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==Closure & legacy==
The bar closed for good on [[November 9]], [[2003]]. Matt Heckemeyer, whose wife who had divorced him from his wife since buying the bar, was at a loss to pinpoint the exact reason why the bar went under; however, however many in the Navy Community, who saw Trader Jon's in its heyday, suspected it had "a lot to do with the changing environment" of a Navy that frowned upon excessive drinking.<ref name="partyends">"Last call at historic downtown watering hole." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 5, 2003.</ref>
The [[Trader Jon's building]] was sold for $562,500<ref>[http://www.escpa.org/details.asp?qAcctNum=154347200 Property appraiser's record]</ref> to [[Sarah Brown|Sarah]] and [[Walter Brown]], who planned to expand their women's boutique [[Sarah's]] into the space — months before [[Hurricane Ivan]] destroyed the store's main location in the adjacent [[Phenix Building]] — but these plans were later scrapped.