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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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Sports bar Archive
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#1183: Chicken N Pickle
Posted on January 2017 | No Comments(North Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1183rd bar, first visited in 2017. Rotisserie chicken restaurant and bar with indoor and outdoor pickleball courts, other outdoor games in its courtyard, an outdoor... -
#1170: Shark Bite Bar & Grill @ Runaway II Resort
Posted on September 2016 | No Comments(Mile Marker 45, Climax Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1170th bar, first visited in 2016. Sat out on the patio and our little group was half the audience for a little band... -
#1158: Come Back In
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Madison, WI) Scooter’s 1158th bar, first visited in 2016. A dive-ish bar that shares the same kitchen (and I believe owners) as Eseen Haus but has a different menu.... -
#1154: James Ballentine VFW Post #246
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Lyn-Lake, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1154th bar, first visited in 2016. (Also known as “Uptown VFW”) It’s not often that a VFW shows up on nearly every list of must-see bars... -
#1150: Nomad World Pub
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(West Bank, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1150th bar, first visited in 2016. This wasn’t originally on our list but the bartender at The Local (who also works here) recommended it. In... -
#1143: The Corner Bar
Posted on August 2016 | No Comments(Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) 44.972875, -93.247651 Scooter’s 1143rd bar, first visited in 2016. Spacious sorts bar with an attached comedy club. Large rectangular central bar island. I had the Bent Paddle... -
#1122: Donerick’s Pub & Grill
Posted on November 2015 | No Comments(Grove City, OH) Scooter’s 1122nd bar, first visited in 2015. Hung out here with male relatives while the women we were all with were enduring a nearby baby shower. Though... -
#1117: Oscar’s Bar & Grill
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(College Hill, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1117th bar, first visited in 2015. Oscar’s is located in a rather nondescript building, a building shared with a hair salon, in what appears to... -
#1111: The Dutch Goose
Posted on August 2015 | No Comments(Randolph, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1111th bar, first visited in 2015. We had a mini pseudo-toast in here to celebrate my 1111th bar. There’s a long bar along one wall, and... -
#1104: 64 Tavern & Grille
Posted on June 2015 | No Comments(Tremont Square, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1104th bar, first visited in 2015. Sports bar with a good size patio, lots of video screens, and some pretty good burgers. We came... -
#1093: Stevie Rae’s
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Likins Foster, Topeka, KS) Scooter’s 1093rd bar, first visited in 2015. This rather-hard-to-get-to bar just recently opened and was prepping for a birthday party. It’s more of a pool hall,... -
#1092: Bruff’s
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1092nd bar, first visited in 2015. More of a restaurant, but there’s an island bar in the center and a back room with pool tables. We snacked... -
#1087: The Scoreboard Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Downtown, Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1087th bar, first visited in 2015. We expected this to be the busiest bar of the night, instead it was the quietest at this particular time.... -
#1080: Coach’s
Posted on April 2015 | No Comments(Emporia, KS) Scooter’s 1080th bar, first visited in 2015. This place is quite a bit nicer than I expected. It’s really more of a restaurant than a bar, the bar... -
#1070: The Garage Burgers & Brews
Posted on February 2015 | No Comments(Harrisonville, MO) Formerly an auto repair shop Scooter’s 1070th bar, first visited in 2015. This former service center is now a nice little burger joint with a racing/garage theme. It’s... -
#1059: The Fishing Dock
Posted on November 2014 | No Comments(Archie, MO) Scooter’s 1059th bar, first visited in 2014. We stopped by here not really knowing what to expect, and immediately enjoyed the large shark over the entrance. Inside is... -
#1057: All Star Pizza & Pub
Posted on September 2014 | No Comments(Northland, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1057th bar, first visited in 2014. Sports bar / pizza joint in a suburban shopping center. I’d known about it for a couple of years... -
#1053: Sundeckers
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(Downtown, St. Louis, MO) Scooter’s 1053rd bar, first visited in 2014. Since today was supposed to be about breweries we hadn’t planned on stopping here, but due to a festival... -
#1049: Touchdown Sports Bar & Grill
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(Dyersburg, TN) Scooter’s 1049th bar, first visited in 2014. AKA Touchdown Bar AKA Touchdown Club. This was stop #7 on our 9-states-in-1-day pub crawl, representing Tennessee. We picked this bar... -
#1036: No. 9 Saloon
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(Gladstone, MO) Scooter’s 1036th bar, first visited in 2014. A biker bar in a former Harley Davidson dealership, apparently it’s been there for a year and I never noticed it... -
#1034: Al’s Bar & Grill
Posted on August 2014 | No Comments(Crestridge Center, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 1034th bar, first visited in 2014. This place was a lot cleaner and brighter than I was expecting from the outside. There’s an L-shaped bar...
