DJ's Clam Shack is a street-food stop in Duval Street, Key West.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Seating is a handful of sidewalk stools, so time it outside the Duval Street lunch rush.
Address: 629 Duval St, Key West, FL 33040
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.
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.
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.
