Key West's Legendary - Chart Room Bar Closing?

Couganata · Post by **Couganata** » August 19, 2008 11:54 am

Hello Everyone:

I read this article on Key West News today about the Legendary Chart Room Bar, Buffett's first gig in the city. Patrons say, management is trying to get the legendary bar closed to make way for a coffee shop or sun glass store.

Full article is here: http://www.keysnews.com/17611850202485.bsp.htm

Please send letters of support to be attached to their petition to kwchartroom@hotmail.com

Regards,

Cougs

doxadive · Post by **doxadive** » August 19, 2008 12:15 pm

truly a disgrace if it were to close. just what key west needs, less originality and more t-shirts and sunglass shops.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » August 19, 2008 12:18 pm

damb...stuff like that pi$$es me off!!!! I'm emailing them in support!!!

Couganata · Post by **Couganata** » August 19, 2008 12:19 pm

I agree, I sent my email of support. Sad.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » August 19, 2008 12:47 pm

Couganata wrote:Hello Everyone:

I read this article on Key West News today about the Legendary Chart Room Bar, Buffett's first gig in the city. Patrons say, management is trying to get the legendary bar closed to make way for a coffee shop or sun glass store.

Full article is here: http://www.keysnews.com/17611850202485.bsp.htm

Please send letters of support to be attached to their petition to kwchartroom@hotmail.com

Regards,

Cougs

You got it! Hope it helps!

Martyritaville · Post by **Martyritaville** » August 19, 2008 1:09 pm

Sent an email of support...fins crossed...

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » August 19, 2008 2:36 pm

doxadive wrote:truly a disgrace if it were to close. just what key west needs, less originality and more t-shirts and sunglass shops.

Agreed with you there, I'll be sending an email of support...

TommyBahama · Post by **TommyBahama** » August 19, 2008 4:27 pm

what will they do with the bar...all those ashes from cremated customers/regulars plugged into the bar!!

conch014 · Post by **conch014** » August 19, 2008 4:43 pm

E-mail has been sent. Everytime we take someone new to Key West, the Chart Room is our first stop, priceless doesn't always have to have a number associated with it.

Fins Up for one of the legends of Key West!

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » August 19, 2008 8:50 pm

I went to the Chart Room Bar and was very disappointed. I had no idea it was part of a big resort so this news does not bother me.

Couganata · Post by **Couganata** » August 19, 2008 10:25 pm

sonofabeach wrote:I went to the Chart Room Bar and was very disappointed. I had no idea it was part of a big resort so this news does not bother me.

It was never part of the resort as it stands today, part of the deal of building the new resort was that the new owners retain the old Chart Room Bar unchanged, as a last bastion of old Key West. The Key West that gave us Tennessee Williams, Jimmy Buffett and Mel Fisher.

Cougs

GulfCoastPirate · Post by **GulfCoastPirate** » August 20, 2008 10:39 am

When I was there in June, the bartender needed to go grab some stuff from somewhere and left me in charge of the bar. What a sense of power I had at the helm of the legendary Chart Room. I could feel the movement of patrons past, I could hear the chatter from Jerry Jeff Walker and Jimmy Buffett after they pulled up in the ol' Packard, I could smell the peanuts and spilled beer from years gone by. What a day! Picture to follow.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » August 20, 2008 11:18 am

the real crime will be if Captain Tony's closes

seminoledq · Post by **seminoledq** » August 20, 2008 1:03 pm

sonofabeach wrote:the real crime will be if Captain Tony's closes

Please never speak those words again.

DQ

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 20, 2008 1:27 pm

seminoledq wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:the real crime will be if Captain Tony's closes
Please never speak those words again.

DQ

maybe for a week to napalm out the stuff in the men's room...

CindaBee · Post by **CindaBee** » August 20, 2008 2:08 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
seminoledq wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:the real crime will be if Captain Tony's closes
Please never speak those words again.

DQ
maybe for a week to napalm out the stuff in the men's room...

Another crime at Capt Tony's is when they painted over all the great grafitti in the ladie's room! And continue to do so. Next thing you know they'll remove all the bras from the ceiling!

pirateparrot · Post by **pirateparrot** » August 20, 2008 4:22 pm

What would happen to the people buried in the bar? E-mail sent

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 20, 2008 4:37 pm

CindaBee wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
seminoledq wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:the real crime will be if Captain Tony's closes
Please never speak those words again.

DQ
maybe for a week to napalm out the stuff in the men's room...
Another crime at Capt Tony's is when they painted over all the great grafitti in the ladie's room! And continue to do so. Next thing you know they'll remove all the bras from the ceiling!

they already probably do. you think that collection is all of what has come in over the years?

CindaBee · Post by **CindaBee** » August 20, 2008 4:42 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
CindaBee wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
seminoledq wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:the real crime will be if Captain Tony's closes
Please never speak those words again.

DQ
maybe for a week to napalm out the stuff in the men's room...
Another crime at Capt Tony's is when they painted over all the great grafitti in the ladie's room! And continue to do so. Next thing you know they'll remove all the bras from the ceiling!
they already probably do. you think that collection is all of what has come in over the years?

Nah, but many of them have been there a long time--I know there are several from my daughter's bachelorette party still there 9 years after the fact. I'm sure mine from the 80's is long gone as is the shape that it held.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » August 20, 2008 7:14 pm

In the 5 or 6 trips I've made to Key West, I've never had a drink in the Chart Room.

Hope I get the chance.

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