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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.
