Built in 1927, the owner of the cement-covered, wood-frame haunt on South Tacoma Way has slowly but surely been restoring the ...

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 ...

Bob's Java Jive is being revitalized but keeping its grungy charm. The restoration includes a new roof, themed patio, and exterior enhancements. The famous coffee pot is now white, awaiting a fresh ...

Bob’s Java Jive is a bar — a dive bar, to be more specific — in the truest sense of the name. Shaped like a big coffee pot, and stained by decades of cheap spilled beer and long nights, the South ...

Bob’s Java Jive is Tacoma. But in 1927, who could have known that the Coffee Pot (the Jive’s original name) would become such an icon to locals? Then again, a coffee pot-shaped building is bound to ...

Greg Olle, owner of the downtown coffeehouse and café, has been evicted after not paying rent since the fall. He said Tuesday would be his last day of business. Olle operated Java Jive at 198 Ezell St ...

Next month, beloved breakfast institution Java Jive will close after 30 years on Ponce de Leon Avenue on the edge of Virginia-Highland. Owners Steven Horwitz and Shira Levetan announced the closure on ...