"Dimitri" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> Actually not. It was named after a Bar in Key West.
>
> "It was Hemingway, a favorite patron of Russell's bar from the start, who
> encouraged its name change to Sloppy Joe's. The new name was adopted from
> Jose Garcia Rio Havana club selling liquor and iced seafood. Because the
> floor was always wet with melted ice, his patrons taunted this Spanish Joe
> with running a sloppy place... and the name stuck."
>
> Dimitri
>

Ahh....memories! I stumbled thru Sloppy Joe's once (or twice) and grabbed a
drink or two on my way to Margaritaville & others on Duval St.

At least I think I did . . .

Van

Key West Rocks