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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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Parkville Wine House
(Downtown, Parkville, MO) Scooter’s 1830th bar, first visited in 2025. This wine bar (which also features a curated set of craft beer) opened in 2024 in a converted house right…
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#1641: Laka Lono Rum Club
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1641st bar, first visited in 2023. Now after midnight so technically Saturday, a friend had texted me this recommendation while I was at another bar earlier... -
#1640: Parliament Pub
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1640th bar, first visited in 2023. This wasn’t a place we’d planned to visit, but we stumbled across it after finding the place we were heading... -
#1639: Alderman’s Bar
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Leavenworth, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1639th bar, first visited in 2023. Somehow I’ve missed this spot on previous visits even though it’s right across the street from a former bar I... -
#1638: Hi-Lo Diner
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(MSP Airport, St. Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1638th bar, first visited in 2023. As I was heading to the airport my online boarding pass showed my flight departing from concourse G,... -
#1637: Surly Brewing Company
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Prospect Park, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1637th bar, first visited in 2023. I saved the biggest for last, with this being my only brewery to visit on this Sunday before heading... -
#1636: W XYZ Minneapolis
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1636th bar, first visited in 2023. After returning to my hotel and getting settled in, I remembered that one should always make an effort to visit... -
#1635: Otter’s Saloon
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1635th bar, first visited in 2023. This tiny little karaoke dive bar was packed but a lot of fun, I’ll plan to come back here... -
#1634: Whitey’s Old Town Saloon
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1634th bar, first visited in 2023. When I was 10 years old, Navin R. Johnson (and his family) taught me “Don’t trust Whitey“. But this... -
#1633: Insight Brewing
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Mid-City Industrial, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1633rd bar, first visited in 2023. Because this place was a little out of the way and I had planned on several dive bars earlier... -
#1632: 612Brew
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1632nd bar, first visited in 2023. This brewery is one of several tenants in a larger commercial building, and the common restroom shared by them... -
#1631: Bauhaus Brew Labs
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1631st bar, first visited in 2023. Has the weather been better I’d have just walked here. But there was just too much snow on the... -
#1630: Indeed Brewing
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1630th bar, first visited in 2023. This was a massive brewery complex, much larger than I realized for the majority of my visit. I only... -
#1629: Dangerous Man Brewing
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1629th bar, first visited in 2023. This brewery is one that I planned to visit when I was here in 2016, but just never made... -
#1628: Fair State Brewing Cooperative
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1628th bar, first visited in 2023. The last time I had a drink on this block, 1,464 bars ago in August 2006, it was directly... -
#1627: Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative
Posted on April 2023 | No Comments(Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1627th bar, first visited in 2023. Had I not rescheduled this trip from its original date of the first weekend of March, I wouldn’t have... -
#1626: Pog Mahone’s Pub & Grill
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1626th bar, first visited in 2023. With the blizzard beginning to come together within minutes after I returned to my hotel, it became clear I would... -
#1625: Urban Growler Brewing Company
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(South St. Anthony Park, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1625th bar, first visited in 2023. This was supposed to come before Bang Brewing, but I made a last-second switch. Dumb idea.... -
#1624: Bang Brewing Company
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(South St. Anthony Park, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1624th bar, first visited in 2023. This was originally planned to be my last brewery of the night. It was a late... -
#1623: Black Stack Brewing
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(Hamline-Midway, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1623rd bar, first visited in 2023. This brewery is located inside a giant abandoned factory that has been repurposed into separate spaces for an eclectic... -
#1622: Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(Irvine Park, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1622nd bar, first visited in 2023. If I can be quite honest for a moment — I don’t actually particularly like the beer styles... -
#1621: Bad Weather Brewing
Posted on March 2023 | No Comments(Irvine Park, St Paul, MN) Scooter’s 1621st bar, first visited in 2023. Though the location made this a natural choice, the primary reason I picked this brewery was that I...
