Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic
American
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bar
Bar or BAR may refer to:
Food and drink
* Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages
* Candy bar
* Chocolate bar
Science and technology
* Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment
* Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud
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in
Key West, Florida
Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Sigsbee Park, Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Isla ...
located at the corner of Duval and Greene street since 1937.
Description
Sloppy Joe's was purchased September 8, 1978 by Sid Snelgrove and Jim Mayer and has been owned by the two families since that time.
Open 365 days a year, each day begins at 9:00 am (noon on Sundays). Sloppy Joe's has four complimentary divisions: bar, food, entertainment, and the Retail Store. The bar offers live music on stage every day Noon to 2:00am and dancing. The performers offer a wide range of music styles and comical entertainment.
Just as in Joe Russell's day, hospitable Bartenders welcome patrons at virtually all hours of the day and night.
The main Bar structure was built in 1917; and the second building, which houses the Kitchen and Joe's Tap Room, was built in 1892.
Joe's Tap Room is attached to Sloppy Joe's. Open daily at Noon, Joe's Tap Room has the same food menu as Sloppy Joe's and offers variety of crafted beers on tap.
The bar is the site of the annual Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike contest, started in 1981.
On November 1, 2006, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
Owners
*Joe “Sloppy Joe” Russell (1889–1941), original owner, nickname Josie Grunts
*Joe Russell Jr.
*Lillian Spencer
*Mama Joe and Papa Joe “Slim” Galaski (leased)
*Stan and Marcy Smith (1960–78)
*Snelgrove and Mayer families (1978 to present)
Other locations
Sloppy Joe's also has a location in
Treasure Island, Florida
Treasure Island is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is situated on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico.
As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,584.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a ...
and a third location in
Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, or simply Daytona, is a coastal resort-city in east-central Florida. Located on the eastern edge of Volusia County near the Atlantic coastline, its population was 72,647 at the 2020 census. Daytona Beach is approximately nort ...
, Florida opened in February 2010.
Key West iconic bar comes to Daytona Beach
Orlando Sentinel, February 1, 2010
Popular culture
The bar is also referenced to in the famous film ''Citizen Kane
''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited ...
'', as the reporter
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Thompson interviews Kane's old friend and dramatic critic:
Gallery
File:2019SloppyJoe's Frontcrop.jpg
File:SloppyJoe'sera 40s.jpg
File:Russelmainbar.jpg, Joe “Sloppy Joe” Russell behind bar.
File:ErikSmithHemingwayAndFriends.jpg
Image:Silver Slipper by Waldo Peirce.jpg, The Silver Slipper dance hall adjacent to Sloppy Joe's, painted in the 1930s by Waldo Peirce
Waldo Peirce (December 17, 1884 – March 8, 1970) was an American painter, who for many years reveled in living the life of a bohemian expatriate.
Peirce was both a prominent painter and a well-known colorful figure in the world of the arts ...
File:Sloppy Joes Bar Key West, Florida, FL Memory.jpg, The bar, circa 1986
Sloppy Joe's Bar, Key West, FL, US (05).jpg, The bar, 2017
File:Sloppy Joe's Bar, Key West, FL, US (10).jpg, The bar, 2017
File:Sloppy Joe's Bar, Key West, FL, US (08).jpg, The original location, 2017
File:Sloppyjoesbar.jpg
References
External links
Official website
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Buildings and structures in Key West, Florida
Landmarks in Key West, Florida
History of Key West, Florida
Tourist attractions in Key West, Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Key West, Florida
Drinking establishments in Florida
1933 establishments in Florida
Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Restaurants in Florida