Pepe's Cafe is an american brunch spot in Historic Seaport, Key West.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Fresh-squeezed juice, house-baked bread and eggs
Tip: Breakfast runs 07:30 to noon; the operator dates itself to 1909 and calls itself the Keys' oldest eating house.
Address: 806 Caroline Street, Key West, FL 33040
Schooner Wharf serves breakfast from 08:00 at weekends on Key West's harbour walk, eggs and coffee at the shrimp-dock rail before the music starts.
Order: Dockside eggs with a pina colada chaser
Tip: Breakfast starts at 08:00 Friday to Sunday and 08:30 Monday to Thursday; the bar calls itself a last little piece of old Key West.
Azur runs a daily 09:00 to 15:00 brunch on a shaded Grinnell Street corner, the sit-down Mediterranean morning Key West locals book for occasions.
Order: Whatever benedict variation is on the brunch board
Tip: Azur takes a long September holiday most years, reopening in mid-October; brunch tables go quickest on weekends.
Matt's runs Stock Island's weekend brunch over the Perry Hotel marina, New American comfort plates a dog-friendly drive from Old Town Key West.
Order: Black bean fritters with avocado sauce
Tip: Bring your own catch for the You Catch We'll Cook service; Monroe County residents get 20% off dinner with ID.
Schooner Wharf serves breakfast from 08:00 at weekends on Key West's harbour walk, eggs and coffee at the shrimp-dock rail before the music starts.
Order: Dockside eggs with a pina colada chaser
Tip: Breakfast starts at 08:00 Friday to Sunday and 08:30 Monday to Thursday; the bar calls itself a last little piece of old Key West.
Blue Heaven's breakfast is Key West's most famous morning: pancakes and benedicts under the Bahama Village canopy while chickens work the courtyard.
Order: Richard's Very Good Pancakes straight off the griddle
Tip: The courtyard closes for a holiday each September and reopens in October, so check ahead if you visit in hurricane season.
Moondog Cafe serves Key West's Bib Gourmand brunch on a Whitehead Street patio, breakfast tacos and quiche lorraine across from the Hemingway House.
Order: Breakfast tacos, then key lime pie with charred meringue
Tip: It sits across from the Hemingway House queue, and half the bakery case is vegan; the patio suits a long breakfast.
La Grignote plates Key West's French brunch on upper Duval: benedicts, Belgian waffles and croque madames from a scratch bakery open 07:00 to 15:00.
Order: Croque madame with an almond croissant to finish
Tip: The kitchen closes at 15:00 and the pastry case sells down by late morning, so treat it as a breakfast stop.
