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Hogfish sandwich · Key West
Fried hogfish on Cuban bread with Swiss, mushrooms and caramelised onions. A reef fish that only reaches restaurant tables through spearfishing, and the sandwich a Stock Island bar was built around.
Hogfish is taken by spear rather than net or hook, which keeps it local, seasonal and expensive; the name comes from the long pig-like snout the fish uses to root along the sea floor. The Hogfish Bar & Grill sits on the Safe Harbor docks on Stock Island beside the working fleet, and is built around one item: the Killer, fresh hogfish with mushrooms and Swiss cheese on Cuban bread, priced at $25 in 2026. Cafe Sole on Southard Street has served hogfish since it opened in 1995, plated rather than sandwiched, which is the fine-dining end of the same fish.
Where to eat in Key West:
- Hogfish Bar & Grill
- Cafe Sole
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