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.

Karaoke perfomer Snake sings during the nightly karaoke at the historic Bob’s Java Jive tavern in Tacoma, Washington, shown on Monday, July 1, 2024. Tony Overman [email protected] ...

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 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?

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.

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said it has repeatedly told the owner to update Bob’s Java Jive’s plan so that it can serve produce.

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.