New owners say Pete’s Bar will now be smoke-free

NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. – The Pete’s Bar spot successful Neptune Beach and 2 different homes down it person sold for $5 million, according to an nonfiction archetypal posted by the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Co-owner Robert Tilka told the Record that the barroom plans to reopen Wednesday aft being closed to instal caller barroom wells and marque restroom repairs.

Additionally, the owners volition instrumentality a no-smoking policy. Tilka said to the Record that astir customers similar a smoke-free establishment, and patrons volition beryllium permitted to fume outside.

The barroom was founded successful 1933 by Peter Jensen. He acquired the archetypal liquor licence successful Duval County aft prohibition was repealed.

The Record noted that the woody included the liquor licence and the business.

Pictures and memorabilia that person been connected the walls wrong volition remain.

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The caller co-owner besides told the Record for the holidays, helium expects the barroom to beryllium unfastened from 4 p.m.- 2 a.m. But aft New Year’s, it’ll instrumentality to its mean hours of noon to 2 a.m.

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