Capt. Jim’s guidebook to Key West - Great food & things to do by a local

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Capt. Jim’s guidebook to Key West - Great food & things to do by a local

City/town information

You'll find out!
83 habitants recommandent
Key West
83 habitants recommandent
You'll find out!

Food scene

The restaurants on this list are tried and true, Key West has some of the greatest culinary minds on the planet!
Nice quaint setting for an excellent meal!
11 habitants recommandent
Little Pearl
632 Olivia St
11 habitants recommandent
Nice quaint setting for an excellent meal!
The food is incredible, order anything they serve it doesn't matter!
11 habitants recommandent
Thirsty Mermaid
521 Fleming St
11 habitants recommandent
The food is incredible, order anything they serve it doesn't matter!
Awesome food and service!
Virgilio's
524 Duval St
Awesome food and service!
Excellent setting, food and service!
Antonia's Restaurant
615 Duval St
Excellent setting, food and service!
A little bit of everything high end in a great setting!
Bagatelle
115 Duval St
A little bit of everything high end in a great setting!
If you love them then this is the place for them.
11 habitants recommandent
Alonzo's Oyster Bar
700 Front St
11 habitants recommandent
If you love them then this is the place for them.
Great location and food.
The White Tarpon Bar & Restaurant
700 Front Street
Great location and food.
The food is outstanding, tapas at it's finest!
44 habitants recommandent
Santiago's Bodega | Key West
207 Petronia St
44 habitants recommandent
The food is outstanding, tapas at it's finest!
Southern style food that will not disappoint.
6 habitants recommandent
Firefly Key West
223 Petronia Street
6 habitants recommandent
Southern style food that will not disappoint.
High end dining at a high end resort!
Four Marlins Oceanfront Dining
1435 Simonton Street
High end dining at a high end resort!
Awesome place for lunch and a great local fish sandwich and views of the harbor!
22 habitants recommandent
Conch Republic Seafood Company
631 Greene St
22 habitants recommandent
Awesome place for lunch and a great local fish sandwich and views of the harbor!
Incredible cuisine, don't miss it!
9 habitants recommandent
The Flaming Buoy Filet Co.
424 Eaton St
9 habitants recommandent
Incredible cuisine, don't miss it!
Intimate setting in an Old Town Key West neighborhood with five star cuisine!
11 habitants recommandent
Cafe Sole
1029 Southard St
11 habitants recommandent
Intimate setting in an Old Town Key West neighborhood with five star cuisine!
Known for their breakfasts and Bloody Mary's!
52 habitants recommandent
Blue Heaven
729 Thomas St
52 habitants recommandent
Known for their breakfasts and Bloody Mary's!
The service is excellent and the food is phenomenal!
Seven Fish
921 Truman Ave
The service is excellent and the food is phenomenal!
Excellent food and cocktails!
8 habitants recommandent
Martin's
917 Duval St
8 habitants recommandent
Excellent food and cocktails!
A Key West favorite, it's small but the food is worth the wait!
20 habitants recommandent
Pepe's
806 Caroline St
20 habitants recommandent
A Key West favorite, it's small but the food is worth the wait!
Should be one of your first choices for breakfast!
8 habitants recommandent
Banana Cafe
1215 Duval St
8 habitants recommandent
Should be one of your first choices for breakfast!
Excellent views and food to match!
10 habitants recommandent
Hot Tin Roof Restaurant
0 Duval St
10 habitants recommandent
Excellent views and food to match!
For all your Key Lime needs and wants, don't miss it!
8 habitants recommandent
Kermit's Key West Key Lime Shoppe
200 Elizabeth St
8 habitants recommandent
For all your Key Lime needs and wants, don't miss it!
You'll just want to keep on eating, I swear!
10 habitants recommandent
La Trattoria Restaurant
524 Duval St
10 habitants recommandent
You'll just want to keep on eating, I swear!
Incredible views and food to match!
30 habitants recommandent
Louie's Backyard
700 Waddell Ave
30 habitants recommandent
Incredible views and food to match!
For the steak lover surrounded by seafood, it's over the top for sure!
14 habitants recommandent
Prime Steakhouse
951 Caroline St
14 habitants recommandent
For the steak lover surrounded by seafood, it's over the top for sure!
Historic is putting it mildly, stop in at one of Key West's favorites!
14 habitants recommandent
A&B Lobster House
700 Front St
14 habitants recommandent
Historic is putting it mildly, stop in at one of Key West's favorites!
Yup!
12 habitants recommandent
Nine One Five
915 Duval St
12 habitants recommandent
Yup!
If it's good enough for James Bond it's good enough for you!
9 habitants recommandent
Thai Island Restaurant
711 Eisenhower Dr
9 habitants recommandent
If it's good enough for James Bond it's good enough for you!
Sidewalk favorite.
8 habitants recommandent
DJ's Clam Shack
629 Duval St
8 habitants recommandent
Sidewalk favorite.
Stop and get the cracked conch with fries, some real island food.
The Conch Shack
118 Duval St
Stop and get the cracked conch with fries, some real island food.
Top notch cuisine and atmosphere!
12 habitants recommandent
Tavern N' Town
3841 N Roosevelt Blvd
12 habitants recommandent
Top notch cuisine and atmosphere!
Bistro 245
245 Front Street
Excellent Cuban mix sandwich!
28 habitants recommandent
Hurricane Hole
5110 Overseas Hwy
28 habitants recommandent
Excellent Cuban mix sandwich!
Their fish dinners are plentiful and excellent.
13 habitants recommandent
Matt's Stock Island Kitchen & Bar
7001 Shrimp Road
13 habitants recommandent
Their fish dinners are plentiful and excellent.
Don't miss it and get the Hogfish sliders with onion rings!!!
87 habitants recommandent
Hogfish Bar & Grill
6810 Front St
87 habitants recommandent
Don't miss it and get the Hogfish sliders with onion rings!!!
History in the making!
9 habitants recommandent
El Siboney Restaurant Stock Island
5501 5th Ave
9 habitants recommandent
History in the making!
Try the pizza!
39 habitants recommandent
Roostica
5620 MacDonald Ave
39 habitants recommandent
Try the pizza!
Excellent food prepared by our Amigo's!
6 habitants recommandent
Amigos Tortilla Bar
425 Greene St
6 habitants recommandent
Excellent food prepared by our Amigo's!
They're lined up at the front door for breakfast!
14 habitants recommandent
Sarabeth's Kitchen
530 Simonton St
14 habitants recommandent
They're lined up at the front door for breakfast!
Old school Key's cuisine!
6 habitants recommandent
Cafe Marquesa Key West
600 Fleming St
6 habitants recommandent
Old school Key's cuisine!
Get the traditional Cuban coffee or try a Cortadita, they never disappoint!
21 habitants recommandent
Cuban Coffee Queen
284 Margaret St
21 habitants recommandent
Get the traditional Cuban coffee or try a Cortadita, they never disappoint!
These baked goods will speak for themselves.
9 habitants recommandent
Old Town Bakery
930 Eaton St
9 habitants recommandent
These baked goods will speak for themselves.
Try the Coconut Shrimp with a cold glass of beer and there's always a local act on stage.
24 habitants recommandent
Schooner Wharf Bar
202 William St
24 habitants recommandent
Try the Coconut Shrimp with a cold glass of beer and there's always a local act on stage.
They'll cook your catch! Add some fries, slaw, yellow rice with black beans and throw in an ice cold beer and you're all set!
17 habitants recommandent
Dante's Key West
955 Caroline Street
17 habitants recommandent
They'll cook your catch! Add some fries, slaw, yellow rice with black beans and throw in an ice cold beer and you're all set!

Sightseeing

A very cool list of things to do while on the island!
Awesome place, don't miss this local favorite!
56 habitants recommandent
Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory
1316 Duval St
56 habitants recommandent
Awesome place, don't miss this local favorite!
Dreaming of treasure? look no further.
31 habitants recommandent
Musée maritime Mel Fisher
200 Greene St
31 habitants recommandent
Dreaming of treasure? look no further.
Incredible place to see, an American icon in literature.
105 habitants recommandent
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
907 Whitehead St
105 habitants recommandent
Incredible place to see, an American icon in literature.
Beautiful home and grounds!
Audubon House & Tropical Gardens
205 Whitehead St
Beautiful home and grounds!
Yup, this is where Harry Truman spent his time vacationing, smart man!
27 habitants recommandent
Harry S. Truman Little White House
111 Front St
27 habitants recommandent
Yup, this is where Harry Truman spent his time vacationing, smart man!
Be nice to Robert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 habitants recommandent
Fort East Martello Museum
3501 S Roosevelt Blvd
10 habitants recommandent
Be nice to Robert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very cool, old school!
Musée de la caserne de pompiers de Key West
1 Whitehead Street
Very cool, old school!
THIS IS A MUST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go to the square for the sunset festival, held nightly. The sunsets are unreal!
100 habitants recommandent
Mallory Square
400 Wall St
100 habitants recommandent
THIS IS A MUST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go to the square for the sunset festival, held nightly. The sunsets are unreal!
You'll see.
27 habitants recommandent
Key West Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum
938 Whitehead St
27 habitants recommandent
You'll see.
Get there early for a photo! The lines can be long for the most iconic symbol in America!
64 habitants recommandent
Le point le plus au sud des États-Unis continentaux
1400 South St
64 habitants recommandent
Get there early for a photo! The lines can be long for the most iconic symbol in America!
The end of the road! Probably one of the most photographed places on the island.
9 habitants recommandent
Mile Marker 0
501 Whitehead St
9 habitants recommandent
The end of the road! Probably one of the most photographed places on the island.
Great views!
8 habitants recommandent
Quai Edward B. Knight
White Street
8 habitants recommandent
Great views!
Beautiful flora and fauna here. The Key West Garden Club does it right.
11 habitants recommandent
West Martello Tower
1100 Atlantic Blvd
11 habitants recommandent
Beautiful flora and fauna here. The Key West Garden Club does it right.
A must ride to get a great history tour of the city!
7 habitants recommandent
Conch Train Tour
500 Truman Ave
7 habitants recommandent
A must ride to get a great history tour of the city!
Lael does great caricature art, you won't be disappointed.
Lael’s ArtCart
100 Duval St
Lael does great caricature art, you won't be disappointed.
Sometimes you can smell it before you see it.
9 habitants recommandent
Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden
5210 College Rd
9 habitants recommandent
Sometimes you can smell it before you see it.
And yes there is a bar inside
6 habitants recommandent
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ingham Maritime Museum
Southard Street
6 habitants recommandent
And yes there is a bar inside
Remember, drinking Rum in the morning doesn't mean you're an alcoholic, it means you're a pirate!
Papa’s Pilar Rum Distillery, Hemingway Rum Company
201 Simonton St
Remember, drinking Rum in the morning doesn't mean you're an alcoholic, it means you're a pirate!

My Favorite Fishing Charter!

Fishing the lower Florida Keys backcountry shallows and flats for the most sought after saltwater species on the planet! You never know what you'll catch or see.
Book a trip with us and we'll show you a part of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary that not everyone gets to encounter. Great fishing with incredible marine and bird life is at your fingertips!
Mile Marker 27 Fishing Charters
27424 Guadaloupe Ln
Book a trip with us and we'll show you a part of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary that not everyone gets to encounter. Great fishing with incredible marine and bird life is at your fingertips!

Music scene

There's always someone playing in Key West!
Excellent venue for national acts in an unbelievable setting along the waterfront!
Truman Waterfront Park Amphitheater
Southard Street
Excellent venue for national acts in an unbelievable setting along the waterfront!
Super intimate setting, if there's an act you like, don't miss the opportunity to see them here!
6 habitants recommandent
Key West Theater
512 Eaton St
6 habitants recommandent
Super intimate setting, if there's an act you like, don't miss the opportunity to see them here!
Named after the writer himself, the theater speaks volumes!
Tennessee Williams Theatre
5901 College Rd
Named after the writer himself, the theater speaks volumes!

Beaches to chill on

We don't have too many beaches but the ones we do have are pretty sweet!
Super Chill
25 habitants recommandent
Higgs Beach Pier
1000 Atlantic Blvd
25 habitants recommandent
Super Chill
Ultra Chill
40 habitants recommandent
Smathers Beach
2601 S Roosevelt Blvd
40 habitants recommandent
Ultra Chill
Mega Chill
7 habitants recommandent
Fort Jefferson
7 habitants recommandent
Mega Chill

Beer Drinkin Bars! No description needed.

Local watering holes that sling 'em all day and night!
45 habitants recommandent
Sloppy Joe's Bar
201 Duval St
45 habitants recommandent
7 habitants recommandent
Capt Tony’s Saloon
428 Greene St
7 habitants recommandent
21 habitants recommandent
Hog's Breath Saloon
400 Front St
21 habitants recommandent
10 habitants recommandent
Smokin' Tuna Saloon
Duval Street
10 habitants recommandent
10 habitants recommandent
Irish Kevin's Bar
211 Duval St
10 habitants recommandent
13 habitants recommandent
Rick's Bar
202 Duval St
13 habitants recommandent
Flying Monkeys
227 Duval Street
Shots & Giggles
201 Ann Street
Tattoos and Scars Saloon
512 Greene Street
The Green Room
501 Greene St
37 habitants recommandent
Green Parrot Bar
601 Whitehead St
37 habitants recommandent
Joe's Tap Room
506 Greene Street