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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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Darlene’s Place
09 August 2006(Ellston, IA) Scooter’s 107th bar, first visited in 2006. We sat at the short end of the L-shaped bar under the watchful eye of a mounted goat head smoking a...
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Nancy Whiskey
27 August 2023(North Corktown, Detroit, MI) Scooter’s 1696th bar, first visited in 2023. An absolutely amazing 120+ year old neighborhood dive bar just outside of downtown Detroit! Inside there’s an antique phone...
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Maxine’s Tap Room
08 August 2022(Downtown, Fayetteville, AR) Scooter’s 1544th bar, first visited in 2022. I was supposed to visit this place back in 2019, but after visiting every brewery from Bentonville to Fayetteville in...
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O Fallon Archive
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#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... -
#768: VFW Post 805
Posted on November 2010 | No Comments(Downtown, O Fallon, IL) Scooter’s 768th bar, first visited in 2010. We pulled into O’Fallon a little after 11am on Veterans Day, looking for some veterans to honor. Unfortunately, when...