Seville Quarter

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Seville Quarter
Type Nightclub/restaurant
Founded August 1967
Founder Bob Snow
Headquarters 130 East Government Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
Owner Willmer Mitchell
Website www.rosies.com
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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.

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.

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."[1] 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."[1]

In 1988, the business was purchased by Mitchell, who operates the complex with his wife and children.

Rooms

Seville Quarter
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Rosie O'Grady's

Lili Marlene's

Fast Eddie's

Apple Annie's

Palace Oyster Bar

A hallway inside Seville Quarter

Phineas Phogg's

End O'The Alley Bar

Heritage Hall

Heritage Hall

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Happy Birthday ROSIE!" Pensacola News Journal, August 10, 2007.

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