’s 1825th bar, first visited in 2024. While I was circling around the block after leaving the brewery I noticed this cocktail bar and decided to check…
WelCo Brewing Project
(Smithville, MO) Scooter’s 1824th bar, first visited in 2024. I was camping nearby at Smithville Lake and got bored one afternoon so decided to head into town to check out…
Ron’s Bar
(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…
Mackinaw Trail Winery, Brewery & Bistro
(Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1822nd bar, first visited in 2024. This winery / brewery is a few miles south of Petoskey. I’d originally planned to do a wine tasting or have…
The Back Lot
(Downtown, Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1821st bar, first visited in 2024. We were looking for someplace to get lunch, and I was charged with finding a place, but no one could…
Legs Inn
(Cross Village, MI) Scooter’s 1820th bar, first visited in 2024. This historic tavern is a must-see tourist destination at the end of the Tunnel of Trees scenic highway. It was…
Petoskey Brewing
(Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1819th bar, first visited in 2024. This had been on my must-visit list ever since I saw a picture of the building a little over a year…
Tap30 Pourhouse
(Downtown, Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1818th bar, first visited in 2024. Since this was right next door we decided it was a must-visit before heading out of downtown. Most of the…
Mitchell Street Pub
(Downtown, Petoskey, MI) Scooter’s 1817th bar, first visited in 2024. We had parked a couple of blocks away and shopped and a candy shop and a clothing store. I took…
Great Turtle Brewery & Distillery
(Mackinac Island, MI) Scooter’s 1816th bar, first visited in 2024. After high tea at the Grand Hotel we went to the bar at the top of the hotel, which offers…
Mustang Lounge
(Mackinac Island, MI) Scooter’s 1815th bar, first visited in 2024. While we were at the Pink Pony we heard about the oldest bar on the island, so headed over there…
Pink Pony Bar & Grill
(Mackinac Island, MI) Scooter’s 1814th bar, first visited in 2024. Our visit to Mackinac Island was kind of a spur of the moment decision. Upon arrival we had a great…
Vue Wine Bar
(Downtown, Charlevoix, MI) Scooter’s 1813th bar, first visited in 2024. It was too windy and choppy to put our kayaks into Lake Michigan, so we decided to drive down to…
New Holland Brewing – Holland Tap Room
(Downtown, Holland, MI) Scooter’s 1812th bar, first visited in 2024. This brewery has been on my bucket list for a few years, and today our driving route just happened to…
Barley & Vine
(Downtown, Platte City, MO) Scooter’s 1811th bar, first visited in 2024. Half brewery, half wine bar, this place opened (I believe) around the end of last year. I opted for…
Willcott Brewing Company
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 1810th bar, first visited in 2024. As we walked in the door we were stopped by a lady who said “Here’s even more people I don’t…
VFW Post # 56
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 1809th bar, first visited in 2024. We were walking from Fluffy’s to Willcott Brewing when we found ourselves in front of an open VFW that we…
Fluffy’s Swedish Pub
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 1808th bar, first visited in 2024. I was hoping to find some sport of crazy Swedish beer here, but it turns out the owner spent quite…
11Worth Station Brew House
(Downtown, Leavenworth, KS) Scooter’s 1807th bar, first visited in 2024. Came here as the first stop on a belated birthday bar crawl for my youngest brother. They do brew their…
Republic Bar
(MSP Airport, St. Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1806th bar, first visited in 2024. Though I had another long layover at MSP, this time I decided to not leave the airport and…
Fernson Brewing Company
(Downtown, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1805th bar, first visited in 2024. The next morning I woke up to dense but rapidly-lifting fog and I first walked a block north to…
The Hello Hi
(Downtown, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1804th bar, first visited in 2024. Just kidding about being in for the night! After an hour lying on my bed watching a tornado documentary,…
Severance Brewing Company
(North End East, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1803rd bar, first visited in 2024. After I left Silver Moon Bar I began walking to Severance Brewing by way of the walking…
Silver Moon Bar
(North End East, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1802nd bar, first visited in 2024. The ride to Silver Moon would be my last Uber ride of this vacation apart from tomorrow’s…
Hi Ho Tavern
(Whittier, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1801st bar, first visited in 2024. Hi-Ho Tavern (also listed as Walter’s Hi-Ho Casino) is a cash-only, beer-only dive bar located just a little bit…
Look’s Beer Company
(Look’s Marketplace, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1800th bar, first visited in 2024. This was the one brewery on my list that I considered cutting because it was so far away…
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#800: Taco Mac
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Chattanooga, TN) Scooter’s 800th bar, first visited in 2010. We were getting hungry, so for my 800th bar we decided to head over to a small regional chain called... -
#799: Hair of the Dog Pub
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Chattanooga, TN) Scooter’s 799th bar, first visited in 2010. We’d pulled off in Chattanooga looking for one particular bar whose name intrigued us. We found that it no longer... -
#798: Dawg Pound Sports & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Blackwood, Calhoun, GA) Scooter’s 798th bar, first visited in 2010. We wanted to make one last stop in northern Georgia. Calhoun appears to be a dry town, however Dawg Pound... -
#797: Bullfrogz
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Kennesaw, GA) Scooter’s 797th bar, first visited in 2010. We had intended to look for a bar in Marietta, but we wound up in Kennesaw by mistake. We asked the... -
#796: The Pool Hall
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 796th bar, first visited in 2010. We REALLY needed to get on the road, but when we got back to the van we noticed that The... -
#795: Churchill’s British Pub
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 795th bar, first visited in 2010. We had already tried and failed twice at finding this bar open, but I was really curious about it so... -
#794: Five Paces Inn
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 794th bar, first visited in 2010. Finally… the one bar we had come to Atlanta to see was now open! We had picked this place weeks... -
#793: Red Door Tavern
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 793rd bar, first visited in 2010. A good old fashioned sports dive. The bar consists of 3 rooms, though we spent all our visit in the... -
#792: Kramer’s
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Formerly Six Scooter’s 792nd bar, first visited in 2010. We can made a complete circle around the neighborhood and found nothing else open. Back at the van,... -
#791: Stout Irish Sports Pub
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 791st bar, first visited in 2010. After circling around a few blocks failing to find an open bar, Google Maps on my phone indicated a possible... -
#790: One Star Ranch
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Buckhead, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 790th bar, first visited in 2010. After B’s GPS device did us wrong and took us to another neighborhood several miles away, we finally found our... -
#789: Back Porch Lounge
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Riverview, Macon, GA) Scooter’s 789th bar, first visited in 2010. B wasn’t feeling so hot after eating too much at his grandma-in-law’s house earlier, so we took a break at... -
#788: Club Synergy
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Macon, GA) Scooter’s 788th bar, first visited in 2010. Because of the name, we expected more of a trendy night club. Instead we found what seemed to be a... -
#787: The Rookery
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Macon, GA) Scooter’s 787th bar, first visited in 2010. After a long day of driving. moving furniture and boxes, and finally a large and delicious home-cooked southern meal at... -
#786: O’Neal’s Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Ashland Hills, Clarksville, TN) Formerly Choppers Roadhouse  Scooter’s 786th bar, first visited in 2010. It took us quite a while to find another place that was still open at... -
#785: Same Ol Jukebox
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 785th bar, first visited in 2010. It took us a little while to find this place, it was further from downtown than we realized. However once we... -
#784: Pea Patch
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 784th bar, first visited in 2010. It was a cold walk of a few blocks to find our next bar of the night. The Pea Patch... -
#783: Lar’s Olde Towne Tavern
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 783rd bar, first visited in 2010. This beer-only bar downtown was an unexpected bonus find. It was very quiet, only 2 other patrons in the bar.... -
#782: Blackhorse Pub & Brewery – The Tap Room
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 782nd bar, first visited in 2010. The Blackhorse Pub was a bar I was eager to visit, unfortunately it has closed early on this Thursday night.... -
#781: Smokey’s Bar & Grill
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Ringgold, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 781st bar, first visited in 2010. We just so happened to walk in on karaoke night, so we watched three girls performing “The Time Warp” back... -
#780: Speakeasy
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Ringgold, Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 780th bar, first visited in 2010. While Mouse Trap still keeps our award for Best Bar in Clarksville, Speakeasy takes the award for Most Memorable. We...