The Best Bars in Key West
Collected by
AFAR Editors
, AFAR Staff
Pull up a stool at a rum bar, enjoy a glass of wine outdoors on a porch, or cool off waterside with a craft beer – there's no shortage of options when thirst hits in this part of the Florida Keys.
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429 Caroline St, Key West, FL 33040, USA
The Porch shares its porch with another bar, Caroline's Other Side, but you won't likely confuse the two. While the Other Side is all about the cocktail, the Porch sticks to beer and wine, and that tight focus pays off. With an international...
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429 Caroline St, Key West, FL 33040, USA
In the land of piña coladas and light beers, The Other Side cocktail lounge is chiseling out new booze territory one ice globe at a time. Drinks, loosely inspired by the Keys, are like nothing else on the island. There’s the frothy...
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601 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040, USA
Chances are that when you return home after your trip to Key West, someone will ask you if you went to the Green Parrot. It's that kind of iconic bar, the kind your parents' friends ended up atover spring break in college long ago.The bar started...
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420 Appelrouth Ln, Key West, FL 33040, USA
Mary Ellen's is known for its delicious grilled cheese sandwiches, which are made in nine gooey varieties and are accompanied to the table by a wide selection of dipping sauces. The menu makes a half-hearted (a little joke...
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6810 Front St, Stock Island, FL 33040, USA
Hogfish Bar and Grill, under a thatched palapa roof with open sides, is tucked in among the boats and gulls of Safe Harbour Marina in Stock Island. In short, a meal or a drink there makes you feel like an insider, a salty local far from the...
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