Cudjoe Key (Square Grouper) is a food day trips in Key West.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The restaurant closes 6 September to 8 October 2026 for its annual holiday; book ahead in season because the room fills nightly.
The Saddlebunch Keys run is Key West's shortest food drive: Baby's Coffee roasts at mile marker 15, the classic halfway stop on any Lower Keys loop.
Tip: Pair it with the Lower Keys back roads or a Geiger Key detour; the roastery opens at 06:00 for the fishing crowd.
Big Pine Key hides No Name Pub, a 1931 general store turned 1936 pub where Key West day-trippers eat pizza under thousands of stapled dollar bills.
Tip: Watch for Key deer on Watson Boulevard near the pub; the drive back at dusk needs slow speeds through the deer refuge.
Marathon anchors the middle Keys food run from Key West, where Keys Fisheries serves its lobster reuben over the docks beside a working seafood market.
Tip: The market side sells stone crab in season and ships nationwide; order at the window and eat over the marina rail.
Islamorada makes the long day trip from Key West worthwhile: Robbie's marina pairs the Hungry Tarpon's dock breakfasts with hand-feeding wild tarpon.
Tip: The Hungry Tarpon opens at 06:30 and the tarpon dock charges a small admission; go early before the tour buses land.