Eat in Duval Street, Key West

Nine One Five

• ★ 4.4
• New American
• $$$

Order Bacon-wrapped dates from the porch menu

Nine One Five serves an eclectic fusion menu from the porch of an 1850s Victorian on upper Duval in Key West, backed by a deep wine list and late seatings.

Banana Cafe

• ★ 4.3
• French
• $$

Order The strawberry cheesecake crepe with a mimosa

Banana Cafe griddles sweet and savoury crepes at the quiet end of Duval Street, Key West's French breakfast porch from 07:30 through dinner service.

Mangoes

• ★ 4.0
• Caribbean
• $$$

Order Shrimp scampi over angel hair with toasted focaccia

Mangoes runs a family-owned Caribbean kitchen and brick patio at Duval and Angela in Key West, serving local seafood and homemade key lime pie till late.

Kaya Island Eats

• ★ 4.4
• Caribbean
• $$

Order Ahi poke nachos, then the jerk chicken

Kaya Island Eats crosses Caribbean jerk with Pacific poke on Duval Street in Key West, chef Scott's Hawaii training behind the tuna nachos and rasta pasta.

DJ's Clam Shack

• ★ 4.3
• Seafood
• $$

Order The warm buttered Maine lobster roll

DJ's Clam Shack butters warm lobster rolls from a Duval Street counter in Key West, a Diners Drive-Ins and Dives stop with steamed clams and fritters.

Old Town Mexican Cafe

• ★ 4.1
• Mexican
• $$

Order Carne adobada with a flight from the tequila wall

Old Town Mexican Cafe stocks over 200 tequilas and mezcals behind a Duval Street porch in Key West, backing carne adobada and fajitas with $4 taco Tuesdays.

The Conch Shack

• ★ 4.2
• Seafood
• $

Order Cracked conch with the key lime aioli

The Conch Shack fries conch fritters towards midnight at weekends, a sidewalk window on lower Duval Street feeding Key West drinkers between bars.

Willie T's

• ★ 4.0
• American
• $$

Order A fresh-mint mojito and whatever fish is on the board

Willie T's papers its Duval Street porch in signed dollar bills and pours mojitos over live music from 11:00 to 01:30, with a full Key West seafood menu.

La Grignote

• ★ 4.5
• French
• $$

Order Croque madame and an almond croissant

La Grignote bakes croissants and plates croque madames from scratch on upper Duval, the French counter Key West queues at for benedicts and quiche.

Mattheessen's

• ★ 4.1
• Bakery
• $$

Order A warm chocolate chip cookie and a square of slab fudge

Mattheessen's has poured copper-kettle fudge onto a 500-pound marble slab since 1993, baking face-sized cookies for the Duval Street crowds in Key West.

Grand Vin

• ★ 4.4
• Wine bar
• $$

Grand Vin pours wines by the glass on the porch of an upper Duval conch house, Key West's long-running bottle shop and wine bar rolled into one room.

Vinos on Duval

• ★ 4.3
• Wine bar
• $$

Vinos on Duval pairs a world-spanning wine list with big charcuterie boards mid-Duval in Key West, a calm porch between the street's louder bars.

Sloppy Joe's Bar

• ★ 4.4
• Historic saloon
• $$

Drink Sloppy Rita

Sloppy Joe's opened with Prohibition's end in 1933 and has held Duval and Greene since 1937, a National Register Key West saloon with all-day live music.

Captain Tony's Saloon

• ★ 4.3
• Historic saloon
• $

Drink Pirate's Punch under the hanging tree

Captain Tony's Saloon drinks inside an 1851 icehouse on Greene Street, the Key West bar that claims Hemingway's patronage and a tree through the roof.

Hog's Breath Saloon

• ★ 4.0
• Open-air saloon
• $$

Order Fish tacos and a Hog Snort during the afternoon set

Hog's Breath Saloon works an open-air corner near Mallory Square, the Key West room of a saloon brand founded in Florida in 1976, with all-day bands.

The Rum Bar

• ★ 4.6
• Rum bar
• $$

Drink Rum flight from a list in the hundreds

The Rum Bar pours one of Key West's deepest rum lists on the Speakeasy Inn porch, an upper Duval house whose basement once hid Prohibition bottles.

Tiki House

• ★ 4.1
• Tiki bar
• $$

Drink Zombie with fresh pineapple

Tiki House shakes zombies and mai tais with fresh fruit on lower Duval in Key West, the island's dedicated tiki room from the Horseplay bar family.

The Smallest Bar

• ★ 4.0
• Novelty bar
• $$

Drink Key Lime Pie shot off the shotski

The Smallest Bar squeezes a full Key West cocktail list into 72 square feet on lower Duval, claiming the title of the tiniest bar in the United States.

Chart Room Bar

• ★ 4.2
• Hotel dive bar
• $$

Drink A cold beer amid the room's stacked memorabilia

The Chart Room hides inside the Pier House Resort at mile zero of Duval, the wood-panelled Key West bar once frequented by Jimmy Buffett and Mel Fisher.

Irish Kevin's

• ★ 4.0
• Irish pub and show bar
• $$

Drink Irish beers with singalong sets

Irish Kevin's has run singalong sets on lower Duval since July 1998, a Key West show bar pouring Irish beer with a kitchen that serves until 23:00.

801 Bourbon Bar

• ★ 4.5
• $$

801 Bourbon Bar anchors upper Duval as Key West's best-known drag room, with the 801 Girls performing nightly above a bar that pours until 04:00.

Aqua Bar & Nightclub

• ★ 4.4
• $$

Aqua runs Key West's drag programme across a Duval Street complex of bars that includes the Birdcage Cabaret, the Back Bar and 22&Co under one roof.