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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!
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Dive bar Archive
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#801: Pickle Barrel
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Chattanooga, TN) Scooter’s 801st bar, first visited in 2010. As we were heading towards downtown I noticed a very cool looking building, so I wanted to check it our... -
#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... -
#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,... -
#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... -
#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... -
#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.... -
#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.... -
#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... -
#779: Mouse Trap
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Clarksville, TN) Scooter’s 779th bar, first visited in 2010. As soon as we stepped in the door, we knew we had found it… THIS IS THE BEST BAR IN CLARKSVILLE!... -
#774: Silver Bullet
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, Paducah, KY) Scooter’s 774th bar, first visited in 2010. As soon as we parked we knew this bar was more our speed. The covered patio overlooking the parking lot... -
#772: Mandy’s East State Bar
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 772nd bar, first visited in 2010. Since we’d already stayed in O’Fallon longer than we planned, we figured there was no way we could leave... -
#771: Haney’s Place
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 771st bar, first visited in 2010. We had planned to visit only 3 bars in O’Fallon, but this place just looked too tempting and we... -
#770: The Outdoorsman
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 770th bar, first visited in 2010. This was our third stop in O’Fallon as we walked around the downtown area. A laid-back, neighborhood dive bar... -
#769: Towne Lounge
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 769th bar, first visited in 2010. We popped in here after our first visit to the local VFW and were greeted by an enthusiastic young...
