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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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Outdoor seating Archive
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#1500: Duck Pond Eatery and Beer Garden
Posted on August 2021 | No Comments(Christmas, MI) Scooter’s 1500th bar, first visited in 2021. This was an awesome vacation find for my 1500th bar! We had some nice appetizers and they had a really great... -
#1499: ExBEERiment Brewing
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Gardner, KS) Scooter’s 1499th bar, first visited in 2021. This wasn’t intended to be the last stop of the day, but the pizza and cookies at the previous place filled... -
#1498: Apogee Coffee & Draft
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Olathe, KS) Scooter’s 1498th bar, first visited in 2021. Yoga studio, rock climbing gym, coffee shop, and craft beer bar all under one roof! Of course I was here for... -
#1497: POG Brewing Company
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Cleveland, MO) Scooter’s 1497th bar, first visited in 2021. A brewery way out there, with pretty impressive food and a beer list that is all named for military slang terms.... -
#1488: Panther’s Place
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1488th bar, first visited in 2021. Not quite a speakeasy,. but pretty close. You have to follow them on Instagram to be apprised of when... -
#1494: Russian River Brewing Company
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Santa Rosa, CA) Scooter’s 1494th bar, first visited in 2021. This was our planned dinner spot, and despite their web site stating that the kitchen is open until 8:30pm,... -
#1493: Enoteca
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Crescent City, CA) Scooter’s 1493rd bar, first visited in 2021. We thought this was a cocktail bar based on pictures we saw in Google reviews, but beer and wine... -
#1492: Port o’ Pints Brewing Company
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Crescent City, CA) Scooter’s 1492nd bar, first visited in 2021. This small brewery was extremely crowded and noisy, making communication with the bar staff very difficult. But once I got... -
#1491: Seaside Restaurant & Bar
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Crescent City, CA) Scooter’s 1491st bar, first visited in 2021. We were planning to go to Seaquake Brewing, but they had a nearly 2-hour wait which put it past closing... -
#1486: Wild Bill’s Bar & Grill
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Rulo, NE) Scooter’s 1486th bar, first visited in 2021. This place has been on my want-to-visit list for about a dozen years, mainly because I wanted to hang out in... -
#1485: Boiler Brewing Company – South
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1485th bar, first visited in 2021. Boiler Brewing’s second location, in the same shopping center as the two previous brewery tap rooms. I had the King Size... -
#1484: Zipline Beer Hall
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1484th bar, first visited in 2021. Zipline’s second location in Lincoln, sandwiched between two other brewery tap rooms in the same shopping center. I had the Things... -
#1483: Catalyst – Kitchen, Taproom, Patio, & Brewing Co.
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Formerly Local Kitchen + Patio Scooter’s 1483rd bar, first visited in 2021. This big restaurant/brewery with a big patio is located in a relatively new shop[ping center in... -
#1480: The Beacon Lounge
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1480th bar, first visited in 2021. Back on July 15, 2009, my friend Brandon and I were on the first day of a 5-day bar crawl.... -
#1472: Backswing Brewing Company
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1472nd bar, first visited in 2021. I found the tap room here, which is essentially a hybrid of indoor-outdoor space, the most enjoyable among those I visited... -
#1471: Zipline Brewing Company
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1471st bar, first visited in 2021. Sl;ightly hard to find, the main Zip Line Brewery is located in an industrial area a couple miles west of downtown... -
#1469: Kinkaider Tap Room
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1469th bar, first visited in 2021. This brewery taproom didn’t have anything in my wheelhouse so I had to be brave and branch out to try other... -
#1470: Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1470th bar, first visited in 2021. Lazlo’s is the front-end tasting room for the adjacent Empyrean Brewing. I had a snack here and unfortunately they don’t... -
#1468: White Elm Brewing – Haymarket
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1468th bar, first visited in 2021. The downtown location of White Elm brewing comes with an indoor/outdoor bar, a patio looking down on the street, and... -
#1467: Tavern on the Square
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1467th bar, first visited in 2021. I would like to have spent more time here because it seems like a pretty cool place, but it was... -
#1464: Big Ten Tavern
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Bennet, NE) Scooter’s 1464th bar, first visited in 2021. From what it sounds like, this place recently opened under new ownership. The bar is divided into three main seating areas,...
