Willie T's is an american restaurant in Duval Street, Key West.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Mojitos, Fresh seafood plates
Must 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.
Address: 525 Duval Street, Key West, FL 33040
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.
Signature: Maine lobster roll, Conch fritters
Order: The warm buttered Maine lobster roll
Tip: Seating is a handful of sidewalk stools, so time it outside the Duval Street lunch rush.
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.
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.
Signature: Manti, Chicken shawarma bowl
Order: Manti dumplings, then the chicken shawarma bowl
Tip: The lush back garden is the seat to take; the somsa pastries and baklava travel well for a beach picnic.
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.
Signature: Fresh local fish, House-brewed beer
Order: The local catch with a Main Squeeze citrus wheat ale
Tip: Ask for the Tree-Top deck or the Crash Bar, whose counter is a riveted aluminium airplane wing.
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.
Signature: Grouper sandwich, Conch fritters
Order: Fried grouper sandwich with key lime sauce
Tip: It is open-air and cash-friendly chaos; go at off-hours because the shack smells like fried fish for good reason.
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.
Signature: Maine lobster roll, Conch fritters
Order: The warm buttered Maine lobster roll
Tip: Seating is a handful of sidewalk stools, so time it outside the Duval Street lunch rush.
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.
Signature: Korean BBQ tacos, Cayo fish tacos
Order: Korean BBQ tacos with a side of island fries
Tip: Order at the truck window and grab a beer from Hank's bar behind you; the picnic tables share the same yard.
