Photos: Moe's & Joe's through the years

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Photos: Moe's & Joe's through the years

After 67 years, Moe's & Joe's is changing a few things. We take a look back at this long-serving Atlanta tavern.

A photo of Moe's & Joe's and other businesses on Highland Avenue taken in December 1949. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers, Special Collections and Archive, Georgia State University Library

A variety of signs in the 'old' section of Virginia-Highlands area in 1983. (Cheryl Bray/AJC staff)

Matt Varley and Leslie Brinkmeyer share a $3.25 pitcher of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer after work at Moe's & Joe's. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Old Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer lights still hang on the wall over booths at Moe's & Joe's tavern on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

A historic sign from the nearby Jimmy Watson Barber Shop hangs on the wall above patrons at Moe's & Joe's. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

An infamous photograph of original owners Moe (left) and Joe Krinsky trading the promise of pitchers of beer for Bob Harvey's Rolls Royce. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Bartender Felipe Spinolo prepares to serve up a picher of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. The PBR special all day on Tuesdays costs $3.25 in 2014. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Graffitti and old Pabst Blue Ribbon signs cover the walls at Moe's & Joe's. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

One thing that has changed at Moe's & Joe's tavern, established 67 years ago, is the selection of draught beer available on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Atlanta. The signature beer of the establishment, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, is still in the lineup. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

A drawing of Horace McKennie, who was the bartender for 53 years from 1949 to 2002, hangs on the wall at Moe's & Joe's. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

A photograph of Horace McKennie, who was the bartender for 53 from 1949 to 2002, hangs on the wall at Moe's & Joe's on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Simone Hill and Corey Allison share a kiss while having dinner and drinks at the bar at long time estabishment Moe's & Joe's tavern. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Moe's & Joe's general manager Mike Keating, left, and partner Scott Drake talk about the history of the long time establishment on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Bartender/server Gabriel Grimes takes pitchers of beer to a table at Moes & Joes Tavern along Highland Ave., Friday night in Atlanta, Friday October 8, 2004. (Special/John Amis)

Moe’s & Joe’s tavern was started 67 years ago by two brothers, Moe and Joe Krinski, just back from WWII. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

961030 - Atlanta, Georgia - Horace McKennie has been working at Moes and Joes bar and grill, 1033 N. Highland Avenue, in Virginia Highlands since 1949. Shown here on October 30, 1996. (AJC Staff Photo/Frank Niemeir)

79 yr. old Horace 'Flash' McKennie (cq) poses behind the bar at Moe's & Joe's Tavern where he has worked for 50 years. He's straightening his bow-tie. He's known for his proper bow-tie and neatly pressed jacket. (CHARLOTTE B. TEAGLE/Staff). Taken in 1999.

The shops near the corner of Virginia and North Highland Avenues are small, cozy places nestled near residential area. (Walter Stricklin/AJC staff) December 1993

980603 - Moe's and Joe's on North Highland Avenue is typical of intown restaurants catering to customer's desire to enjoy the fresh air. But adding tables outside can thwart, even if inadvertently, the city's requirement for parking spaces. Taken in 1998. (Nick Arroyo/AJC photo)

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A photo of Moe's & Joe's and other businesses on Highland Avenue taken in December 1949. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers, Special Collections and Archive, Georgia State University Library

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