Artifacts Around The Bar | Sloppy Joe's Bar | Key West, FL (2024)

FAQs

Artifacts Around The Bar | Sloppy Joe's Bar | Key West, FL? ›

The official beginning of Sloppy Joe's Bar, the famous and infamous Key West Saloon beloved by Ernest Hemingway, was smack in the middle of the Depression, December 5, 1933, the day Prohibition was repealed.

The official beginning of Sloppy Joe's Bar, the famous and infamous Key West Saloon beloved by Ernest Hemingway, was smack in the middle of the Depression, December 5, 1933, the day Prohibition was repealed.

A Tradition - Sloppy Joe's Bar

This iconic Key West bar's claim to fame was its famous patron, Ernest Hemingway, who frequented the saloon for some Scotch and good conversation on rest from travel. There have been years of controversy pertaining to accurate history and credit for being Hemingway's number one bar.

The sandwich may have begun as a variation of the loose meat sandwiches that were popular in the 1950s. According to legend, a cook named Joe at Floyd Angell's café in Sioux City, Iowa, added tomato sauce to his “loose meat” sandwiches. Some believe this is how the sloppy joe sandwich was born.

Specialty drinks, Sloppy Joe sandwich, Key West snacks, wings, sandwiches and more. Live music every day noon-2:00am.

Kenny Chesney - Thanks Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West for a great afternoon yesterday.

The bar earned its name after Ernest Hemingway “liberated” it from the Nazis in 1944. The Ritz was used as a Nazi headquarters during the occupation of Paris and legend has it that Hemingway, then a war correspondent, accompanied soldiers to reclaim it.

The tip bell (which is rung with gusto when a generous tip is received) is from a Coast Guard cutter boat. Big Skinner used the bat to keep the bar in order in the 30s and 40s.

Our featured and favorite co*cktail is the Rum Runner, which legend has it that it was invented by John Ebert or “Tiki John” at the Holiday Isle Tiki Bar in Islamorada (now the Postcard Inn) over 40 years ago.

a man or youth whose appearance is habitually slovenly.

What is a fancy name for a sloppy joe? ›

Manwich, slush burger, yum yums, dynamite, spoonburgers, tavern sandwich; a Sloppy Joe can be called by many other names. The most well-known however is Manwich.

Manwich, a portmanteau of man and sandwich, is the brand name of a canned sloppy joe sauce produced by ConAgra Foods and Hunt's, introduced in 1969. The can contains seasoned tomato sauce that is added to ground beef cooked in a skillet. It is marketed as a quick and easy one-pan meal for the whole family.

It was September 8, 1978 when late Sidney Snelgrove and the late Jim Mayer became owners of the world-famous watering hole “Sloppy Joe's Bar.” The Snelgrove and Mayer families have kept the party going at the corner of Duval and Greene since then.

Saturdays are 'Caturdays' at Sloppy Joe's Bar

The Sloppy Joe's Foundation is excited to “let the cat out of the bag” and announce January's Caturday Earmark Campaign Partner is The Rotary Club of Key West!

Sloppy Joe's allows everyone in prior to 9:30pm. After 9:30pm must be 21 years old to enter bar.

Writers have always loved the Keys, none more famous than Ernest Hemingway, who bought a beautiful Spanish colonial home at 907 Whitehead Street in 1931 and stayed eight years. It's a major tourist destination.

Through Key West-friend and hardware store owner, Charles Thompson, Hemingway gained permission to dock her at the Navy Yard (the Navy was barely using it at the time.) This put the ship at dock only a few blocks from Hemingway's home on Whitehead Street.

Restaurants in Key West, FL | Key West, FL | Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville.

Mallory Square is considered one of the most popular attractions in this city. The “Sunset Celebration”, which includes hundreds of visitors who come each night to watch as it sets on their chosen date (everyday), begins two hours before sunset and lasts until late in the evening!