Pete'sThanksgivingSlideShow Pete’s Bar packed Neptune Beach with thousands of families and friends during its annual Thanksgiving Day street party. From nine to two, First Street in Neptune Beach was filled with people looking to celebrate giving thanks with their closest relatives and friends. Mimosas, Bloody Mary’s, and beer were heavily featured on Pete’s Thanksgiving day menu. There was no shortage of human turkeys, Indian headdresses and pie hats. People come from all over Jacksonville to start their Thanksgiving morning off partying in and outside of Pete’s Bar. For some, it’s a tradition. Erica Burt, a Neptune Beach local, says Pete’s Thanksgiving is one of her family’s most favorite events of the year. The Burt family moved into their house off Cherry Street three years ago and loves inviting their friends and family over to celebrate a Pete’s Thanksgiving. “We have people come in and out of the house,” said Burt. “It stresses my dad out sometimes, but I say the more the merrier.” Drinking is a big aspect of Pete’s Thanksgiving and the Burt family embraces that concept. Burt says that eating and drinking with your closest friends and family is what keeps them coming back every year. Through the years, the Burt’s have started their own tradition to add on to Pete’s Thanksgiving party. “Every year my mom likes to order these strange Thanksgiving Day hats,” said Burt. “There have been pies, turkeys, and headbands with drum sticks on them. We get a lot of hype about them and take our family Christmas card in them. It’s a funny way to get a Christmas card out, but my mom loves it.” Pete’s Thanksgiving Day street party is also a good way for people to catch up with someone they haven’t seen in a while. Many people come back into town to be with their family and to go celebrate at Pete’s. Daya Weeder, an Atlantic Beach local, says her family has gone to Pete’s on Thanksgiving since she was a little girl. Now that she’s in college, she loves that going to Pete’s reunites her with her friends who are back in town for break. “It’s nice because everyone goes so you get to see everybody that you’ve grown up with or haven’t seen in a while,” said Weeder. “Pete’s brings everyone together for Thanksgiving.” Pete’s Thanksgiving isn’t a family tradition for everyone. Some just go to party with their friends before their thanksgiving meal with their family. The Wednesday night before Thanksgiving is a huge night at the beaches for young adults to reconnect with each other before family time intervenes. Delaney O’Malley, a Jacksonville Beach native, says she carries the partying from Wednesday night into the morning hours at Pete’s which has become her and her friend’s tradition. “Wednesday night before Thanksgiving is such a big night because everyone is back in town and looking to party with each other,” said O’Malley. “My friends and I spend Wednesday night together then wake up early to continue partying with each other at Pete’s before we have to go home to our families.” Drinking, laughter, and love are among the many things you can expect to experience at Pete’s Bar on Thanksgiving. Despite ordinance issues in the past, Pete’s Thanksgiving Day street party is here to stay.
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February 2017
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