Life Tell me about Key West

**cabletech94** · 06-13-2021, 12:31 PM

Sorry in advance if a Q.

Was there 20 years ago for a few hours. Flying in Next Sunday for a couple days. Gonna scuba, gonna eat some key lime pie, gonna get drunk, and not in that exact order. Tell me some things that the internet hasn’t told me.

Taking the wife for our anniversary. It’ll be nice to go out to the world.

**digger** · 06-13-2021, 12:35 PM

Enjoy man...

staylor26 · 06-13-2021, 12:37 PM

Born and raised, and still live here, so AMA.

Mattheessens has the best key lime pie IMO.

Good breakfast/brunch spots:

Blue Heaven, Firefly, Harpoon Harry’s

Lunch:

DJ’s Clam Shack, Mr. Z’s, Garbo’s Grill.

Dinner:

Santiago’s, Prime, Nine One Five

bsp4444 · 06-13-2021, 12:41 PM

I’ll be there in a week and a half. Kayaking the mangroves is cool.

staylor26 · 06-13-2021, 12:44 PM

Also, if you’re going to the beach, go to Fort Zachary Taylor.

It costs a few dollars per person, but it’s worth it. Easily the best beach on the island.

**Donger** · 06-13-2021, 12:46 PM

Prison Bitch likes it a lot.

Graystoke · 06-13-2021, 01:00 PM

Hit up my ex wife at Sloppy Joe’s

FlaChief58 · 06-13-2021, 01:04 PM

Watch your anus (unless you're in to that sort of thing, then you'll have a great time).

Seriously though, whenever I go, I'm on island time. Everything slows down and I forget about the real world while I'm there. We stay on Sugarloaf key and drive to key west for the shopping and nightlife.

Spott · 06-13-2021, 01:20 PM

Was there last week. All kinds of stuff to do there. The kayaking tours are very good. I used Lazy Dog and Key West Eco tours the last couple of times I went and both were great. Lazy Dog was a little closer to Key West but the other one seemed it went through more on the tour. I also did a half day snorkeling trip with a company called Honest Eco tours and they were very good. Definitely plenty of options for water sports there. The beaches were so full of seaweed and moss that they were unusable. I assume it’s seasonal but the coast was stacked full of it. If you like coffee, Cuban Coffee queen is amazing, especially if you like your coffee stronger. Zachary Taylor park is definitely cool, too. Hopefully the beaches are cleared up by the time you get there.

If you are doing an anniversary, there’s a cool couple’s spot called Better Than Sex which has a lot of unique desserts, coffee and alcoholic drinks. You’ll need to make reservations ahead of time on their website, but I would definitely check that out.

**RealSNR** · 06-13-2021, 01:30 PM

Wear a fanny pack and get your picture taken next to the marker of the southernmost point of the continental US.

**cabletech94** · 06-13-2021, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Wear a fanny pack and get your picture taken next to the marker of the southernmost point of the continental US.

I’ve got the chiefs “run it back” Fanny pack!!!

**RealSNR** · 06-13-2021, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by FlaChief58

Watch your anus (unless you're in to that sort of thing, then you'll have a great time).

Seriously though, whenever I go, I'm on island time. Everything slows down and I forget about the real world while I'm there. We stay on Sugarloaf key and drive to key west for the shopping and nightlife.

Oh no way? I hear billay has a place on Ramrod Key

staylor26 · 06-13-2021, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Wear a fanny pack and get your picture taken next to the marker of the southernmost point of the continental US.

This guy knows your stereotypical KW tourist!

FlaChief58 · 06-13-2021, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Wear a fanny pack and get your picture taken next to the marker of the southernmost point of the continental US.

I didn't have one, but my wife did when we took our pic there

**BigRedChief** · 06-13-2021, 01:37 PM

Get you some Conch fritters. The real shit, not the tourist crap.

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Spott Court Jester Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Orlando Casino cash: $2542400	Was there last week. All kinds of stuff to do there. The kayaking tours are very good. I used Lazy Dog and Key West Eco tours the last couple of times I went and both were great. Lazy Dog was a little closer to Key West but the other one seemed it went through more on the tour. I also did a half day snorkeling trip with a company called Honest Eco tours and they were very good. Definitely plenty of options for water sports there. The beaches were so full of seaweed and moss that they were unusable. I assume it’s seasonal but the coast was stacked full of it. If you like coffee, Cuban Coffee queen is amazing, especially if you like your coffee stronger. Zachary Taylor park is definitely cool, too. Hopefully the beaches are cleared up by the time you get there. If you are doing an anniversary, there’s a cool couple’s spot called Better Than Sex which has a lot of unique desserts, coffee and alcoholic drinks. You’ll need to make reservations ahead of time on their website, but I would definitely check that out. Last edited by Spott; 06-21-2021 at 06:00 PM..
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