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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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Lounge Archive
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#1820: Legs Inn
Posted on October 2024 | No Comments(Cross Village, MI) Scooter’s 1820th bar, first visited in 2024. This historic tavern is a must-see tourist destination at the end of the Tunnel of Trees scenic highway. It was... -
#1804: The Hello Hi
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Sioux Falls, SD) Scooter’s 1804th bar, first visited in 2024. Just kidding about being in for the night! After an hour lying on my bed watching a tornado documentary,... -
#1778: Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge / Troll Lounge
Posted on August 2024 | No Comments(Downtown, Fargo, ND) Scooter’s 1778th bar, first visited in 2024. On almost every bar trip I take I come across at least one place that blows me away. But this... -
#1708: Havana Garage
Posted on October 2023 | No Comments(Downtown, Omaha, NE) Scooter’s 1708th bar, first visited in 2023. We were walking back to our hotel from Barry O’s, staying under awnings and canopies as much as possible due... -
#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... -
#1529: Alaska Lounge
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(SEA-TAC, Seattle, WA) Scooter’s 1529th bar, first visited in 2022. And another new Alaska Lounge. We didn’t really have time to go to our usual (and favorite) Alaska Lounge in... -
#1528: Alaska Lounge
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(Portland International Airport, Portland, OR) Scooter’s 1528th bar, first visited in 2022. Adding another Alaska Lounge to my list, this time the one at the Portland airport. Terminal C, near... -
#1525: The Beach Bite / Ros Rocas Bar & Grill
Posted on April 2022 | No Comments(Rockaway Beach, OR) Scooter’s 1525th bar, first visited in 2022. OPur plan for weeks was to visit Rick’s Roadhouse next door, a dive bar that looked right up our alley.... -
#1513: Outlaw Cigar & Brewery
Posted on March 2022 | No Comments(North Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1513th bar, first visited in 2022. A massive cigar lounge featuring a full bar and several of their own craft beers brewed on site. If... -
#1507: Ten & Two Coffee Bar
Posted on September 2021 | No Comments(Bonner Springs, KS) Scooter’s 1507th bar, first visited in 2021. We came here to the Olde Mill Building (which my GPS had no idea how to get to) expecting to... -
#1488: Panther’s Place
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1488th bar, first visited in 2021. Not quite a speakeasy,. but pretty close. You have to follow them on Instagram to be apprised of when... -
#1493: Enoteca
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Crescent City, CA) Scooter’s 1493rd bar, first visited in 2021. We thought this was a cocktail bar based on pictures we saw in Google reviews, but beer and wine... -
#1491: Seaside Restaurant & Bar
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(Crescent City, CA) Scooter’s 1491st bar, first visited in 2021. We were planning to go to Seaquake Brewing, but they had a nearly 2-hour wait which put it past closing... -
#1489: Li Po Cocktail Lounge
Posted on July 2021 | No Comments(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... -
#1482: V’s Arcade Bar
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1482nd bar, first visited in 2021. I tried to come here twice earlier on this trip. Both times the door was locked even though I was... -
#1477: Barrymore’s
Posted on June 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Lincoln, NE) Scooter’s 1477th bar, first visited in 2021. I almost cut this one off my list because the second half of my planned day was a focus on... -
#1454: Delta Sky Club
Posted on April 2021 | No Comments(Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA) Scooter’s 1454th bar, first visited in 2021. Talked our way in certain we’d been let in to other Delta Sky Clubs even though we... -
#1452: Bar Stilwell
Posted on February 2021 | No Comments(Downtown, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 1452nd bar, first visited in 2021. The bar in the main lobby of the new Loew’s Hotel. The bar features split-level seating areas with an... -
#1422: The Local @ FAI
Posted on December 2019 | No Comments(Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, AK) Scooter’s 1422nd bar, first visited in 2019. This was not an intended destination, but our flight was delayed by a couple of hours. It was... -
#1413: Alaska Airlines North Satellite Lounge
Posted on November 2019 | No Comments(SEA-TAC, Seattle, WA) Scooter’s 1413th bar, first visited in 2019. This private lounge was a godsend during two long layovers here. Lots of comfortable places to sprawl out and sleep,...