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Crossing Avenue A from Julep is Kelly's Sports Bar. For what was an embarrassing length of time, the sign actually read "Kelly's Sport's Bar." Nice. Before that, according to the Times, it was known as J. P. Warde's. However, on the bar's myspace page it is referred to as JP Wardes. I don't know when it switched to Kelly's, sometime in the past several months I'm pretty sure. The bar has also been gone by names such as Alchymy, Spoon and Jaycox Coal. At any rate, I haven't been able to find anything about the bar under its current name, whether it's new ownership, etc. But there is plenty of stuff online about the bar before the most recent name change. A dodgeball reviewer named J. Crowley complains that the owner "stole my money off the pool table, threatened to kick me out of his bar when I called him on his thievery, blatantly CHEATED in pool then denied it." Wow. I don't know, I feel like this is all dirt about the owner that I don't need to be scooping up. On the other hand, there was plenty of good things to say. Somebody named K.B. says "I knew this was a fun pub when the bartender started doing shots with me & my friends." Case in point. The last time I was there I saw a bartender mix a shot, pour it into the navel cavity of a young bride-to-be lying on the bar, then suck it up to the delight of all her friends. The funniest thing written about the space is the stealth sobriety test, which refers to a tricky incline in the floor at the back of the bar. If you've ever played pool there, you can't miss it.