Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.

Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.

The most surprising thing about Bob’s Java Jive is not that it is shaped like a coffeepot — it's that the shape is the least interesting thing about it.

Bob’s Java Jive, Tacoma’s beloved coffeepot-shaped bar, temporarily closed Tuesday following a visit from the local health department. The Jive’s owner, Richard Walden, told The News Tribune ...

Bob’s Java Jive in Tacoma has been closed for more than a year due to COVID-19. To help reopen the iconic dive bar, fans and regulars raised more than $12,000 in 24 hours.

Bob's Java Jive has been designated an official historical landmark. The Java Jive did have a lively karaoke scene recently until things got dead quiet. “It has been quiet,” says Schrenk.

Bob’s Java Jive Faced with the prospect of permanent closure due to a year of no income during the pandemic, Bob’s Java Jive manager Jenna Schrenk launched a Facebook fundraiser and was ...

Loads of legends circulate around the 97-year-old bar on South Tacoma Way. Bob’s Java Jive attracts a wide variety of regulars even today.

Bob’s Java Jive Faced with the prospect of permanent closure due to a year of no income during the pandemic, Bob’s Java Jive manager Jenna Schrenk launched a Facebook fundraiser and was ...