The first time i can remember, The Florida Keys. The long narrow road , water on both sides. Beach, not to my understanding. Key West, Duval St, only what tourists see, was my first impression. WOW, that would change.
Today "i seldom do this" i received a phone call from Al in Ramrod Key, a Florida Key. A Key that is about 27 miles from Key West. This is the day before the 2009 Super Bowl. Al: a rocker, drummer, out there kind a guy. Al and i met in a funny way. Al living near some small town in Massachusetts, also having this cool place in the Florida Keys.
Al in Ramrod Key, a Florida Key. A Florida Key Artist.
.
Artist have this draw to the Keys, Why? Well it took this road to discover. Al now living in Ramrod, calling to tell what had happen in the isle of Ramrod. Not to mention Kat,oh i forgot, Kat is how i met Al. Tomorrow or When its Right
Like the song said, the picture said i gotta go fishin again...
Al, someone that, well to say "what a friend". Some nights sleeping on his pool table. Not far is No Name Pub, well there you go, pub, by any other name spells trouble. Well contrary to your disbelief, what a place of history. This is where it begins. or. When its begins.
This once remote Key, NO NAME KEY,NO NAME PUB, remote,to say the least,pub , when seeing the place,everything you can believe,and more, just from the appearance. Now no matter what you have heard second thoughts still occur.. Its still time turn around, not to night. The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey, was spoken here,my first exposure to the days of Zane Grey, oh i'm getting ahead of myself. No Name Pub,a Zayne Grey second office in the Keys,later to be one of mine. No Name Pub, the history,the wild west, well,great writers,why they come here ,No Name Pub. Real artist,Real Treasure hunters,Fisherman,and the trade no one saw, all came. No one made a big deal who came or left.
)
No Name Pub history takes us far back to 1931 when we were a
general store
and bait and tackle shop.
We remained that way until 1936 when the owners added a
small room on to the
main structure which became an eatery. Thus the Pub was born.
Our early customers included people from all walks of life, world travelers that arrived from the mainland via Ferry to the local Fisherman. The late 1930s brought an interesting twist to
No Name Pub history.
In an effort to increase business the upstairs storage room was converted into a Brothel. Unfortunately, the venture failed after several years as the Fisherman were reported to be better looking than the ladies.
The 1940s saw the end of the
Brothel and beginning of a real
Keys landmark.
Travelers (we had few tourists back then) and locals alike began to discover this quirky out of the way place.
The ladies would do their shopping in the general store as the men would browse the bait and tackle shop, then kick back and have a beer and sandwich in our eatery.
It was during the 1950s that the general store and bait and tackle shop closed.
The Pub was now 100% bar and restaurant.
No Name was added to the already Pub name and we became forever more the
No Name Pub.
No Name Pub
quickly became a Keys hangout.
Our honky tonk atmosphere of beer drinking, pool shooting and great food eating became known from
Miami To Key West.
The place would get so smokey and crowded the customers would spill out into the backyard where dice, crap and card games would eventually break out.
The old timers say the place never got raided because the Sheriff ran the dice games.
1960 brought about another addition for the better to the Pub.
It was during this era that our famous pizza was born. Two great cooks from Italy brought their recipe with them when they worked here.
For over 40 years we still use
the same great recipe, we have to, when the cooks left they wrote the recipe on the kitchen wall so we would never forget.
The 1970's and 80's was the rowdy time
of our history.
Jimmy Buffett's "Why don't we get drunk and screw" played on the juke box while people would drink, eat and dance to excess in the Pub.
There was a lot of illegal money passing
through the Keys back then and everyone
loved to spend it. They had so much
money in fact they started hanging it on our walls.
As the new millennium arrived the rowdies grew up and the No Name Pub became a place once again where people from all walks of life could enjoy great food, cold beer and good conversation.
Our juke box is still here, the walls
are covered with a few more dollar bills and we are one of the last great
places with that old Florida Keys atmosphere.
"A nice place if you can find it."
As the sign reads Key West,was all that
Come inside the Hong Kong Willie Gallery! See a view. WEIRD, WILD FAMOUS HIPPIE SHOP,"YOU GOTTA GO THERE, IT DOES EXIST YOU GOTTA GO THERE. GOING VIRAL TO BE GREEN,HELP REPORTER PACKAGE
Well back to Al the rocker,
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Today "i seldom do this" i received a phone call from Al in Ramrod Key, a Florida Key. A Key that is about 27 miles from Key West. This is the day before the 2009 Super Bowl. Al: a rocker, drummer, out there kind a guy. Al and i met in a funny way. Al living near some small town in Massachusetts, also having this cool place in the Florida Keys.
Al in Ramrod Key, a Florida Key. A Florida Key Artist.
.
Artist have this draw to the Keys, Why? Well it took this road to discover. Al now living in Ramrod, calling to tell what had happen in the isle of Ramrod. Not to mention Kat,oh i forgot, Kat is how i met Al. Tomorrow or When its Right
Like the song said, the picture said i gotta go fishin again...
Al, someone that, well to say "what a friend". Some nights sleeping on his pool table. Not far is No Name Pub, well there you go, pub, by any other name spells trouble. Well contrary to your disbelief, what a place of history. This is where it begins. or. When its begins.
This once remote Key, NO NAME KEY,NO NAME PUB, remote,to say the least,pub , when seeing the place,everything you can believe,and more, just from the appearance. Now no matter what you have heard second thoughts still occur.. Its still time turn around, not to night. The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey, was spoken here,my first exposure to the days of Zane Grey, oh i'm getting ahead of myself. No Name Pub,a Zayne Grey second office in the Keys,later to be one of mine. No Name Pub, the history,the wild west, well,great writers,why they come here ,No Name Pub. Real artist,Real Treasure hunters,Fisherman,and the trade no one saw, all came. No one made a big deal who came or left.
)
No Name Pub history takes us far back to 1931 when we were a
general store
and bait and tackle shop.
We remained that way until 1936 when the owners added a
small room on to the
main structure which became an eatery. Thus the Pub was born.
Our early customers included people from all walks of life, world travelers that arrived from the mainland via Ferry to the local Fisherman. The late 1930s brought an interesting twist to
No Name Pub history.
In an effort to increase business the upstairs storage room was converted into a Brothel. Unfortunately, the venture failed after several years as the Fisherman were reported to be better looking than the ladies.
The 1940s saw the end of the
Brothel and beginning of a real
Keys landmark.
Travelers (we had few tourists back then) and locals alike began to discover this quirky out of the way place.
The ladies would do their shopping in the general store as the men would browse the bait and tackle shop, then kick back and have a beer and sandwich in our eatery.
It was during the 1950s that the general store and bait and tackle shop closed.
The Pub was now 100% bar and restaurant.
No Name was added to the already Pub name and we became forever more the
No Name Pub.
No Name Pub
quickly became a Keys hangout.
Our honky tonk atmosphere of beer drinking, pool shooting and great food eating became known from
Miami To Key West.
The place would get so smokey and crowded the customers would spill out into the backyard where dice, crap and card games would eventually break out.
The old timers say the place never got raided because the Sheriff ran the dice games.
1960 brought about another addition for the better to the Pub.
It was during this era that our famous pizza was born. Two great cooks from Italy brought their recipe with them when they worked here.
For over 40 years we still use
the same great recipe, we have to, when the cooks left they wrote the recipe on the kitchen wall so we would never forget.
The 1970's and 80's was the rowdy time
of our history.
Jimmy Buffett's "Why don't we get drunk and screw" played on the juke box while people would drink, eat and dance to excess in the Pub.
There was a lot of illegal money passing
through the Keys back then and everyone
loved to spend it. They had so much
money in fact they started hanging it on our walls.
As the new millennium arrived the rowdies grew up and the No Name Pub became a place once again where people from all walks of life could enjoy great food, cold beer and good conversation.
Our juke box is still here, the walls
are covered with a few more dollar bills and we are one of the last great
places with that old Florida Keys atmosphere.
"A nice place if you can find it."
As the sign reads Key West,was all that
Come inside the Hong Kong Willie Gallery! See a view. WEIRD, WILD FAMOUS HIPPIE SHOP,"YOU GOTTA GO THERE, IT DOES EXIST YOU GOTTA GO THERE. GOING VIRAL TO BE GREEN,HELP REPORTER PACKAGE
Well back to Al the rocker,
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