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{{Infobox Company | {{Infobox Company | ||
− | | company_name = | + | | company_name = Seville Quarter |
− | | company_logo = | + | | company_logo = |
| company_type = Nightclub/restaurant | | company_type = Nightclub/restaurant | ||
| genre = | | genre = | ||
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| divisions = | | divisions = | ||
| subsid = | | subsid = | ||
− | | owner = [[ | + | | owner = [[Willmer Mitchell]] |
| company_slogan = | | company_slogan = | ||
| homepage = [http://www.rosies.com/ www.rosies.com] | | homepage = [http://www.rosies.com/ www.rosies.com] | ||
| dissolved = | | dissolved = | ||
| footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
− | | mapcode =<googlemap lat="30.409671" lon="-87.213002" zoom=" | + | | mapcode =<googlemap lat="30.409671" lon="-87.213002" zoom="17" width="288" height="288"> |
30.409639, -87.21301, Seville Quarter | 30.409639, -87.21301, Seville Quarter | ||
</googlemap> | </googlemap> | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | [[Seville Quarter]] is an entertainment complex in [[downtown Pensacola]] comprised of several "rooms," each with its own theme: '''Rosie O'Grady's''', '''Lili Marlene's''', '''Fast Eddie's''', '''Apple Annie's''', '''Palace Oyster Bar''', '''Phineas Phogg's''' | + | [[Seville Quarter]] is an entertainment complex in [[downtown Pensacola]] comprised of several "rooms," each with its own theme: '''Rosie O'Grady's''', '''Lili Marlene's''', '''Fast Eddie's''', '''Apple Annie's''', '''Palace Oyster Bar''', '''Phineas Phogg's''', '''End O'The Alley Bar''', and '''Heritage Hall'''. |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
− | + | Seville Quarter was founded by [[Bob Snow]], a Dixieland trumpet player and former [[Navy]] pilot. It opened in the former [[Pensacola Cigar and Tobacco Company]] building as "Rosie O'Grady's Warehouse" in August [[1967]]. | |
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− | + | [[Willmer Mitchell]], Snow's lawyer and partner, recounted that "Snow's Dixieland band was gaining a good bit of attention, as was his idea of opening a 'beer and peanuts' saloon in what was then an almost derelict area of Pensacola."<ref name="birthday">"Happy Birthday ROSIE!" ''Pensacola News Journal'', August 10, 2007.</ref> Mitchell helped Snow get the [[Citizens & Peoples Bank]] loan that enabled him to open the nightclub. The first performance was by banjoist Tutti Lockhart playing "Dear One, the World is Waiting for the Sunrise." Snow later joined in to play "The South Rampart Street Parade."<ref name="birthday"/> | |
− | + | In [[1988]], the business was purchased by Mitchell, who operates the complex with his wife and children. | |
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==Rooms== | ==Rooms== | ||
− | [[Image: | + | [[Image:SevilleQuarter1.jpg|thumb|left|Seville Quarter]] |
− | [[Image: | + | [[Image:SevilleQuarter2.jpg|thumb|left]] |
===Rosie O'Grady's=== | ===Rosie O'Grady's=== | ||
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===Lili Marlene's=== | ===Lili Marlene's=== | ||
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===Fast Eddie's=== | ===Fast Eddie's=== | ||
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===Apple Annie's=== | ===Apple Annie's=== | ||
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===Palace Oyster Bar=== | ===Palace Oyster Bar=== | ||
+ | [[Image:SevilleQuarterCorridor.jpg|thumb|right|A hallway inside Seville Quarter]] | ||
===Phineas Phogg's=== | ===Phineas Phogg's=== | ||
− | + | ===End O'The Alley Bar=== | |
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===Heritage Hall=== | ===Heritage Hall=== | ||
− | + | [[Image:HeritageHall.jpg|thumb|right|Heritage Hall]] | |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
− | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.rosies.com/ www.rosies.com] - Official site |
− | [[Category:Bars & nightclubs | + | [[Category:Bars & nightclubs]] |