Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic

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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

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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

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and a third location in

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, 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 ''

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'', as the

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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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