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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
( 305-743-4191; MM 54 bayside; 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
( 305-743-4028; Marathon, MM 52; 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
( 305-743-0288;
www.marathontheater.org
; 5101 Overseas Hwy)
A good, old-school, single-stage theater that shows movies and plays in big reclining seats
(with even bigger cup-holders).
Information
Fisherman's Hospital
HOSPITAL/MEDICAL
( 305-743-5533;
www.fishermanshospital.com
;
3301 Overseas Hwy)
Has a major emergency room.
Marathon Visitors Center Chamber of Commerce
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
305-743-5417, 800-262-7284;
www.floridakeysmarathon.com
;
MM 53.5 bayside;
9am-5pm)
Sells Greyhound tickets.
