Last week I went with my friend and weekly co-star, Jim/Karl to the Corner Inn in Elmwood, Illinois. We had a fun evening there and we met a gentleman named Jeff who said he had invented a new type of a bar and it was located in his garage in Farmington, Illinois.
Well, of course we have to check that out, so it’s off to Farmington, Illinois we go!
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Bar Number 248: 1/4-20 Tap, Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Here we are on our way to Farmington with Karl behind the wheel. I took a shot of Karl driving, but it was a dark and blurry shot, so we’ll have to wait to see Karl.
Till then it’s onwards we go to…
Sneaky Pete’s Gaming Parlor in Farmington.
Jeff told us to go inside of here and then exit out the back door and his bar would be off to the left in the alley.
We walked in and Dawn, who was bartending pointed us towards the back door. You’ll meet Dawn in our first-ever bonus bar segment which will be coming up in a bit if you just keep on scrolling!
We went to the back door, went out and took a left and…
Just like magic, the 1/4-20 Tap appeared like magic!
I like the signage outside! Let’s go in and see what’s happening in the 1/4-20 Tap!
Wow, this is one cooll garage and there’s Karl and Jeff seated inside!
And now it’s time to present this special bar that Jeff has invented.
Ladies and Gentlemen, you’ve all heard of the Compact Car. Well, we now present the world’s first…
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Compact Bar!
Check it out, it’s a compact bar that has everything a bar needs in a quarter of the space!
This is genius and I’m proud to be presenting this on the MBIP 365 Bar Crawl!
Here’s the bartender, owner and inventor of the Compact Bar, Jeff!
Jeff is also known as the Mayor of the Alley and he enjoys partying back here!
Here’s that shot of Karl at the bar I promised earlier!
Here’s some more shots of the Compact Bar in the 1/4-20 Tap.
As you can see, it’s well stocked and I love the bobbleheads in the corner. Although I have to say, Bart Starr looks a little like Chris Hansen from To Catch A Predator. “Why don’t you take a seat, right over there?”
Jeff’s a motorcycle enthusiast and rider and there’s the three impressive motorcycles in the garage.
There’s Jeff with his cousin Mike behind the Compact Bar.
It turns out Mike worked at the PJ Star for over 30 years and a number of those years he was the City Editor! We had a fun conversation about the old newspaper days that are sadly history now. It was great to meet Mike and I enjoyed our chat!
Jeff had a nice fire going in the driveway. Definitely an Arthur Brown moment!
Here’s a couple parting shots of the first Compact Bar of this tour!
And as you can see from the ashtray, it’s one of the few bars that you can still smoke at!
Before we left, I made my mark on the graffiti wall in here!
Thanks so much to Jeff for having us out to the 1/4-20 Tap, the first Compact Bar of this tour! We had a blast!
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Bonus Bar Segment at Sneaky Pete’s!
Since we had to go through Sneaky Pete’s to get to Karl’s car, we thought we’d stop and have a drink!
Sneaky Pete’s is a gaming parlor, but they also have a nice bar in here. There’s the pretty and friendly bartender, Dawn serving me up a can of Budweiser!
If you look closely at this shot, you’ll see an unplanned obligatory mirror shot of myself in there! I love it when that happens!
Here’s a shot from the end of the bar and the back of the bar at Sneaky Pete’s.
The parlor is a long railroad type of space with the bar on the right side and the gaming machines on the left.
The gaming machines are impressive in here!
Okay, one last shot of Karl and Dawn at the bar and we’re on our way back to Peoria!
Thanks again to Jeff for having us over to the 1/4-20 Tap, it was a ton of fun and I love the Compact Bar concept and design!
Thanks, as always to Jim/Karl for driving and hanging out for the evening, it’s always fun having him along!
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The Drinks
I had two cans of Bud Light at the 1/4-20 Tap and two cans of Budweiser at Sneaky Pete’s.
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1/4-20 Tap
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Farmington, Ilinois
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43 E. Fort Street
Farmington, Illinois
309-251-7278
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