Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic
American bar in
Key West, Florida
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, at the southern end of 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 Islan ...
, located at the corner of Greene and
Duval Street since 1937. A frequent haunt of famous writer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...
, it is now home to the annual
Hemingway Days celebration and its Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.
History
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. Famous writer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...
was a regular patron of the bar in the 1930s. 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. After its manager Michael Walton came up with the idea in 1980,
became an annual celebration of Hemingway's life at the bar every July, including a Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.
On November 1, 2006, Sloppy Joe's was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
.
Other locations
Sloppy Joe's has locations in
Treasure Island, Florida and
Daytona Beach, Florida.
Key West iconic bar comes to Daytona Beach
Orlando Sentinel, February 1, 2010
Gallery
File:Sloppy Joe's Bar, Key West Florida, April 2018, front view with people on sidewalk.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
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