Editing Sluggo's

{{Infobox Restaurant
|name=Sluggo's
|image=Sluggos.jpg
|caption=
|cuisine=Southern<br />Vegan
|location=101 S. [[Jefferson Street]]
|opened=[[1988]]
|owner=[[Terry Johnson]]
|chef=
|cheftitle=
|slogan=
|hours='''Mon-Sat:''' 11:00 AM-til<br/>'''Sun:''' Closed
|phone=(850) 791-6501
|website=[http://www.myspace.com/sluggos http://www.myspace.com/sluggos]
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.411115" lon="-87.214065" zoom="15" width="288" height="250">
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'''Sluggo's''' was a [[Wikipedia:Veganism|vegan]] café, bar, and music venue, located [[Downtown]] at 101 S. [[Jefferson Street]].

==History==
The club was established by [[Terry Johnson]] in [[1988]] as '''Victor Hugo's'''. The name was changed to Sluggo's in March [[1990]], when [[Nick Flynn]] joined as a partner. (Sluggo is a character from the [[Wikipedia:Nancy (comic strip)|''Nancy'' comic strip]]. He is a poor boy from the "wrong side of the tracks.")

Originally located at 319 North [[Tarragona Street]] (now the [[HandleBar]]), the club moved to [[Intendencia Street]] in [[1993]] and again to [[130 South Palafox Street|130 South]] [[Palafox Street]] in [[1995]]. It left the Palafox location in June [[2000]], citing rising rent from the building's landlord, who wanted to bring in new businesses, and hostility from the [[Downtown Improvement Board]].<ref>"[http://www.inweekly.net/article.asp?artID=31 Sucker Punch]." ''Independent News'', June 4, 2004.</ref> In [[2002]] Johnson announced plans for a new complex called "The Lost City" at 1602 West [[Garden Street]], a "punk rock mall" of which Sluggo's would be a part,<ref>"Downtown loses one bar, gains old favorite." ''Pensacola News Journal'', January 31, 2002.</ref> but the project fell through.

After being closed for several years, Sluggo's reopened at a new location (site of the old [[Caribbean Market]]) on [[June 7]], [[2004]], with [[Wikipedia:Will Oldham|Will Oldham]] performing.<ref>"Sluggo's reborn in Brownsville - the hippest part of town." ''Pensacola News Journal'', June 1, 2004.</ref>

On [[November 28]], [[2009]], Sluggo's had the grand opening of their second location, "Sluggo's North Vegetarian Cafe" at 501 Cherokee Blvd in Chattanooga, TN.

In April, 2010, Sluggo's relocated to their current location at 101 S. Jefferson Street in Downtown Pensacola.

On October 7, 2016, owner Terry Johnson announced the closing of Sluggo's on the business's Facebook page. Johnson cited a "long battle with the landlord over power in the building" as the reason for shutting down the location. She also said construction from Studer Properties' large apartment complex across the street influenced the move. Johnson assured patrons that a new Sluggo's location could arrive soon, "just a little closer to the outskirts of downtown." Sluggo's closed its doors for the last time on October 9, 2016.

Sluggo's has yet to reopen in Pensacola, and remains permanently closed. 



===Notable performances===
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* 2 Live Crew
* 7 Year Bitch
* AFI
* Against Me!
* Amazing Crowns
* Anodyne
* Bastard Noise
* Beach Monkees
* The Bill Silvertone Quartet
* Bigwig
* Black Channuka
* Black Flag
* Blue Mountain
* Book of Love
* BUCK-O
* Bunkhouse Jones
* Camper Van Beethoven
* Can
* City of Ships
* Cowboy Mouth
* Conflict
* Crying
* [[Wikipedia:Cursive|Cursive]] ([[April 28]] &amp; [[Dec 4]], [[2009]])
* Eric Andrew Taylor
* Dash Rip Rock 
* Deerhoof ([[February 28]], [[1998]])
* Digital Underground
* Kimya Dawson
* Deacon Lunchbox
* Dinteen
* Drunken Boat
* Ed Hall
* Elvis Hitler
* Everclear
* Ensign
* Face To Face
* Five Eight
* For Squirrels
* Frogpond
* The Flaming Lips
* [[Fudge Pop]]
* [[Wikipedia:Get_Up_Kids|The Get Up Kids]] ([[1997]] &amp; [[1998]])
* Girl Talk
* Good Riddance
* Greg Ginn 
* Headless Marines
* Health
* Hillbilly Frankenstein
* The Hilltops
* The Impotent Sea Snakes (cops shut it down, obscenity charges)
* Japanther
* The Jody Grind
* Kid Rock
* Kylesa
* L7
* The LaBrea Stompers
* Legendary Shack Shakers
* Lair of the Minotaur
* Lucero
* Mach Turtle
* Make Believe
* Mary's Danish
* Matt and Kim
* MC Chris
* The Meat Puppets
* [[Wikipedia:Melvins|Melvins]] ([[August 14]], [[1999]])
* Millencolin
* Municipal Waste
* Pansy Division (twice @Intendecia)
* The PeeChees ([[February 28]], [[1998]])
* Charlie Pickett
* The Replacements
* Jonathan Richman (at least twice, @Cervantes & @Jefferson)
* The Reverend Horton Heat
* Run-DMC
* Shawn Mullins
* [[Wikipedia:Shai Hulud (band)|Shai Hulud]] ([[1998]] &amp; [[October 7]], [[2005]])
* [[Wikipedia:This Bike is a Pipe Bomb|This Bike is a Pipe Bomb]]
* Mary Timony
* Onespot Fringehead ([[1995]]) 
* Guerilla Monsoon ([[1994]])
* Skankin' Pickle
* Sons of Abraham ([[1998]]
* Son Volt 
* Southern Culture on the Skids
* The Subsonics
* The Jesus Lizard
* Thirty Foot Fall
* Torche
* Tribal Voice ([[1993]])
* TSOL
* Unwound ([[February 28]], [[1998]])
* [[Wikipedia:Vivian Girls|Vivian Girls]]
* [[Wikipedia:XBXRX |xbxrx]] ([[1998 - 2000]])



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==External links & references==
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*[http://www.myspace.com/sluggos Sluggo's MySpace page]
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pensacola-FL/Sluggos-Vegetarian-Restaurant-Pensacola/336410792965 Sluggo's Facebook page]
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[[Category:Bars & nightclubs]] [[Category:Downtown restaurants]] [[Category:Counterculture]] [[Category:Music venues]]