The Sloppy Joe also has multiple origin stories, with three different establishments claiming ownership for the recipe and name, according to Blue Apron. First, a bar in Havana, Cuba, called Sloppy Joe's argues that their loose meat sandwiches were the first to break ground on the concept back in the 1920s. Ernest Hemingway frequented this establishment during the Prohibition Era and encouraged a Key West bar owner to change the name of his own spot to Sloppy Joe's Bar in reference to the original. Now, the Hemingway hot spot claims they were the ones who Americanized the sandwich. And yet, a third (and widely accepted) claim comes out of Sioux City, Iowa's Ye Olde Tavern. Legend has it that a man named Dave Higgin created the sandwich there in 1924, but the connection to the infamous Joe, in this case, isn't quite clear. . . Website : https://sloppyjoes.com/

















