Harbor Walk Restaurants Key West


		Harbor Walk Restaurants in Key West Schooner Wharf Bar along Harbor Walk on the Historic Key West Harbor Schooner Wharf Bar is an extremely popular hangout for tourist and natives alike. Actually, Schooner Wharf is a throw back to the old Key West before million-dollar condos began sprouting up like mushrooms on a stump It is as Key West as a pair of well-worn flip flops and just as comfortable and unassuming. In fact it is just a ramshackle, old, open-sided bar, with a small stage and umbrella-covered tables set up on a gravel patio. The menu isn't anything special. After all Schooners is a bar. The difference is Schooner's seems to always provide good live music on their outdoor stage. The food is good but I think Schooner's draw is the live music and totally laid back atmosphere. When visitors arrive in Key West they want to share in that Island spirit that is so laid back and it is that atmosphere that seems to attract and hold visitors at Schooners. Alonzo's Oyster Bar at A&B Lobster House on Harbor Walk overlooking A&B Marina Alonzo's Oyster is located on the first floor under A&B Lobster House on the Harbor Walk surrounding the Historic Seaport Harbor at Key West Bight where it overlooks A&B Marina. When you are in Key West you want to try Alonzo's Oyster Bar during their Happy Hour Special. Arrive after 4 PM for their happy hour. Drinks and appetizers are half price until 6PM. Much the menu is half off, and all the drinks are too, so long as you get there between 4pm and 6pm. OK, there you have it Alonzo's happy hour is one of the best deals in Key West. Turtle Kraals Restaurant along Harbor Walk on Key West Bight Marina Key West's Turtle Kraals have been around for years, first they were raising sea turtles for food and for the shell. Then it was a turtle soup cannery and a tourist attraction. Now it's a restaurant with a historic tower bar that's a popular spot along Harbor Walk along the Historic Seaport Harbor in Old Town Key West. Turtle Kraals focuses its culinary offerings, on seafood. Cooks blend the cuisine of New Orleans with that of Key West, Cuba and the Bahamas to come up with dishes featuring a wide array of delicate spices. You might also catch their popular turtle races, which are held twice a week. You may also be interested in catching breakfast at Turtle Kraals before you head out on a boating adventure. Turtle Kraals Restaurant along Harbor Walk on the Historic Key West Seaport We just liked this Turtle Kraals sign, don't you? Turtle Kraals Restaurant along Harbor Walk on Key West Bight Marina The lobster pots on the roof add "atmosphere" to Turtle Kraals. Conch Republic Seafood Restaurant and Bar on Harbor Walk at Key West Historic Seaport Harbor Conch Republic Seafood is one of the most popular restaurants on Harbor Walk and Historic Old Seaport Harbor at Key West Bight. There isn't a better place to be in the late afternoon and evening than Conch Republic Seafood Restaurant and Bar. You can enjoy their spacious waterfront setting where the atmosphere is like a trip in a time machine to the way Key West used to be. Stop by to relax and take in the view of the boats and other activity along the waterfront. Conch Republic Seafood Restaurant and Bar on Harbor Walk around the Historic Key West Harbor Throughout Key West's colorful history the Historic Key West Seaport, where the Conch Republic Seafood Company now resides, has had a tradition of bringing the bounty of the seas ashore. Sponges, giant sea turtles, shrimp and fish are just a few of the types of cargo that would pass through the Bight weekly. The location where the Conch Republic Seafood is now located has it's own interesting history. In the 1890's "sponging" employed hundreds in Key West, both with the fleet and at jobs ashore. Large "mother ships" would dock after a few weeks of harvesting sponges and unload their cargoes. The thousands of sponges bought, sold & traded were shipped all over the United States. By the early 1900's, Key West was considered the Sponge Capital of the Country. In 1949 vast beds of succulent pink shrimp were located just offshore near the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf. As word of the find spread, hundreds of shrimp boats were soon operating out of Key West Bight Marina. At one time there were so many shrimp trawlers at the docks, you could walk the length of the seawall from one boat to another without touching the water! The property on which the Conch Republic Seafood Company now sits was once the Singleton Fish House and Ice Plant. The ice plant once boasted as the largest in the world, allowed for more efficient unloading and processing of the shrimp catch. Each day, at the peak of the shrimp season, dozens of shrimp trawlers unloaded at the docks right behind Conch Republic Seafood Restaurant and Bar. In the warehouse, hundreds of workers stood at long tables in what now serves as the Main Dining Room of the restaurant, where they removed the inedible heads from the shrimp before packing. Shrimping and shrimp processing remained a lucrative business here into the 1980's. Half Shell Raw Bar on Harbor Walk along the Historic Seaport Harbor in Key West Once a shrimp packing building, the Half Shell Raw Bar on Harbor Walk along the Historic Seaport Harbor has stayed true to its blue-collar heritage. Set in the heart of the Historic Seaport at Key West Bight, Half Shell Raw Bar is an authentic Key West fish house. The Half Shell Raw Bar is a low key restaurant for casual lunch or dinner where one can settle down to an informal atmosphere, local characters, great bar and waterfront dining. It's a little piece of Old Key West on the historic Key West Bight. Fancy folks looking for fancy stuff will have to look elsewhere. No carpet on the floors. No expensive art on the walls. No air conditioning, for that matter. Alonzo's Oyster Bar at A&B Lobster House on Harbor Walk at Key West Bight Marina Alonzo's Oyster Bar is located on the first floor below A&B Lobster House on Harbor Walk overlooking A&B Marina in Key West Bight. Alonzo's is best known for their Happy Hour 1/2 price special when drinks and much of the menu is 1/2 price. Alonzo's is where locals go for Happy Hour. Schooner Wharf Bar along Harbor Walk on Key West Bight Marina The food is good but I think Schooner's draw is the live music and totally laid back atmosphere. While the Schooner Wharf Bar is advertised as a bar they do serve food. Schooner's is anything but fancy as in nothing more than an outdoor stage set up in an outdoor parking lot. I do not know that it was really a parking lot but it has a gravel floor if you get my drift. Tables with umbrellas are situated around the stage where live music seems to be available around the clock. Click here for more Key West travellogs Until next time remember how good life is. More Florida Adventures More Key West Adventures More 2011 Travel Adventures Mike & Joyce Hendrix Mike & Joyce Hendrix who we are We hope you liked this page. 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