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Hurricane
BAR
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305-743-2200; MM 49.5 bayside;
h
11am-12am)
The staff is sassy and warm. The drinks will kick your ass out the door and have you back
begging for more. The ambience: locals, tourists, mad fishermen, rednecks and the odd
journalist saddling up for endless Jägerbombs before dancing the night away to any num-
ber of consistently good live acts. It's the best bar before Key West, and it deserves a visit.
Island Fish Company
BAR
(
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305-743-4191; MM 54 bayside;
h
11:30am-10pm)
The Island has a friendly staff pouring strong cocktails on a sea-breeze-kissed tiki island
overlooking Florida Bay. Chat with your friendly Czech or Georgian bartender - tip well,
and they'll top up your drinks without you realizing it. The laid-back, by-the-water atmo-
sphere is quintessentially Keys.
Brass Monkey
BAR
(
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305-743-4028; Marathon, MM 52;
h
10am-4am)
When Colonel Kurtz whispered, 'The horror, the horror,' in
Apocalypse Now
he was prob-
ably thinking about the night he got trashed in this scuzziest of dives, the preferred water-
ing hole for off-the-clock bar- and waitstaff in Marathon.
Marathon Cinema & Community Theater
CINEMA
A good, old-school, single-stage theater that shows movies and plays in big reclining seats
(with even bigger cup-holders).
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Fisherman's Hospital
HOSPITAL/MEDICAL
Has a major emergency room.
