A downtown area in Florida’s popular Key West resort, Duval Street is one of America’s countless renowned gems. You might know it best from the Village People’s hit ‘Key West’: “take a walk down Duval Street, you never know who you’ll meet” You’ll certainly discover so much about the American way of life as it’s [...]
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Hog’s Breath is on Duval Street, at the lower end near Mallory Square. The best dish is the cheeseburger, which is delicious. There’s outdoor seating under a canvas roof, or indoors. There’s a Hogg’s Breath store, since their t-shirts and tank tops are very popular with tourists and locals alike. Hogg’s Breath has live music [...]
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Origami is fantastic but a little pricey. If you’re on a budget then choose your meal carefully or it could add up to a whopping bill. Particularly good is the starter salad with ginger dressing, so fresh and tasty. In fact, one of the best things about Origami, besides its convenient Old Town location, is [...]
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The Whistle Bar, the Bull and the Garden of Eden are all located in the same building. Not really sure why the Whistle Bar and Bull are different bars, they seem more like the same bar on two floors but whatever. There is a great balcony at the Whistle Bar where you can look out [...]
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Margaritaville, another must see in Key West. A monument to the free spirited and alternative life style of Jimmy Buffet or a corporate shell, you decide. They do serve pretty good cheeseburgers, personally I won’t eat there again after seeing Corporate Jimmy Buffet sue everyone in sight. Corporate Buffet has sued people for using the [...]
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Sloppy Joe’s and Captain Tony’s, well Hemmingway lived in Key West for a couple years and ever since then Key West has been milking this for all it’s worth. Hemmingway’s favorite bar in Key West was Sloppy Joe’s and it has been an iconic place to go have a drink ever since. Apparently Sloppy Joe’s [...]
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Another beach in close proximity to Duval street is Simonton Beach. It is located at the north end of Simonton street which runs parallel to duval street. It is a small beach and has a boat launch for small boats. It looks out over the harbor and can be a good place to sit and [...]
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Key West is a small island city with a very diverse population. While certainly a wealthy community, there are also plenty of regular folk just trying to make a living in Paradise. While there are lots of snowbirds here in winter, making the average age tilt toward the retirement generation, there’ s a vibrant youthful [...]
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