Grey’s Anatomy
Located mightily across Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital , The Emerald City Bar , also known as Joe ’s Bar , has distinguished itself as the favorite resort joint for the gifted men ofGreys Anatomy . Appearing in nearly all seasons , the bar is said to have been in operation for 15 year . In the series , it ’s also the most popular bar in Seattle .
Most of the primary eccentric routinely extend by the legal profession after oeuvre to unwind . It ’s also a place where love has also been brewed as a mates of lovebirds have met or move on dates there . The fire-eater of SFD Station 19 who interact with the Doctor of the Church on a regular basis are also known to frequent Joe ’s bar .
Two Of The Doctors Have Worked At The Bar
Alex Karev and Cristina Yang have both shortly served as employees of the cake . Alex takes up some shifts at the bar right after the ferryboat accident dupe and one his favored patients Rebecca Pope is bring back to Seattle Grace .
In season seven , Cristina also works as a bartender at Emerald City Bar . When Derek gets the Hiram Ulysses Grant want for his clinical trial , the residuum of the doc take him to the cake to celebrate . Derek then discover that Cristina is bartending . When he asks why , she say it ’s because Owen asked her to get a job to keep herself busy aftershe quit her job at the infirmary . Joe afterwards fire her for incompetency .
Meredith First Meets Derek At The Bar
It happened a long metre ago butMeredith and Derek ’s whirlwind love story is still fresh in the minds of fans . Who can forget " choose me , pick me ? " Given the legion couple that have been on the show , its easy to block where each met . As maven doctors , one can arrogate that Meredith and Derek met at the infirmary .
Well , they really meet at Joe ’s . A flashback scene in Season 3 ’s " Time Has Come Today " shows Derek checking out Meredith as she ask Joe for a unbowed tequila . He quickly joins her and orders frustrate for himself . She ignores him at first but he hold on and they eventually warm up up to each other .
The Reason Joe Opened The Bar
Joe ’s conclusion to spread Emerald City is draw tohis foresightful - time rivalry with Larry , the owner of Seattle ’s The Dead Baby Bar . Joe and Larry ’s mother were always competing against each other and often used their sons as pawns . This leave to the two unseasoned boys hating each other and stress to scoop each other in life .
In preschool , they competed in make the good digit picture . At the age of 9 , they struggle for the deed of Fasted Lego Castle Maker . In high school , they attempt to beat each other to prom particular date . As adults , they wanted to bump out who would launch the well bar in Seattle . Joe pretty much emerged the winner .
Only The Names Of Three Other Employees Have Been Revealed
asunder from Cristina , Alex , and the owner Joe , there are only three other named employees of the streak in the medical drama . These are Trey , Mark , and Chance .
Mark ’s name is revealed the nightApril gets so drunk that she sleeps at the bar . Mark lets her sleep but wakes her up in the morning because he has to close up the place . He also serves coffee to Meredith and David as they hide from newsman before their presentation . trine and Chance have also been called by name by the revelers a couple of times .
The Bar’s Address
The address of the bar has once been reveal as 4397 Northeast Sequoia Avenue . During the early aspect , the bar panorama were film at the former McMurphy ’s Restaurant & Tavern . The bar later became the Der Wolfskopf gastropub .
A primed replica of the Emerald City Bar was then make . The most recent scenes have been filmed inside the reproduction . One can see the difference in the conception of the stripe between the early season and the late 1 .
Joe Documents What Happens In The Bar
Joe happens to be a blogger too who documents what take place in the bar . This is expose inOverheard At The Emerald City Bar , a 2006 tie - in novel penned by Chris Van Dusen . It was eject with another novelNotes from the Nurses ' Station .
The novel combines blog post stories written by Joe and IM New World chat between him ( Username : JoeKnowsBest ) and Nurse Debbie ( Username : DebbieDoesGossip ) . The IM chat admit stories that Joe take in , like George sleep with Meredith and Meredith being in a quandary about Finn and Derek .
Burke Is The Only Doctor To Hold His Bachelor Party There
Burkeis never quite trusted about his marriage , and that explain why he decides to book his knight bachelor party there . When he asks Derek to be his best military personnel , Derek is a piece reluctant . He knows Burke ’s mind is divided . So does Richard who tells Burke that he felt the same way until he watch Adele coming down the aisle .
Derek finally has some relief about being the best man when Burke order him he only has to prepare a bachelor party at the Emerald City Bar . Well , as safe as Joe ’s bar is , Burke could have at least chosen Vegas .
The Skeleton
It ’s a detail that ’s easy for viewer who solely focus on the dialog to leave out . There ’s a skeleton that ’s always present at the legal community . The skeleton is call Dr. Bones .
os is a decoration meant to reward the numerous doctors who patronize the bar after saving life . The skeleton is connect together using a chain of white Christmas lights . It also has a signboard that read " Dr. Bones on call ! "
The Time The Bar Almost Closes
Despite being the most visited bar in Seattle , the Emerald City Bar has had its rough time . Joe almost loses the bar due to aesculapian costs when he burst one Clarence Day .
Luckily , George save him by finding a loophole in the hospital ’s charge system of rules . multitude who pledge to donate their body to skill once they are stagnant are n’t charged for operating theatre . Since Joe would be briefly bushed during the operating room , he wo n’t be charged a cent . This works and Joe gets to keep the prevention .
Joe Has Been Missing Lately
Joehasn’t been seen in the saloon for the past few seasons . No account has been given for this . One theory is that he sold the bar and decide to move on to other thing .
A more plausible hypothesis is that he handed over direction to someone else so that he could focus on raising his family . During one tenting tripper in the other season , Joe mentions that his partner Walter kvetch about raising the child alone . Given this statement , he peradventure makes the decisiveness to help Walter out by focalise less on the bar .
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