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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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#1767: Fort Noks Bar of Gold
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1767th bar, first visited in 2024. I’m not going to lie, I visited this bar (located in a historic former bank building) only for its name.... -
#1766: Sports Bar
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1766th bar, first visited in 2024. Resuming my originally-scheduled programming, my next stop was a sports bar named… Sports Bar. This sports dive is bigger than... -
#1765: Front Street Taproom
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1765th bar, first visited in 2024. My next stop was supposed to be a highly-recommended dive bar named Duffy’s, but after I got dropped off and... -
#1764: Drekker Brewing Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Madison-Unicorn Park, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1764th bar, first visited in 2024. After I figured out that Drekker Brewing was not actually the same thing as Brewhalla, I made my way... -
#1763: Brewhalla
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Madison-Unicorn Park, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1763rd bar, first visited in 2024. I walked in here thinking this was Drekker Brewing. And it’s an easy mistake to make — the glassware... -
#1762: Chubs
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1762nd bar, first visited in 2024. This dive bar wasn’t originally on my radar but while I was finalizing my travel plans I realized it was... -
#1761: Fargo Brewing Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1761st bar, first visited in 2024. After landing in Fargo and checking into my hotel, I decided my first stop in the city should be the... -
#1760: Venn Brewing Company
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Ericsson, Minneapolis, MN) Scooter’s 1760th bar, first visited in 2024. I had a rather long layover at MSP, so rather than spend it in the airport I decided to look... -
#1759: Railway Winery & Butler Creek Distilling
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Eureka Springs, AR) Scooter’s 1759th bar, first visited in 2024. Technically closer to the town of Beaver than to Eureka Springs, we had driven by this place many times in... -
#1758: Wine & Shine Tasting Room
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Excelsior Springs, MO) 39.34218808045378, -94.22070846520295 Scooter’s 1758th bar, first visited in 2024. The final stop on our tasting tour during our weekend camping trip at Watkins Mill was a... -
#1757: Fence Stile Vineyards, Winery & Distillery
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1757th bar, first visited in 2024. This was out next stop of tastings during our camping weekend at Watkins Mill. We both did wine tastings here,... -
#1756: Shamrock Hills Vineyard and Winery
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Excelsior Springs, MO) Scooter’s 1756th bar, first visited in 2024. We came here for a wine tasting and some appetizers during a weekend camping trip at Watkins Mill. I had... -
#1755: 801 Chophouse
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1755th bar, first visited in 2024. Highe-end steakhouse chain, we came here and at at the bar for our anniversary. In addition to steak and... -
#1754: Monowi Tavern
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Monowi, NE) Scooter’s 1754th bar, first visited in 2024. On the last day of this vacation we took back roads and dropped down into northeastern Nebraska, specifically to visit the... -
#1753: Miner Brewing Company
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Hill City, SD) Scooter’s 1753rd bar, first visited in 2024. While my wife continued wine shopping at Prairie Berry, I walked over to the adjacent (and I believe affiliated) brewery.... -
#1752: Prairie Berry Winery
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Hill City, SD) Scooter’s 1752nd bar, first visited in 2024. We continued over to Prairie Berry, home of their flagship Red Ass Rhubarb wine that had come highly recommended to... -
#1751: Sick N Twisted Brewing / Naughti Wines
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Hill City, SD) Scooter’s 1751st bar, first visited in 2024. We stopped in here after spending an afternoon at Sylvan Lake. From the brewery side of things, I had the... -
#1750: Wagon Wheel Bar
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Interior, SD) Scooter’s 1750th bar, first visited in 2024. While driving through Badlands National Park we accidentally exited the park, and we decided “why not drive on to that little... -
#1749: Big Dummy’s
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Mitchell, SD) Scooter’s 1749th bar, first visited in 2024. My picture is of the back because from the front it look closed, but when we circled back around the... -
#1748: The Depot Pub & Grille
Posted on July 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Mitchell, SD) Scooter’s 1748th bar, first visited in 2024. We stopped in here for dinner after setting up camp, after checking online menus and determining this looked like our... -
#1747: Primitive Olde Crow Winery
Posted on June 2024 | No Comments(Clinton, MO) Scooter’s 1747th bar, first visited in 2024. This winery, located behind an associated highway-facing general store, is dog-friendly (dogs even allowed inside) and serves wood fired pizza in...
