Thursday, December 10, 2009

Daytona Bike Week Must See: Sopotnick’s Cabbage Patch

This begins a series of the things you must see when you go to Bike Week in Daytona.

Sopotnick’s Cabbage Patch is a little bar west of New Smyrna beach on 549 County Road 415. This is just a tiny tavern with a few regulars and the occasional out of town biker for 50 weeks a year. During Bikeweek and Biketoberfest it’s a different story. The place is packed with bikers, most who arrive to see the hugely popular coleslaw wrestling match. They wrestle on Wednesday and Saturday.

This is on the grounds of a former cabbage farm, hence the name. Before the big contest they grind up heads of cabbage on a large mound covered with a plastic tarp. Then add some vegetable oil and let the fun begin. The girls tumble and toss each other around until one is pinned. After each match, the girls (all covered with cabbage) go to the garden hose to be sprayed off. Sometimes this is the best part! The winner of the tournament gets $500.

There are campgrounds across the road, if you want to spend the whole week here. The grounds are loaded with vendors serving food of all kinds. There are plenty of bars to get a cold beer and waitresses move around the crowd hawking jello shooters.

It is not a place to take the kids. Women tend to lose their clothes at the cabbage patch for some reason.

Even if you are in the area during one of the 50 non-bikeweeks, it is worth a stop for a cold beer and a look around.

3 comments:

Oz said...

Went there with my father-in-law in June 2007. Not much to look at. You know that is the location of the setting for the true-story "Monster" - the serial killer. Cut and paste the urls below.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_(film)

Oz said...

I visited the Cabbage Patch with my father-in-law in June 2007. Not much to look at.

This is the real setting of the killings of Aileen Wuomos.

Cut and paste this url.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_(film)

mq01 said...

hey, great to see your back!! happy holidays to you and yours.