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Tobacco Road (bar)

Tobacco Road in May 2008

The Tobacco Road was a bar in the Brickell area of Downtown Miami, Florida. It was popularly known as the oldest bar in the city.[1] The liquor license it amended was first issued in November 1912 (though property records show the building as being built in 1915,[2] as a bakery)[3][4] and operated nearly continuously since its opening, having been shut down briefly at times for run-ins with the law, such as when the upstairs, now a live music venue, was used as a speakeasy during Prohibition.[3] Tobacco Road was located at 626 South Miami Avenue, on the south side of the Miami River, putting it in Miami's Brickell district, where it was classified as a classic dive bar, being popular among locals. Tobacco Road celebrated its 100th anniversary in November 2012. In 2012, the land on which Tobacco Road lies was purchased for $12.5 million. On October 26, 2014, Tobacco Road closed and was demolished by Thunder Demolition Inc. An estimated 4,000 people came on its last night.

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  2. ^ "626 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33130". PropertyShark. 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Piket, Casey (June 29, 2014). "Tobacco Road – From Bakery, Speakeasy to Miami City Landmark". Miami History (blog). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Tobacco Road". Tobacco Road. 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2014.