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Sloppy Joe's

American  

noun

Slang.
  1. greasy spoon.


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This would be the year I would scratch that itch — the 42nd contest, scheduled for July 19-22 at Sloppy Joe’s.

From Washington Times Jul. 27, 2023

The three-night look-alike competition is held at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, where Hemingway often spent time with local and literary friends.

From Seattle Times Jul. 20, 2023

The men performed at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida where Hemingway was a frequent customer in the 1930s.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2021

I’ve always thought it was no accident that Gellhorn, an accomplished international journalist, turned up in Sloppy Joe’s, the favorite Key West bar of the young celebrity novelist.

From Washington Post Apr. 30, 2018

In the winter of 1962, she traveled to Key West to visit Betty and Telly Otto “Toby” Bruce, who retrieved a pile of boxes left in a storeroom behind Sloppy Joe’s Bar, Hemingway’s favorite saloon.

From New York Times Sep. 29, 2017

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