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 ...

If you’ve watched television recently, you might’ve seen one of Toyota’s latest commercials advertising the new 2024 Toyota Tacoma. But you might’ve also spotted some familiar locations. Bob’s Java ...

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 ...

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 that ...

THE MOST SURPRISING thing about Bob’s Java Jive in Tacoma is not that it is a building shaped like a coffeepot. The most surprising thing is that the shape is the least interesting thing about it. You ...

TACOMA, Wash. — “I'm going to be brutally honest with you right now and this is hard for me to say: As we sit now the Jive is broke. If we don't meet our goal we will not be able to open our doors ...