Sloppy Joe's Bar | |
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Location | Key West, Florida, United States |
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Coordinates | 24°33′33″N81°48′18″W / 24.55906°N 81.80503°W |
Built | 1917 |
NRHP reference No. | 06000957 |
Added to NRHP | November 1, 2006 |
Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic American bar in Key West, Florida, located at the corner of Greene and Duval Street since 1937. [1] A frequent haunt of famous writer Ernest Hemingway, it is now home to the annual Hemingway Days celebration and its Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.
The main Bar structure was built in 1917; and the second building, which houses the Kitchen and Sloppy Joe's retail store, was built in 1892. [2] Famous writer Ernest Hemingway was a regular patron of the bar in the 1930s. [3] 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. [4] After its manager Michael Walton came up with the idea in 1980, [5] Hemingway Days became an annual celebration of Hemingway's life at the bar every July, including a Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. [6] On November 1, 2006, Sloppy Joe's was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [7]
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Sloppy Joe's has locations in Treasure Island, Florida and Daytona Beach, Florida. [8]