BuffettNews.com

After the Tampa show me and a friend drove down to Key West.
We went back to Captain Tony's for a few cold ones and some photo ops only to find that they have painted the bathroom walls white.
The barmaid said the health dept made them do it although I don't understand what's so dirty about writing on the walls.
Seems like if your toilets and sinks are clean that's all that should matters.
Hopefully someone will add the words the old man said back to the wall.
Hopefully it's not parrothead backlash

However I finally found Shrimpboat Sound!!
We must have walked by it a few times before we realized where it was.

Painted the Walls????? Thats a crime...lol. I am sure they will be filled up again shortly. The absolute best bar on Planet Earth!!

I think they re-paint them every couple years to make the health people happy...I noticed when I "went down to Capt. Tonys to get out of the heat" in December that there were a few shades of paint on the wall. And all the signings were new.

CAPT. TONY IS ONE OF MY 4 HEROS!!!!!!!

Yeah Captain Tony's is great.
I also stopped at a great place on Marathon about a mile before the Seven Mile Bridge that is now in my top five island bars.
It's called Porky's and is a run down joint, just like they should be.

Also finally hit the Blue Heaven and that place is not anything like I expected but was everything I wanted.

Is there a song called "Captain Tony?"

conched wrote:Is there a song called "Captain Tony?"

(Or, if this was a serious question, Last Mango in Paris.)

Desdamona wrote:

conched wrote:Is there a song called "Captain Tony?"

(Or, if this was a serious question, Last Mango in Paris.)

Actually I was looking through about 500 things Jimmy has copyrighted...under songs...there is one called Captain Tony's.

There were a few others I did not recognize like...

Captain Tony's
I Saw Us Making Love Again Las
Just So Lonely Marvin Gardens
Livin It Up
Midnight Key
Nasty Old 1959
Scoreboard
Smartest Man in NY
Spending Money

The next thing you know the Health Dept. will come barging in and making them take down the business cards, and make it illegal for my girlfriend to sit on the Capt's lap....the world these days??!!!?

while on the tours of margaritaville tour we learned people used to be hanged on the tree located in the center of Captain Tony's and that the women's restroom was used to store the bodies!!

I thought it The Captain and Tony Tennile, not Captain Tony

The business cards that are up are grandfathered. Fire Marshall told them a while back to not let any more get put up, but the ones that are up there can stay.

Bathroom has been repainted a few times since 88 that I know of.

Saw on the local news this morning that Town Council will begin handing out fines to the topless waitress joints. It is agains city ordinance. However, on the news they flashed file footage of KW and showed Cpt Tony's for a few seconds.
I thought it was strange.

I think they might repaint the walls so there's room for more people to write on them.

And God help us if the fire marshall makes them take the bras down.

chalksoperations wrote:The business cards that are up are grandfathered. Fire Marshall told them a while back to not let any more get put up, but the ones that are up there can stay.

Actually, I put my latest business card up in Capt. Tony's this past July. They no longer hand you a staple gun to affix it the wall or wherever (like they used to) but the bartender said you can stick 'em up wherever you can find a spot.
I stapled my first one up in there during the summer of '87, but I once read an interview with the Captain in which he said he gets them cleaned out once a year or so before the high season begins and more throngs (or thongs?) come into the place...

Well... just to add to the changes in KW.... I heard on the news today, they (City gov't) are try to pass a law to close all the sex shops, strip clubs and clothing optional club.

What is happenin' to the KW I grew to love????

Cuervo wrote:Well... just to add to the changes in KW.... I heard on the news today, they (City gov't) are try to pass a law to close all the sex shops, strip clubs and clothing optional club.

What is happenin' to the KW I grew to love????

Hell, that KW died a long time ago.....it is a "family friendly tourist town" now....

Key West=Morris' Nightmare (sometimes) matching belts and shoes>>>This way

The changes from my first visit, '84ish to my last '92 were pretty dramatic. I am almost afraid to go back now (but I will)

Sex shows and topless bars outlawed, next thing ya know they will outlaw public urination and vomitting

Cubbie Bear wrote:Sex shows and topless bars outlawed, next thing ya know they will outlaw public urination and vomitting

Then what will I do for fun?

Let's get Tony elected Mayor again. Then they will leave the place alone for sure....

or we'll pick up our beers, chairs and tables and move down to City hall and drink from there...

=)

Cuervo wrote:Well... just to add to the changes in KW.... I heard on the news today, they (City gov't) are try to pass a law to close all the sex shops, strip clubs and clothing optional club.

What is happenin' to the KW I grew to love????

Cubbie Bear wrote:Key West=Morris' Nightmare (sometimes) matching belts and shoes>>>This way

The changes from my first visit, '84ish to my last '92 were pretty dramatic. I am almost afraid to go back now (but I will)

Sex shows and topless bars outlawed, next thing ya know they will outlaw public urination and vomitting

oh well so much for Fantasy Fest