KEY WEST HAPPY HOUR GUIDE



Your guide to where the locals go for happy hour drink and food specials. Alonzo’s700 Front St.4-6:30 p.m.Half-price appetizersalonzoysterbar.com Bagatelle115 Duval St.4-6 p.m.Half-price drinks$5 appetizersBagatellekeywest.com Bistro Sole1019 White St.Monday through Friday5-6:30 p.m.Half-price beer and wineTapas specialsBistrosole.com Blue Macaw Island Eats and Bar804 Whitehead St.Every day with live music4-7 p.m.$3 well drinks, domestic beers andhouse winesBluemacawkeywest.com Boathouse Bar and Grill400 Greene […]

THE FISHING REPORT




Summer in the Keys can be the best time for catching spawning snapper such as yellowtail, mangroves and muttons in the reefs. They usually respond to live or cut bait and anchoring and chumming the waters is usually your best bet. I personally like to fish in depths anywhere from 30-100 feet. Inshore fishing for tarpon is also red hot […]

The Conch Train: Rambling along the streets and through the history of Key West since 1958



On a blustery, partly cloudy Sunday afternoon The Conch Tour Train, Key West’s old-time sightseeing tour, pulled out of the station on Front Street and rambled and jangled along the sometimes bumpy roads of Key West’s historic district. A ticket for the train, actually a car outfitted like a train with passenger cars in tow, is about $30 (plus tip); […]

BARTENDER OF THE WEEK

Landon Bradbary – bartender, thespian and Cicerone extraordinaire


Writer, director, actor and bartender Landon Bradbary immediately exudes a big presence and vivacious personality when you meet him. He’s gregarious and bold behind the bar as well as on the stage. He’s been bartending at the ultra-trendy Porch at the corner of Duval and Caroline since the day it opened nearly six years ago, and is well-suited to the […]

MUSIC SCENE

Coffee Butler: From Hukilau to history

Key West music legend Coffee Butler still has a lot of juice. At the age of 87 he still fills the seats. Last week at the Key West Theater he filled 280 of them during the dog days of August. He is a very special performer and beloved Key Wester. Lofton “Coffee” Butler was born and raised in Key West. […]

Its namesake never saw it, but Audubon House still worth a look




It’s midway through the tour of Key West’s stunningly pretty Audubon House and Tropical Gardens that the truth comes out: John James Audubon — famed naturalist painter, whose lifelike paintings of bird portraits line the walls of the museum — never actually lived in the Audubon House. But don’t let this spoiler keep you from visiting; indeed, a visit to […]

SHOT IN KEY WEST



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SUMMER 2016 KEY WEST RESTAURANT SPECIALS



KEY WEST CUISINE

When diners are happy, Bagatelle’s owner is happy

Bagatelle, 115 Duval St. Bagatelle is a historic home, circa 1884, that has been converted into a casual fine dining restaurant, just steps away from the ocean, on the 100 block of famous Duval Street. Owner Damian DeAngelis, originally from New Hampshire, purchased Bagatelle in October 2014. He has been in the restaurant business since arriving in Key West in […]

NOT-TO-MISS ATTRACTIONS



Audubon House & TropicalGardens205 Whitehead St.(305) 294- 2116 or (877) 294-2470audubonhouse.comOriginal lithographs of John JamesAudubon’s drawings are on display atthis former home of shipwreck salvagerCapt. John Geiger. CityView TrolleyTours of Key West1045 Whitehead St.(305) 294-0644cityviewtrolleys.comThese open-air trolleys offer hop-on-and-off tours that incorporate narrationof the history of Key West. Conch Tour Train303 Front St.(305) 294-5161 or (888) 916-8687conchtourtrain.comThe Conch Train has […]