Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 305-515-3019, 800-343-8567;
www.littlepalmisland.com
;
packages from $890; )
How do you get here? By boat or by plane, accompanied by a big wad of money. If you
can afford to get here you can afford to spoil yourself, and this exclusive island, with its
Zen gardens, blue lagoons and general Persian Empire air of decadent luxury, is very good
at spoiling you.
Eating
No Name Pub
PIZZERIA
(
305-872-9115; N Watson Blvd, Big Pine Key, off MM 30.5 bayside; mains $7-18;
11am-11pm;
)
The No Name's one of those off-the-track places that everyone seems to know about. It
feels isolated, it looks isolated, yet somehow, the tourists are all here - and this doesn't de-
tract in the slightest from the kooky ambience, friendly service, excellent locally brewed
beer and primo pizzas served up at this colorful semidive.
Note: the name of this place implies that it is located on No Name Key, but it is on Big
Pine Key, just over the causeway.
Coco's Kitchen
DINER
(Big Pine Key Shopping Center, MM 30.5 bayside; mains & sandwiches $10.50;
7am-2pm & 4-7pm
Tue-Sat; )
Enter through the oddly mirrored storefront into this tiny luncheonette, where local fishers
join shoppers from the Winn Dixie next door for diner fare and local gossip. Serves a good
mix of American standards and Cuban diner fare such as picadillo (ground beef cooked in
Cuban spices).
Good Food Conspiracy
VEGETARIAN
(
305-872-3945; Big Pine Key, MM 30 oceanside; mains under $10;
9:30am-7pm Mon-Sat,
11am-5pm Sun; )
Rejoice, health-food nuts: all the greens, sprouts, herbs and tofu you've been dreaming
about during that long, fried-food-studded drive down the Overseas are for sale in this
friendly little macrobiotic organic shop. There is a good smoothie and fresh-juice bar on
site. Note the big pink shrimp out front - Keezy kitsch as its best.
