Bistros, trattorias and the everyday places where Key West actually eats.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Key West actually eats.
19 places
Order Fried grouper sandwich with key lime sauce
B.O.'s Fish Wagon is Key West's driftwood shack at Caroline and William, frying grouper sandwiches and cracked conch under a roof of netting and plates.
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.
Order Korean BBQ tacos with a side of island fries
Garbo's Grill cooks Korean BBQ tacos from an Airstream in the Hank's saloon courtyard in Key West, twice featured on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives.
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Order The traditional frita with its crown of fried potato strings
Frita's Cuban Burger Cafe keeps a Key West lunch under $15 with Havana-style fritas, tacos and yuca fries on a bright patio just off Southard Street.
Order Cuban mix with a large cafe con leche
Sandy's Cafe is the laundromat lunch counter of Key West, pressing Cuban mixes and pouring con leche at a White Street walk-up window from 05:00 daily.
Order Cuban mix pressed hot, plus a bag of bollos
5 Brothers Grocery has pressed Cuban mixes and poured con leche at Southard and Grinnell in Key West since 1978, a family corner store with a bench crew.
Order Key lime French toast with the home fries
Harpoon Harry's calls itself Key West's last true diner, flipping key lime French toast and blue plate specials on Caroline Street from 06:30 every day.
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.
Order Baja fish tacos and the fire-roasted corn
Amigos Tortilla Bar folds its signature square tacos a block off Mallory Square in Key West, with fire-roasted corn and carne asada nachos to match.
Order The classic ribeye cheesesteak with white American
Mr Z's has griddled Amoroso-roll cheesesteaks and pizza on Southard Street in Key West since 2002, the counter the bars empty into after closing time.
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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.
Order Hot buttered lobster roll, or stone crab claws in season
Eaton Street Seafood Market sells the Key West catch two ways: over ice from the 1877 storefront case, or cooked into lobster rolls for the patio tables.
Order Fresh fish sandwich with the papaya and mango slaw
Fisherman's Cafe works a small counter by Key West's Historic Seaport, stacking fish sandwiches with papaya and mango slaw for boat crews and walkers.
Order A wood-fired pie with parmacotto ham and pistachio sauce
Onlywood Grill fires Neapolitan pies in a garden courtyard off Caroline Street, the roomiest of the three Onlywood pizzerias running in Key West.
Order A grilled cheese from the nine varieties, with the dipping sauces
Mary Ellen's serves grilled cheese down an Appelrouth Lane alley until 02:00, the late Key West kitchen that beats a pizza slice after Duval Street.
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.
Order Falafel on the house-baked Uzbek pita
Kennedy Cafe cooks to midnight in New Town and delivers until 23:30, the late Mediterranean kitchen that feeds Key West's hospitality shift workers.
Order Manti dumplings, then the chicken shawarma bowl
Oasis Mediterranean Cuisine hand-folds Turkic manti and khachapuri in a garden room on White Street, Key West's Central Asian outlier worth the detour.
Order The local catch with a Main Squeeze citrus wheat ale
First Flight serves chef-driven plates and house beer in the 1927 building where Pan Am sold its first tickets, under a Key West garden tree canopy.
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