“I went down to Captain Tony’s to get out of the heat I heard a voice call out to me “son come have a seat,”as sang by Jimmy Buffett.

When down in Key West I went down to the Cap’t Tony’s bar and had a few drinks. Tony’s is very grungy just the way I like it. There is stuff tacked all over the walls including hundreds of women’s brassiere’s, that Tony has hung all over the place like trophies of accomplishment.

The sad thing is Tony passed away a few years ago, and you can still see the pain in the faces of his friends that work at his saloon, when I brought him up. He made a big impact on the people in his life. Key West lost a real gem, when Captain Tony Tarracino died, “the salt of Key West.”

Across the street is where Papa Hemingway used to hang out, so Sloppy Joe’s says. Damn near every bar in the Keys makes the claim that their bar is where Ernest Hemingway hung out. I see two possible answers for these claims, 1 all the bars are full of shit, or 2 Papa was a big alcoholic, maybe he just got around. Though who really cares,true or not its fun to think your actually drinking where the famous writer once sat.

Every year Sloppy Joe holds a Hemingway look alike contest, in honor of the authors birthday. The contest will be held July 19-21 2012. I have honestly never been for this event, but I’ve watched plenty of YouTube videos on it, and it looks like a lot of fun.

Sloppy Joe’s has a great stage for bands to if your into live music scene, I am.

No I didn’t meet Zak Galifianakis, That picture is of my dad getting down with his bad self, on his 50th birthday, at Sloppy Joe’s. So out of all the bars in Key West these two are my favorites to visit when I make the trip down.