Key West Advice?

[ThomCat]

Sloppy Joe's, Dennis, it's the same atmosphere at 11am as it is 11pm. You could enter the Hemingway look-a-like derby or just listen to some great music and people watch. Enjoy!!!

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by ThomCat

Sloppy Joe's, Dennis, it's the same atmosphere at 11am as it is 11pm. . Enjoy!!!

You're right about that! I have been in there at 11 AM, and you'd swear it was midnight at Times Square. That place is always rockin, especially when the cruise ships are docked nearby..

All right, now I have to at least start planning a trip for no later than April of next year...God, what a place.

[BluesHarp]

You have got to have "Stone Crab Claws with Key Lime Mustard Sauce" and a cold beer.

15 years later and it's the first thing I remember when I hear Key West mentioned.

[Finaddict]

I did public relations for The Florida Keys & Key West for three years, and was in Key West for about a week total each month, sometimes more when I was also down fishing or there was a good event going on.

There are always events going on in The Keys and Keys West - this coming week there is a music festival through Sunday Key West Songwriters Festival May 1-5 - that website is the official site of The Florida Keys and Key West.

As for restaurants - El Sibony is a great restaurant - reasonably priced and great food, also on Malory Square is El Mason De Pepe's a higher end Cuban restaurant and awesome too, and you can watch the activities taking place on Mallory Square if you get a good seat.

Pepe's Cafe on Caroline Street, as highlighted above, has awesome breakfasts ... it's an old-time restaurant and great.

There are also sunset cruises and variety of that stuff if you want to check out the harbor and surrounding area.

For fishing, Compass Rose Charters - for offshore and reef, tarpon and shark in the shallows - Captain Mike Weinhoffer is worth the trip - he's docked at Charter Boat Row - and will catch you fish, lots of them. Mike has been running charters out of Key West for more than 20 years - and is very, very active in the local community both from a fishing and activities stand point - assured to show you a fishy time.