The Conch Shack is a seafood restaurant in Duval Street, Key West.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Conch fritters, Cracked conch
Must order: Cracked conch with the key lime aioli
Tip: There is no dining room, just the sidewalk ledge; weekend hours stretch towards midnight for the bar crowd.
Address: 118 Duval St, Key West, FL 33040
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.
Signature: Mojitos, Fresh seafood plates
Order: A fresh-mint mojito and whatever fish is on the board
Tip: Add your own signed dollar to the tens of thousands on the walls; the kitchen serves lunch through late night.
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.
Signature: Maine lobster roll, Stone crab claws
Order: Hot buttered lobster roll, or stone crab claws in season
Tip: Pick a fish from the market case and they will cook it on the spot; stone crab season runs mid-October to May.
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.
Signature: Fish sandwich with papaya-mango slaw, Cuban mix
Order: Fresh fish sandwich with the papaya and mango slaw
Tip: Seating is a few sidewalk tables on Elizabeth Street; it closes at 17:00, so treat it as a breakfast and lunch stop.
Onlywood Grill fires Neapolitan pies in a garden courtyard off Caroline Street, the roomiest of the three Onlywood pizzerias running in Key West.
Signature: Neapolitan wood-fired pizza, Parmacotto pie
Order: A wood-fired pie with parmacotto ham and pistachio sauce
Tip: Happy hour runs 16:30 to 18:00; the original Onlywood Pizzeria Trattoria on Duval handles the walk-up slices.
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.
Signature: Grilled cheese, Bad Boy Burrito
Order: A grilled cheese from the nine varieties, with the dipping sauces
Tip: Appelrouth Lane is easy to walk past; the kitchen serves late, which makes it the grown-up alternative to pizza slices.
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.
Signature: Mojitos, Fresh seafood plates
Order: A fresh-mint mojito and whatever fish is on the board
Tip: Add your own signed dollar to the tens of thousands on the walls; the kitchen serves lunch through late night.
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.
Signature: Uzbek pita breads, Falafel
Order: Falafel on the house-baked Uzbek pita
Tip: It is a locals' strip-mall room away from Old Town with free parking, and one of the few island kitchens open past 23:00.
