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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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theChive HQ
26 August 2022(Downtown, Austin, TX) Scooter’s 1560th bar, first visited in 2022. After a long-ish walk from Friends Bar (made longer with a side trip to CVS to buy a forgotten toothbrush)...
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Elly’s Lake Front Tap
10 August 2006(Clear Lake, IA) Scooter’s 126th bar, first visited in 2006. It was a warm, overcast Thursday afternoon in August as we walked around downtown Clear Lake, Iowa, enjoying cold drinks...
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Li Po Cocktail Lounge
14 July 2021(Chinatown, San Francisco, CA) Scooter’s 1489th bar, first visited in 2021. We arrived in Chinatown a little after 8pm and were disappointed to find pretty much everything closed and no...
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#1844: Van Till Family Farm Winery
(Rayville, MO ) Scooter’s 1844th bar, first visited in 2025. This winery has been on our list for a while, as we had been to its former satellite location in…
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#1843: Crazy Gnome Brewery
(East Nashville, Nashville, TN) Scooter’s 1843rd bar, first visited in 2025. I decided I wanted to visit one brewery in Nashville while camped about 15 miles north of the city….
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#1842: Bryson City Brewing
(Bryson City, NC) Scooter’s 1842nd bar, first visited in 2025. It was a toss-up which brewery in Bryson City we were going to visit today, but this one won out…
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#1841: Native Brews Tap & Grill
(Cherokee, NC) Scooter’s 1841st bar, first visited in 2025. This Native-American (and I believe women as well) owned restaurant and brewery has two locations as of the day before our…
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#1840: River’s End
(Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City, NC) Scooter’s 1840th bar, first visited in 2025. Cane here for dinner and drinks. Couldn’t sit at the bar due to it being a small…
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#1839: Clad & Cordon Vineyard
(Creal Springs, IL) Scooter’s 1839th bar, first visited in 2025. We stayed on their RV campground on the first night of a 9-day vacation. We tried pretty much all of…
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#1838: Strawberry Hill Brewing
(Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, KS) Scooter’s 1838th bar, first visited in 2025. After a few years of delays, this finally opened in the Fall of 2024. But since it’s only…
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#1837: Missy’s White Rabbit Lounge
(Downtown, Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1837th bar, first visited in 2025. Missy’s White Rabbit is located in one of the staircase alleys, either one flight down or 2 flights up…




















