Bands, Bikers, Beer - Jimbo's 82nd Birthday at Jimbo's Place

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Every year in mid-April, Jimbo celebrates his birthday with a party on a Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of Jimbo's best friends bring gifts and food and drink to celebrate another year of good times.

Be at Jimbo's Place for a very special celebration as Jimbo celebrates 81 years as the friendliest man on earth, and 55 years in his current location on Virginia Key.

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Judy & Lisa with Jimbo last year

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Kathy driving the bus at Jimbo's

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Keith at Jimbo's last year

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Jim

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Julie

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Howard

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T&A Revelers

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Savvy locals know about it. Tourists find it on the internet. Movie producers and photographers know it as one of the best locations in town. A little shrimp shack at the end of the road in Virginia Key, Jimbo's is a place on the water where everyone can enjoy the natural beauty of unspoiled South Florida -- without paying a dime. While the rest of Miami is undergoing rapid development, Jimbo's Place has managed to remain the same for the past five decades.

Go there to play bocce, enjoy the fresh smoked fish, relax in the shade, or doing nothing at all -- but everyone agrees on one thing -- Jimbo's unique personality makes this place special.

They're threatening to have fun, throw a good rave, party like animals, revel, roister, carouse, make merry, paint the town red, whoop it up, go on a spree, let their hair down, make whoopee, live life to the fullest and have a ball at Jimbo's Place. They're going to praise, extol, glorify, eulogize, revere, honor, pay tribute to and laud James "Jimbo" Luznar -- the friendliest man on earth.

Come appreciate the last place left at the end of the road where everyone is welcome. A genuine, original Florida establishment where you're free to do whatever you want, or nothing at all.

In this fast-paced world, we know that everything changes. If you might appreciate the simple pleasure of enjoying an old-fashioned, down-home, plain old unpretentious place like Jimbo's, come salute his 53 years on Virginia Key, and 80 years on earth.

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Jimbo's Place on Virginia Key is Bocce Ball, Cold Beer, Smoked Fish and friends, relaxing in the shade with a cool breeze.

If he isn't smoking some fish or playing bocce on the clay court, Jimbo might be tending to the shrimp boats or sitting in the shade enjoying the company of friends. Since 1954, he's been here selling shrimp and hosting everyone from celebrities, big shots and politicians to good friends, neighbors and regular folks.

The Most Popular "Location" In Miami - Music video shoots, models and photographers, television shows and motion pictures are shot at Jimbo's every week. A horror film named Island Claws built the infamous shacks. Among the notables are:

Movies - Wild Things, Porky's II, Ace Ventura, True Lies, 2 Fast 2 Furious

tv - Flipper, Gentle Ben, Miami Vice, Glades, CSI Miami

videos - Ziggy Marley, JayLo, Who Let The Dogs Out, Sugar Ray

photos - Maria Carey's first album cover, Jisel, Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell

The documentary : https://www.runningroo... (https://www.runningroots.com/?page_id=14)

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It is not easy to find. There are no signs on the road pointing the place out. So take a good look at the map!

Try this video https://www.jimbosplac... (https://www.jimbosplace.com/How2Get2Jimbos.html)

or examine the maps CLOSELY!

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