If getting hammered in the Florida heat is your style, you've come to the right place. Key West is home to dozens and dozens of famous and perhaps infamous watering holes. Perhaps the most famous is Sloppy Joe's which used to be a place that Hemingway and his pals hung out. BUT, the Sloppy Joe's where Papa drank at, at first anyway, was a few blocks away from the present location. You see, the original Sloppy Joe's owner was hit with a $1 dollar a week rent increase. Being typical Conch Republic types, he said hell no and closed the bar, moving to another location. During this move is when Hemingway removed a urinal from the old Sloppy Joe's and made it into a cat water fountain at his house. Hemingway was reported to have waxed, "I pissed away so much money in this urinal, I felt like I should bring it home".
By the way, Sloppy Joe's is where they have the annual "Ernest Hemingway Look Alike Contest". I figure most of the contestants are former department store Santas who've gone bad.
Among the other bars, one of particular renown is "The Garden of Eden". It's three floors of increasing hedonism, with the top floor being decorated like a tropical garden. Oh yes, did I mention that the top floor is clothing optional? Now I can't imagine what self-respecting VT member would go on vacation and walk around naked in public...but you never know, right? OK, just to be sure, we didn't. Family trip, folks. Leave a Comment
Directions: NW end area of Duval Street for most of the bars. They're either on Duval, or a few blocks away. Follow the noise...and the drunks.
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