Key West - Geiger Key

There is a rustic rough hewn tiki bar in a little marina surrounded by mangrove islands where mostly locals hang out, drink beer, and talk about diving and fishing. It's called the Geiger Key Smoke House. They have barbeques every weekend with lots of beef and country or blues bands. They have great seafood as well. We got in the car and made the 10 mile drive up the Keys to get our favorite lobster BLT. Bad news. Not on the menu anymore. Oh well you shouldn't eat the same thing all the time. Time to try something new.

Nancy tried their shrimp scampi and I got shrimp tacos.

They were both really great. The grilled shrimp were much kinder to the stomach than the fried lobster we usually got. Seafood tacos always seemed kinda strange to me but these gave a new flavor to south of the border menu regulars. You won't find this at Taco Bell. Nancy had a more healthy meal than I did. She had some tasty yellow rice, steamed veggies, and creamy coleslaw. The bill, including some beers and tip, came to $39.

We ate slow and enjoyed the cool breeze while watching schools of fish playing their fishy games in the water nearby. We enjoyed listening to the boat dudes telling their fish stories. A couple scruffty sea hounds talked two young bar girls into taking a “ride in their boat”.  Not the normal tourist stuff. We felt like locals ourselves as we watched the sun set over Geiger Key.

Bon  Ton  Roulett Y'All
Gene and Nancy

“When you see the Southern Cross for the first time,
You understand now why you came this way.” --- JB

Key West Introduction

Hello, my friends!  Welcome to another installment of The Key West Chronicles!  

Thank you to Uncle Gene and Aunt Nancy for their awesome contribution.  

I TRULY appreciate it, and them!  

I'll be posting one a day til they're done.  

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Have you been to the Keys?  Are you planning a trip?

What's your favorite color?  No, wait, not that one!  

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There may be a contest for comments going on in one of these posts, so keep your eyes peeled and fingers ready!  : )  

And now, without further ado...

Carrie has once again asked her somewhat addled uncle to contribute some entries to her much celebrated  food blog. It is back to that 100 mile chain of islands that stretch from the tip of Florida into the gulf of Mexico.

Yes, it is back to the keys!

This time we will be eating our way around that wild and mysterious place called Key West. (The Spanish called it Cayo Hueso, translated “Isle of Bones”, because is was covered with bones of many Indian battles that took place there. Drunk Americans couldn't pronounce that, so they called it Key West … Close enough)

There are lots of cool places to eat in Key West. Hope we can pass on some useful information and get you a little hungry along the way.

The picture is Key West harbor near sunset. We did a lot of eating and enjoying this view at the same time. Food always tastes better with the ocean in the neighborhood.

Bon  Ton  Roulett   Y'All  
Gene and Nancy

 “But there's this one particular harbour
So far but yet so near.”
--- JB