Living in the Scoot Utopia

This past Tuesday my buddy Brandon and I took the afternoon off and decided to go barhopping at various dives up north.

STOP 1:  We began the journey in Riverside at The Jockey Club, where we sat in an empty bar for about 3 or 4 minutes before the proprieter came in through the back. Beer selections were limited to what bottles he had in the big tub of ice on the bar.

As you can see from the photos above, the Jockey Club looks as prestigious as it sounds. Fact is, it's not really a club and we didn't see a single jockey. It did kinda smell like horse. --Brandon

STOP 2:  After 1 beer each (total cost, $3) we moved on to The Runaway.

At first glance, the name Runaway almost sounds like a warning. But for those of you who are willing to ignore this foreboding sign and belly up to the bar, you will find cheap beer and a wall covered in pictures of drunken bar patrons. That's just good advertising. --Brandon

Another beer down each. I forget the cost but I think it was $4 total.

STOP 3:  Then we went to Shooter's, home of the $4 pitcher. So we committed our first violation of our 1-beer-per-place rule and got the pitcher.

The bartender at shooters was incredible. We ordered a pitcher of Miller Lite and she gave us a pitcher of Coor's Light. How did she know we really didn't care what kind of beer she served us? Amazing. --Brandon

STOP 4:  We then went across the street to Moxie Bar & Grill, where we got a beer each for a total of $4.

The Moxie- "Home of the Big Red Ashtray" (it's on their uniforms) --Brandon

STOP 5:  Moving south into North Kansas City, our next stop was Pat's Pub.

We love Pat's because they have condiments right at your fingertips. For those of you who like a little Worcestershire with your beer - you are home. --Brandon

And here's Pat herself!

I forgot to take the phone off camera mode and went to go use the bathroom. While in there I checked to see what time it was and as a result have one additional picture from this place that I will not be sharing.

STOP 6:  After we left here the alcohol was really starting to kick in. Our next stop was Bar 12, which I thought was centered when I took this picture but is actually to the left.

This was the fastest bartender we had all day. This picture was taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II with 8.2 megapixel CMOS Sensor and 40 frame JPEG image burst capability. As you can see, she's still a blur. We called her "Flash"; she seemed to really take to it. --Brandon

From here on out I can no longer say for sure what was had at each place. Neither of us ever paid more than $2 for a drink though, and we found $1 draws and $4 pitchers at several places.

STOP 7:  I am not sure what this place was, it was slightly further south on Swift:

There was a little mop dog walking around inside, and this was the kind of place where when I tried to tip the bartender for the beer, he was dumbfounded.

By this time we started getting a little tired, so the bartender let us take a nap in his camper. --Brandon

STOP 8:  Our next stop was over on Choteau at a place simply called The Bar.

As you can see above, The Bar is the home of "Great Bucket Specials". We saw one of the buckets, and I'll have to admit, it was pretty nice. --Brandon

This was probably the busiest of our stops today.

STOP 9:  Next door to The Bar was Harry's TS Corner Bar & Grill.

Harry T's is located right next door to The Bar. The sign on top states that they have "Daily Lunch Specials". As you can imagine, the closeness of these establishments has led to a lot of tension between the two. The argument of the "Great Bucket Special" versus the "Daily Lunch Special" continues to this day. --Brandon

STOP 10:  After here we went to a town I'd heard of but never seen before, Avondale, where we found Depot Saloon.

With a name like "The Depot Saloon" we knew there had to be some great history tied to thebuilding. We figured it must have been an old train depot at one time, so we asked the bartender and she replied, "I don't know." So, that was pretty interesting. --Brandon

STOP 11:  Our final stop was back in North Kansas City at River Aces, where we succumbed to the temptation of another $4 pitcher.

The crowd at River Aces enjoys cold beer and Wheel of Fortune. It's a team effort, so if you think you know it, go ahead and shout it out. If you are too drunk to read, then just shout out anything that comes to mind. --Brandon

We then went bowling (last night of league night this season) where I bowled horrifically, stumbled over the ball return, and was slipped a tequila shot and a gin & tonic.

The night finally ended at Harry's Country Club, where I sipped on water and ate the first food I had had all day. Not eating on the day of a planned pub crawl was dumb. :)

Amazingly, I got to work on time the next morning!