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Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic American bar in
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, 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, Hemingway Days 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
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.


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


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External links


Official website
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