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 ...

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 ...

Bob’s Java Jive is a bar — a dive bar, to be more specific — in the truest sense of the name. Shaped like a big coffee pot, and stained by decades of cheap spilled beer and long nights, the South ...

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 ...

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 ...