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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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#1724: Many Good Things Brewing
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1724th bar, first visited in 2023. My next stop on my Black Friday bar crawl. I often forget that this street has businesses on it... -
#1723: Katy O’Ferrell’s Publick House
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1723rd bar, first visited in 2023. I needed to kill about 30 minutes waiting for my net planned stop to open, and I had noticed... -
#1722: Minglewood Brewery
Posted on November 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Cape Girardeau, MO) Scooter’s 1722nd bar, first visited in 2023. This is how I spend Black Friday. This brewery seems to be well known for its pizza, but I... -
#1721: 1st Barrel Brewing
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Joseph, MO) Scooter’s 1721st bar, first visited in 2023. We stopped in here for a quick visit on the way home from Omaha. My flight consisted of the... -
#1720: Nebraska Brewing Company Tap Room & Brewery
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(La Vista, NE) Scooter’s 1720th bar, first visited in 2023. I’ve been wanting to come here for many, many years, so this was definitely the highlight of the day for... -
#1719: The Sociable Inn
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1719th bar, first visited in 2023. We decided our next bar was close enough to walk to, so we set out on foot passing a new... -
#1718: Piccolo’s Bar
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1718th bar, first visited in 2023. This was an unplanned stop, but it was literally right next door so it would have been dumb to not... -
#1717: Joe’s Duck Inn
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Millard, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1717th bar, first visited in 2023. After the morning breweries it was time for a dive bar break. If I had realized the route our Uber... -
#1716: Upstream Brewing Company
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1716th bar, first visited in 2023. This made sense as out next stop due to being just a few doors over from the previous stop. (Or... -
#1715: Brickway Brewery & Distillery
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1715th bar, first visited in 2023. Since this was directly across the street from Jackson Street Tavern it made sense for this to be our next... -
#1714: Jackson Street Tavern
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1714th bar, first visited in 2023. Saturday morning we awoke a bit hung over from the might before. So, after a late start, we began walking... -
#1713: The District
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1713th bar, first visited in 2023. After Leavenworth Bar we headed out to revisit The Elbow Room, which we had both previously visited in August 2014.... -
#1712: Leavenworth Bar
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Leavenworth, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1712th bar, first visited in 2023. After St. Andrew’s Pub we still had a couple of hours before the other bars we wanted to visit in... -
#1711: St. Andrew’s Pub
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Benson, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1711th bar, first visited in 2023. This is a separate sports bar attached to and affiliated with Beercade is Beercade. Though both bars share the same... -
#1710: Beercade
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Benson, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1710th bar, first visited in 2023. After lunch we still needed to kill some more time before other bars would be open, so we walked over... -
#1709: Bärchen Beer Garden
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Benson, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1709th bar, first visited in 2023. We arrived in the Benson neighborhood before most places were open, and this was the more interesting looking of the... -
#1708: Havana Garage
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1708th bar, first visited in 2023. We were walking back to our hotel from Barry O’s, staying under awnings and canopies as much as possible due... -
#1707: Barry O’s
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1707th bar, first visited in 2023. This is another bar that I tried to visit in August 2009 but it was so busy it was impossible... -
#1706: Howard & Fine
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1706th bar, first visited in 2023. This is a speakeasy tucked in the back of the downtown location of Moe & Curly’s Pub. (Omaha’s Three Stooges... -
#1705: DJ’s Dugout
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1705th bar, first visited in 2023. The place we had originally planned as a possible dinner spot (Gate 10 Sports Bar) turned out to be closed,... -
#1704: Harney St. Tavern
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1704th bar, first visited in 2023. Another basement bar located a few doors over from Dubliner. Originally we weren’t going to stop here, but we were...
