The fastest, cheapest, frequently best food on Key West's streets.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Key West.
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.
Try: Korean BBQ tacos
Tip: Order at the truck window and grab a beer from Hank's bar behind you; the picnic tables share the same yard.
The Conch Shack fries conch fritters towards midnight at weekends, a sidewalk window on lower Duval Street feeding Key West drinkers between bars.
Try: Cracked conch with key lime aioli
Tip: There is no dining room, just the sidewalk ledge; weekend hours stretch towards midnight for the bar crowd.
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.
Try: Cuban mix and cafe con leche
Tip: Order at the window, eat on the stools facing the street; the buchi shot is the fastest caffeine on the island.
Cuban Coffee Queen pulls con leches at a muralled walk-up window by the Key West Bight, the waterfront original of the island's Cuban coffee mini-chain.
Try: Con leche and pressed Cuban sandwiches
Tip: Five windows now operate across Key West, including a roastery at 6 Key Lime Square; the Margaret Street original keeps the mural queue.
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.
Try: Warm buttered Maine lobster roll
Tip: Seating is a handful of sidewalk stools, so time it outside the Duval Street lunch rush.
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.
Try: Fish sandwich with papaya-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.