Up-and-coming rock stars once came and went from Bob’s Java Jive. Go-go dancers performed on a greased wooden stage, and macaque monkeys lived in the backroom. The monkeys have left, and the ...

An eclectic brew of locals, tourists and musicians have helped Bob's Java Jive achieve its legendary status. At this coffee pot-shaped dive bar in Tacoma, Washington, you can drink under the stars, ...

The patron called Snake gestures toward the blue-felt pool table in the coffeepot-shaped bar in Tacoma. “I call it the ‘pool ghost.’ Not everyone has seen it,” Snake told The News Tribune on a Monday ...

Java Jive announced it will be closing its doors after 30 years in business on Ponce de Leon Avenue. The announcement on social media says the eatery’s last day will be on December 22. “It has been ...