Key West: What We Ate

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To peck at Larry and Jules’ feet as they try to enjoy a meal! We left Key West without the slightest idea as to why there are almost more chickens then residents occupying the town. They’re all over the place! Cute little baby chicks following their moms, big roosters that never stop crowing, crazy-looking white feathery ones, desperate ones that beg for food from under the table like a dog. It was so weird, but one of the funniest things we’ve ever seen is watching them cross the road in the busy Key West traffic.

We loved seeing those crazy chickens but we did much, much more than that in Key West. We went to almost every bar on the island and did a food crawl of all the “must go” places. 

Our food crawl started at lunch at Blue Heaven, and if it weren’t for the chickens begging for food at your feet it would really be heaven. It’s all outside seating under the shade of huge trees. We split their tortilla dish which was delicious and got a couple of cocktails, both of which were great. Normally we're not big fans of key lime pie but being that it's what they're known for we decided to give it a try. We were so glad we did! The merengue was so fluffy and not too sweet and the custard was smooth and delicious. Just perfect. We could have stayed there all day but I accidently threw a grain of rice from our table on the floor and the begging chickens just lost it and would not leave me alone.

Next, we went to BO's Fish Wagon to try their conch fritters. The place looked like it was decorated with stuff that had washed ashore after a big storm.. right up our alley. If you don't know, conches are large sea snails. We were a little apprehensive because we thought the fritters were going to be really tough or slimy but they really weren't. They were really good! The staff at BO's Fish Wagon were also the nicest people and so friendly, too.

Our next stop was to Schooner's Wharf Bar after a very nice recommendation. The sun had just set and we were right on the water, it was beautiful. We split a cheeseburger and loved it, but loved the atmosphere more. Once it started getting a little later, the bar filled up with people and cigarette smoke. We realized how much we take our clean air and smoke free restaurants in New York for granted. It was enough to make us move on to a new place!