Scooter's

I have given Scooter's many chances to give me a good impression. At best it is a lackluster version of a club in SouthEastern Wisconsin called LaCage, but without the charm or class. At it's worst it seems to be a favorite haunt for the circus sideshow freaks and ne'er-do-wells that can't seem to find a home anywhere else in the city. "We gays will dare to go anywhere I suppose, even if it is scraping the bottom of a crack pipe or meth mirror, to give a hetero a quickie in the parking lot." I digress. I have only received, what I would call, good service from two of the bar tenders. A nice fun young lady and middle aged man. The first time I ever stepped foot in Scooter's and sat at the bar a tired queen was tending bar who completely ignored me for at least 20 minutes while I sat there with money in hand. And to this day any time I go to there when he is behind the bar I cant get served with any sort of sense of customer service. I wait and wait and wait and wait and wait while he chats everyone up many of whom came up to the bar after I had been there. I can't get a simple answer to a simple question; i.e. "do you have any flavoured Absoluts?" "yes"  .... now normally a good bartender would generally list what flavors the bar carries, since most bars don't carry ALL the flavors of Absolut. but he didn't so I asked "well which flavors do you have?" "There are a lot of them," UGH! WTF! needless to say that was my last interaction with him for the night. previous to this I asked him to make a pretty standard COCKTAIL and he had no clue as to what it was, so I had to tell him, he then proceeded to serve it to me WARM, UNMIXED, and IN PLASTIC. GOOD GRIEF! My experiences with the rest of the staff haven't been this awful, but they certainly haven't been stellar.
     The atmosphere at Scooter's which you may have guessed, isn't all that glamorous. The bar stools are uncomfortable, The dance floor is caged in by a wooden fence reminiscent of the last days of square. The decor is all just kind of mix and unmatched with a hint of gay hoarder. The flat screen TVs seem to only work when they want to, when they aren't the images just flip a la your grandparents tube TV connected to an antenna. The crowd is full of brooding queers and their hags, that probably couldn't make it in a real city if they tried. The dykes seem to have an odd hierarchy that I haven't been able to decipher just yet. though they do seem to have fun. Then there's the closet gays.... oh dear me. I guess being in the Great North Woods will lead to being in the closet, but good Lord. There always just seems to be this odd stench of fear and aura of uncomfortable filling the room, like someone's maniacal wife is going to come plowing through the front door guns a blazing.
     The entertainment is very minimal. I am not sure how many DJs they have, but the one I have seen, must get by on his looks. he certainly isn't a very good DJ. and the music is typical gay gay, but with a twist. I dunno. It's like one good song for every eighteen bad songs. Not to mention the AWFUL sound system, which seems as though someone blew it out some time in the 90's and they haven't replaced it. And don't get me started on the drag queens, I guess living in the Great North Woods and being so far removed from the real world one forgets what a woman actually looks like. or that orange and brown and  pale white don't match at the neck and chin.
     Overall I guess it's better than nothing, but if like me you have been to a gay bar somewhere other than Tennessee in the 70's you may find yourself a little disappointed. I do not fault the uneducated clientele however, I do place blame with the proprietors for not providing an environment that is en par with other establishments of its nature across this great country of ours.

I stumbled upon Scooters on a recent visit to Eau Claire, WI....

In contrast to one reviewer's comments, I found the customers here wonderfully inviting.  Although it is a gay bar, as a straight man, I found the bar comfortable, friendly, and fun.  At no point in time, did I feel like I was in a hostile environment or that the bar was home to an inappropriate client base.

I appreciated the bar's affordable drinks, dance floor, and patio.  In addition, its multiple flat screen TVs are great 'catching a game' with friends.

In short, I liked this place and will return when in the area again.