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Planning Your First Trip to the Florida Keys? Add These 5 Activities to Your Itinerary

The Florida Keys leave no shortage of exciting things for visitors to try. Whether you’re into amazing food, music, partying, relaxing, sailing, whatever it is, the Keys have it. With that in mind, here are five activities that are universally loved by visitors (we know because we get to hear about it!). Feeding the…

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March 20, 2018

5 Must-Try Meals While You’re in Key West

There’s a lifetime of unbelievable meals in Key West. How does a tourist even get started? While there are more options than you can likely fit into a single trip (unless you stick around for 3 months!), you’d be in pretty good shape if you get these five meals on your list: Stone Crabs Where:…

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March 6, 2018

Where To Eat, Key West: Mangoes!

There are over 315 restaurants here on our tiny 2 mile by 4 mile island…So where do you decide to dine on your precious few days here? Good news is, with such high competition, you’re likely to sit down anywhere to a good meal, but why settle for good when you can have GREAT?! Well,…

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February 23, 2018

What’s the Best Times of the Year to Visit Key West?

We’re of the firm belief that there’s no bad time to visit Key West, but hey, we live here! Still, if you’re not familiar with the Keys, you may be wondering when is the best time to plan your visit for. Here’s a brief overview of the seasons, and what they have to offer. December…

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February 20, 2018

How to Experience Key West Like a Local

Every well-versed traveler knows to keep an eye on the locals—they’re the ones who live there day in and day out and know how not to fall for the tourist trap destinations and instead experience the place in an authentic way. Here are four suggestions that should help you experience Key West like a local!…

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February 14, 2018

The Rum Runner: A Key West Signature Cocktail

  In the Keys we are known for the laid back “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere” mentality – so it’s only natural our Island chain is the source of some wonderful libations! Photo// TheFeverentShaker.com Our featured and favorite cocktail is the Rum Runner, which legend has it that it was invented by John Ebert or “Tiki…

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February 2, 2018

The Best Places to Stay in Key West

  Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn? It’s hard to discern where to stay, when hotels, rental homes, and bed and breakfasts are around every corner! So we’ve slept our way around town (no it’s not what you’re thinking, but) to compile a list of the best places to rest your head upon your next Key West…

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January 26, 2018

10 MORE Delicious Reasons You Should Be In Key West Right Now

Looking for a Key West foodie check-list for your next visit? Huffington Post’s 10 Delicious Reasons You Should Be in Key West Right Now, an article written almost 3 years ago, still rings perfectly true today, but there’s FAR more than 10 Delicious Reasons to be in Key West! If you’ve been here before, you could…

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January 11, 2018

Where to get the BEST Key West Pink Shrimp

Don’t skimp on shrimp. We don’t call our local shrimp “pink gold” for nothing. These babies are sweet, juicy, succulent, and bigger than normal. On top of that, while most shrimp come out of the water white or brown (and turn pink while cooking), our local Key West pink shrimp come fresh out of the…

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December 9, 2017

The Cuban Food You Must Have in Key West

  Because most visitors to Key West perceive us as having a seafood oriented cuisine, few realize the impact Cuba has made on our cooking. Ask any local for a great restaurant and he refers you instead to a great cuisine: Cuban. Now that you get the logic that Cuba has always been only 90…

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November 8, 2017

Lobster Mini-Season 2021!

Mini lobster season is about to kick off in the Florida Keys, and man are we ready to get our hands on some fresh Florida lobster!  The 2-day spiny lobster event is always the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July, with the regular season opening August 6th and ending March 31st. Mini season started…

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October 24, 2017

Attention Boys & Ghouls! The Boos & Bites Tour is COMING!

THIS MONDAY, Oct 23rd, Key West Food Tours is bewitching guests with two transfixing hours of cocktails and costumes down Fantasy Fest lane! This spellbinding tour includes so many goodies, it’ll have you JUMPING with FEAR……ummm, we mean “JOY!” Photo // hgtvhome.com Here are the Top 5 Reasons this Tour is NOT to Miss! 1….

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October 20, 2017