Two men who grew up in Plankinton, John Miller and Adam Scott, know how valuable a small-town bar can be.
Adam Scott and John Miller
“It’s not always the money value but the people value,” Miller said. “People go on a regular basis. It’s nowhere big and fancy, but they can have a few drinks, chat with friends, get over their day and get on with their day.”
When Miller would enter Walters Hi-Ho Tavern at 1014 E. Eighth St. after participating in a golf tournament, he felt that same sense of community, the same “cool small-town feel.” And he knew the owners, Monte and Larissa Patterson. He and Monte Patterson had been deployed together during their military enlistments.
When he heard a rumor that the Pattersons were interested in selling the storied dive bar, he and Scott contacted another military buddy, Dave Larson, the broker for the Pattersons. The two men sat down with Larson and the Pattersons, and as of July 1, will be the new owners of the Hi-Ho, the oldest bar in Sioux Falls to retain the same name…