KEY WEST BABY!!!!

[66horse]

Hey all, I am headed to Key West in a few weeks and was hoping yall would let me know about the must dos... and the dont dos cause it sucked...


thanks!
Steve

[Mr. Duval Crawl]

must dos:

lunch at Kelly's Caribbean Bar & Grill
have a drink on the Afterdeck at Louie's Backyard
put up a business card and visit the bathroom at Capt. Tony's
do the Trails of Margaritaville tour with Magic Frank
have a drink or 6 at the Schooners Wharf
visit the Chart Room inside the Pier House Resort
dinner at Conch Republic Seafood

other good watering holes: Green Parrot, Hog's Breath, Sloppy Joe's, Irish Kevin's, Bull and Whistle, (of course) Margaritaville and if you are really daring visit the Garden of Eden (you'll know why when you get there)

[TMHB]

Schooners Wharf is a must do. I really enjoyed this place. Not many tourists at night.

[12vmanRick]

Dont forget Shrimp Boat Sound and Mallory Square and I personally loved Hemmingway's home tour and all the cats!

[66horse]

THANKS! I will add th stuff to the list!

[RinglingRingling]

From the Bill "Uncle Billy" Holmes Guide to KW:

Bars
Sloppy Joe’s
It’s not my favorite, but it’s big with the tourists
http://www.sloppyjoes.com
Capt. Tony’s
This is my favorite, don’t miss this place
Margaritaville
it’s a rule,, I have to list this one
http://www.margaritaville.com
Schooner Wharf
great place to hang out
(Michael McCloud plays in the afternoons)
http://www.schoonerwharf.com
Hog’s Breath Saloon
Another great place to hang out
http://hogsbreath.com/
The Green Parrot
funky local kinda place
http://www.greenparrot.com
Rick’s
fun place in the middle of the action
http://www.rickskeywest.com/
Bull & Whistle
(the Garden of Eden, rooftop bar is clothing optional)
http://www.thebullandwhistle.com
The Iguana Café
bar stools right on the sidewalk (try the alligator)
http://www.worldfamousiguanacafe.com/
Fat Tuesday
not bad,, if you make it this far up Duval

Places to eat
Blue Heaven
corner Thomas & Petronia St. (don’t miss)
Two Friends Patio
Front St. (one of my all time favorites)
http://keywestmenu.com/2friends/
Half Shell Raw Bar
Schooner Wharf (another favorite of mine)
http://www.halfshell-rawbar.com
Turtle Kraals
Schooner Wharf (good food, fun atmosphere)
http://www.turtlekraals.com/
B.O.’s Fish Wagon
corner Caroline & William St. (don’t miss)
El Meson de Pepe
Mallory Square (Cuban cooking)
http://www.elmesondepepe.com
El Siboney
900 Catherine St. (Cuban cooking)
Bahama Mama’s Kitchen
324 Petronia St. (Bahamian cooking)
http://keywestmenu.com/bahamamamas/
Margaritaville
500 Duval St. (cheeseburgers & other stuff)
Louie’s Back Yard
700 Waddell St. (pricey, but a must for parrotheads)
Pepe’s Café
806 Caroline St. ( a Key West classic)
Rooftop Café
310 Front St. ( good food, and great people watching)
Mangia Mangia
900 Southard St. (if your in the mood for Italian)
http://keywestmenu.com/mangiamangia/
Duval Beach Club
South Beach ( Good food, good prices, great view )
http://keywestmenu.com/duvalbeach/
Duffy’s
corner of Truman and Simonton (great prime rib)
Billie’s
Front St. (best stone crab claws & banana daiquiris)
Conch fritter stand at sunset celebration
(best conch fritters in town)
Frozen drink stand at Sunset Celebration..


Sights to see & things to do
Hemingway House
Lighthouse & museum
Mel Fisher Treasure Museum
Mallory Square (nightly sunset celebration)
Fort Taylor
Aquarium
Duval St. Shopping and just walking
Ride the conch train like a tourist
Ghost tours of Key West http://hauntedtours.com
Leaves nightly at 8 from lobby Of La Concha Hotel (reservations required)
Trails of Margaritaville tour (305)292-2040
tours start daily at 4 from Capt. Tony’s Saloon


Sunset sail (Try the Western Union)
http://www.schoonerwesternunion.com/
It’s a beautiful old schooner.
Back in the 70’s Buffett took his first trip
to Cuba on the Western Union,
While he was doing the soundtrack
for a documentary on Hemingway .

The Schooner Wolf plays up the pirate theme.
The catamarans are just drinking platforms.
They have no romance about them.

Snorkel trips
You have to get out to the reef at least once.
There are several boats that you can choose from.
My favorite is the Appledore, they spend winter
in Key West and the summer in Maine.
Sunny Days http://www.sunnydayskeywest.com/
and Seabago http://www.keywestsebago.com/
are two of the big catamarans. They both do nice trips.

Beaches
Smathers beach
Everyone goes here to play, but the swimming sucks

Higgs Beach
My favorite, for swimming,
and snorkeling around the old sea wall

South beach
small beach, usually quiet, water is very shallow

Fort Taylor Beach
best beach on the island,
nice shady area for picnics, great place
to relax, swim, sun, and just spend the day.

Bring aqua socks, the beaches in the keys have
a coarse coral sand that’s hard on the feet.

[tryin' to reason]

Bring aqua socks,

I went there once with grey socks, but most of the time, I wear no socks at all!!!!!!!! How radical (or "liberal") is that??!!??