The Ball and Chain features a large, oversized pineapple sculpture sitting above its main entrance on Calle Ocho. This bar first opened in nineteen thirty-five as a jazz club, hosting legends like Count Basie and Billie Holiday while the neighborhood was still a playground for high-society winter residents. It served as a popular watering hole for decades until federal agents raided the establishment in the nineteen fifties, accusing the owners of operating an illegal bookmaking ring behind the bar.
BALL & CHAIN
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