Pontoon Beach, IL Tavern

Pontoon Beach IL, Smokey Joe’s has a long history in Madison County and is believed to have been a family residence when built in the early 1940’s. Then the Village of Pontoon Beach was known as Silver City a community of club houses and residents located along Long and Horseshoe Lakes. The structure at some point was converted from a house to a bar called Zamarioni’s. Zamarioni’s thrived for years as the local watering hole and a weigh station for weary travelers along Hwy 111.

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