Tag: lobster

Key West's Reach Resort dock and beach ocean view from resort restaurant.

Four Marlins at the Reach Resort: Review

February 9, 2020 – Since I have lived in the Florida Keys (20+ years now), the restaurant at the Reach Resort has been Shula’s, Strip, Spencer’s and now Four Marlins. They finally broke away from the “S” theme, so hopefully…

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Lobsterfest 2019

Lobster season opens on August 6th. This will be the 23rd year that Key West celebrates with the four day event, Lobsterfest. Thousands of lobster lovers come to Key West to celebrate, eat and play in the Florida Keys sunshine…

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Key West Mini-Lobster Season, 2019

Here in Key West it is lobster mini-season, also known as sportsman season, again. Annually, this event takes place on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. Properly licensed snorkelers and divers are able to take up to six…

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Key West Lobsterfest – 2018

This will be the 22nd year that Key West celebrates the opening of lobster season by throwing the best party of the summer. Thousands of lobster lovers come to Key West for four fun filled days and nights to eat…

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Ocean Grill & Bar | Review

I love eating at Duval Square because it is a comfortable atmosphere with great restaurants and (drum roll) parking in Key West!  Ocean Grill & Bar recently opened after the owners of the New York Pasta Garden, also located in…

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Key West’s Lobster Mini Season 2014

About Lobster mini season, also called spiny lobster sport season, always falls on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. So this year’s mini-season begins at 12:01 a.m. on July 30th and ends at 12:00 midnight the 31st. During this two day…

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Key West Aquarium

The Key West aquarium is one of Key West’s oldest tourist attractions. First opened in the winter of 1935, the aquarium had a bright future until the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 hit the islands and destroyed the overseas railroad…

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Key West Recipe Feedback

I was going through my emails this morning and I received one about a particular recipe that I shared in the Food and Drink section of this blog. Appropriately enough, it was for my Shrimp and Lobster Pot Pie, and…

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Spiny Lobster Season 2013

July 24th and 25th, 2013, which is this Wednesday and Thursday, marks this year’s two-day recreational lobster season, commonly known as mini-season. During this period, recreational snorkelers and divers can take up to six lobsters per day in Monroe County…

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Florida Keys 2012 Lobster Mini Season opens Tomorrow

Lobster mini season which falls on July 25th and 26th this year, is always the last Wednesday and Thursday in July, and it usually brings around 25,000 visitors to the Florida Keys. During this two day lobster bonanza, each properly licensed snorkeler and…

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