Sloppy Joe's

This article is about the restaurant in Florida, United States. For the similarly named bar in Havana, Cuba, see Sloppy Joe's Bar, Havana. For the sandwich, see Sloppy Joe.

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.

Sloppy Joe's Bar
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sloppy Joe's Bar
Location	Key West, Florida, United States
Coordinates	24.55906°N 81.80503°W / 24.55906; -81.80503
Built	1917
NRHP reference No.	06000957
Added to NRHP	November 1, 2006

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.^[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]

Other locations

Sloppy Joe's has locations in Treasure Island, Florida and Daytona Beach, Florida.^[8]

Gallery

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  Joe “Sloppy Joe” Russell behind bar.
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  The Silver Slipper dance hall adjacent to Sloppy Joe's, painted in the 1930s by Waldo Peirce
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  The bar, circa 1986
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  The bar, 2017
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  The bar, 2017
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  The original location, 2017
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