Coming to Florida's Key West and not experiencing Duval Street is missing one of the area's most important commercial roads. It's the main street on the island. Visit at any time. At the end of the day, when the heat abates and beachgoers have packed up, the street truly comes into its own Lined with restaurants, bars, art galleries and souvenir shops, this popular thoroughfare stretches a little more than a mile and is near many of the city's most well-known attractions. Near the northern end of the street is Mallory Square, a congregation point where the daily sunset has all eyes cast to the spot where the sun first touches the ocean horizon. A visit to Key West isn't complete without taking a stroll down Duval Street. read more

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Love Duval Street! If you're going to spend some time in Key West then hitting Duval Street is a must! Especially if you like to bar hop and feast on tasty eats. I'd suggest staying at a hotel close by as Duval is very walkable and a lot of fun. We were there for a friend's destination wedding and extended our stay to enjoy Key West. You can experience fancy joints to dive bars here. A must is Sloppy Joe's as it's one of the most famous bars on Duval. Willie T's, Hog's Breath Saloon, Bull & Whistle, Smallest Bar, Durty Harrys, Flying Monkey, Hard Rock, Fat Tuesdays, and many more. You can also find many spots to eat and the fresh seafood is terrific. Retail and souvenir shopping can also be found along this street. My liver took a beating but kept on ticking! read more

I always have a great time when I go downtown Key West on Duvall Street, lots of party time and some nice relaxation time also on the crystal blue waters. They have lots of great musicians and entertainment and they also have some really good food down there. i a nice place to get away for a couple days and it's not too far away. read more

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so many things to see and do on this street, it's fun stroll along this street, from the most southern point to the sunset vista point. there are art galleries, restaurants, bars, cafe, ice cream parlor and chickens. Yes, we saw many chicken, especially roosters crossing the roads and on the walkway. read more

Duval Street Key West Wow this business page brought back memories of my visit to Key West with my boyfriend. I'll look for my photos when I've got more energy. My boyfriend was not into touristy activities. I wanted to visit the gift shops on Duval Street and take tours. I insisted on the tour of Hemingway's home. I did grab a couple of souvenirs that I have to this day. Going to Key West is not a drive I would want to do again. We drove from Fort Lauderdale to the big island. If I could fly into Key West I'd go for a long weekend. I'd spend a lot more time eating and shopping on Duval Street. Maybe next lifetime. If you are young and enjoy traveling get to Key West! I'm highly recommending. read more

Duval Street - My magnet I purchased on Duval Street. It's hanging on the inside of my apartment door. 07/29/25 - Local Flavor Near Me - Key West, Florida

Duval Street is the place to be in Key West. There are chickens walking around everywhere and we finally saw some babies. So cute. read more

Duval Street - Baby chickens - Local Flavor Near Me - Key West, Florida

Duval Street is notably the entertainment capitol of Key West with bars, restaurants and retail shops lining both sides of the street for 1.25 miles from Mallory Square to the Southernmost Point Buoy. Most of the retail businesses and commercial restaurants on Duval Street close by 7pm but we hit the late night live music bars tonight like Sloppy Joe's, The Whistle Bar, Dogs Breath and Irish Kevins. read more

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Key West has something for everyone. Daytime or night time. Want to get wild or have some family fun you'll find it. On foot, bike, or golf cart you can do it all. There are no limits. Enjoy Key West!!! read more

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This is the main drag in Key West. There are many loud bars near Malory Square & it gets quieter heading towards the Southernmost Point. It's a nice flat mile walk that takes about :20 if you don't stop to look inside gift shops, art galleries, T-shirt shops & bars. There isn't any parking on Duval but there are many historic buildings with landmark status. The roosters here are pretty friendly too read more

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Three times a year I come to Key West for a get away and have fun day and night. Duval Street is the center of a majority of the action in Key West. Both sides of the street have bars, restaurants and cute retail shops with very pricey scattered hotels. FYI not much shade on this street in the summer months. The best rates for hotels are one or two blocks OFF of this iconic street. I try to rent bicycles for easy travel from one end to the other. read more

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Duval Street is Key West's most iconic street, stretching from one side of the island to the other, it encompasses many bars, restaurants, assorted shops, art galleries, and more. You can't visit Key West without stopping there. I'd say it seems much more fun as a pedestrian than a driver. read more

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Duval street has a lot of great restaurants, shops and bars. Take the trolley to save your self the hassle of parking. There are several paid parking lots or paid street parking. This is a great walkable area. The major cruise lines dock near by. You will find tons of great deals on souvenirs. So many restaurants and bars to choose from. read more

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When visiting Key West, definitely reserve half a day to walk up and down Duval street. It's over a mile long with tons of shops and eateries. We parked in the lot next to the Butterfly House. It's $5/hr. to park in most lots. We walked down one side of the street stopping to shop long the way. At some point, the 85 degree heat got the best of us. At that point we trekked back to the car walking down the other side of the street, again stopping at interesting shops along the way. We stopped at many places including: - Margaritaville - it's the original - Hard Rock Cafe - Sloppy Joe's - Hemingway's spot - Flamingo - best ice cream but they take only cash - DJ's Clam Shack - the lobster roll is the best and worth all the hype We drove down Duval street at night too and it looked so pretty with all the stringed lights on all the shops and restaurants. Duval Street is definitely worth a visit. I only gave it 4 stars vs. 5 due to cràzy cost of parking. read more

This is the place to be when staying in Key West. It's over a mile long, from the Southernmost Point for a photo opp, to Mallory Square for the sunset. You will see all kinds of restaurants, bars, art galleries, and unique shops in between. My favorites are: The Hard Rock Cafe, Sloppy Joes, Willie Ts, and La Trattoria. As I write this during the pandemic (Dec 2020) the place is only about 60% as busy with tourists as it used to be; 10:00pm on a Saturday night starts to become pretty quiet at many places. Regardless, this is one fun place for adults. Leave the kids with grandma and let loose here! read more

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Vibes re good, ppl re nicer, can't beat location, no complaints. 100%................ Vibes re good, ppl re nicer, can't beat location, no complaints. 100%................ read more

I felt like I was back in New Orleans! It had an old style feel and liveliness. This street is the place to be in Key West! It's an old town with restaurants, shops, souvenirs shops, music and close beaches. Was only here for a few hours in the late afternoon on a Tuesday and it was lively with people and cars. You have to be open minded to the livelihood of this place. Lots to do as well. Many bicyclists and tourists. I recommend to stay by a nearby hotel next time as it takes a few hours from Miami to drive here. [92/100] read more

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A must do when in Key West. Over a mile of stores, bars and other tourist stuff to window shop and explore. Many cool stores to purchase t-shirts or Key West memorabilia. A great place to discover a place to eat then or later that week. Also many places to sit, rest and grab a cold drink while listening to a great or not so good musician. A place everyone does their 1st time in Key West and what others do everytime they visit. A must see at least the 1st time. read more

Duval Street is the most famous street on Key West. You should definitely visit it and check out their many, many, many restaurants they have as well as coffee shops, souvenir stores, museums, and so much more. You can park here in the streets and pay on the parking meters or at any of the parking garages around the area. I spent here most of the time when I visited the Keys. read more

This is a really cool Street in Key West. Make sure that if you have the choice, visit on a day in which there are no cruise ships. Second best choice is to visit on a day when there's a smaller ship. I recommend you get there early and have a plan of attack on which retailers you visit. If you go in haphazardously without a plan, you're going to get overheated, confused, and you will not take advantage of your interests. We utilized the Duval Loop bus (free on and off) which is air-conditioned on several legs of our exploration. Just look for the pink loop signs that are pretty small and hard to spot Key West, on the weather apps, always indicates 86°. We feel that this is a little bit under reporting the temperature which we showed on every day of our weeklong stay to be around 101 to 105 Remember to take water with you and keep hydrated. If you're biking into old town, I recommend just parking and locking your bikes at a rack central to where you're exploring. If you're driving in, I recommend parking at the Opal Key resort parking deck, which is covered and will keep your car cooler during the day. The cost is actually cheaper than most as it's five dollars per hour and it doesn't charge you all at once for the day. Places that we visited while we were at Duval Street include Kaya Island Eats, the Moondog Cafe, Blue Heaven, Key West Aloe, Danger Charters Sunset Cruise, Tucker's Provisions, Art on Duval, Life is Good, The Truman Annex, Mallory Suare, Kino Sandals, and the Salt Life. Really nice experience!!! read more

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Duval Street is the place to be in Key West if you want some action!! By day, you got good restaurants, T-shirt and souvenir shops, cigar stops, historic houses, Bars, just everything. No doubt you could spend all day here walking up and down checking everything thing out. Everything is pretty cheap or reasonably priced. By night, it's all about the Bars and Clubs. You can tell people come here to get turned up. My introduction to Duval Street was when I first got there, this dude was so drunk asking me for directions, he could barely keep his balance, lol!! But it's all good. Everyone we encountered was very friendly. It does remind me a little of Bourbon Street in New Orleans at night. Definitely come here by day and night if you're in Key West!! read more

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What to say about this place. Fell in love with this as you walk. Most happening place in keywest. From parades to entertainment to food, historical houses/restaurants/shops are stealing the show here. Don't return back from keywest without visiting this place. read more

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Duval was the most interesting street in Key West. I was just watching the people and stores. There were a lot of restaurants that I could not afford to eat. I just stopped by Walgreens. I bought a water bottle. The street was very pedestrian-friendly. I rode a bike. I took a lot of pictures. Even if you are not rich like me, you can watch and see interesting stores! read more

This is the place to be. Winter or summer. Day or night. Bring your very open mind and be ready to party! Life is good in Key West on Duval Street! read more

Duval Street is iconic in Key West. This street is the place to go for loads of restaurants, shops, gift stores, bars and entertainment. At night, people come here to hang out. The streets are quaint and tourists venture up and down the side walks browsing and exploring. Most of the restaurants have outdoor seating so you can appreciate the warm weather and your surroundings. Also in the evening there's plenty of musical acts going on at the restaurants. For young people there's loads of bars and they're open late. I came here during the day and it was still cool to walk around and see what was going on. Duval Street is nestled right near many other famous Key West destinations including Mallory Square, Ernest Hemingway House and the Southernmost Point. So you can certainly walk Duval Street during the day and then come back at night for a great seafood dinner and check out a bar afterwards for some music and drinks. That's what I did. Also, it was real convenient to catch an Uber or Lyft to and from your hotel room instead of driving and trying to find parking. read more

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Duval Street is interesting, but I can only do it for one day. Much like Bourbon Street in New Orleans and Beale Street in Memphis, there are shops galore and lots of bars in close proximity. The sidewalks were shoulder to shoulder for us most of our New Years Day visit, unfortunately. But, we still had fun shopping the shops and seeing the interesting people / cars that passed on the street. We found most restaurants to be packed so despite being really tired and hungry we ended up just ordering from a food truck that did have seating - DJ's Clam Shack - which was really awesome! And, as a side note- We actually preferred our walking and shopping experience one street south of Duval, which ran parallel from the southernmost point to Mallory square. We would highly recommend personal-space connoisseurs to use this street instead of spending too much time on Duval. Have fun & enjoy! read more

Our 23rd trip to Key West was not a let down. Seemed to be a bigger turnover of businesses on Duval St. Some that were new last year already closed. The "Duval crawl" is a must-do, mostly restaurants, bars, combos of that, art galleries, expensive and very cheap clothing stores and a few other businesses. It's a two mile strip, the busy end with all the above, the quiet end also adds Higgs Beach, the Southernmost point and the White street pier while the middle has most of the GLBTQ establishments. read more

Duval Street - One of the best on Duval. A must do and a repeater for us. (Probably 15 times now) - Local Flavor Near Me - Key West, Florida

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"Lively street. Liked it and it is much better then hyped Lincoln rd in Miami" - We are on the way to Miami from Mallory Square and Duval st was on our way By seeing how live this st was, we decided to park the car and try it It's started from Mallory square and goes till down southernmost pt pillar Amazing pub, crowd, people were singing and dancing on streets, bachelorette party Wat was not happening ... We hopped in one bar, I guess it was Fat Tuesday. Had our time, drank 2-3 pints... Live music. read more

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Fun street, a lot to do: shopping, redtaurants, bars, ice cream. Open until late. We also did jet skies in the afternoon and loved. Fun any time of the day. read more

The place to be.....plenty of restaurants, shops, and activities. You can easily spend hrs on Duval walking up one side and down the other. Note that it does get busy and crowded. The best time to go is early unless your into the night time scene. No public restrooms fyi Enjoy! read more

Amazing! Fun! Definitely a head for New Year's Eve. Recommends this street to anyone.

Duval Street is the center of all activities in Key West. Duval Street is where you can find everything from cigar stores, restaurants, bars, ice cream shops, and many other establishments. Many of the bars and lounges here have bad singing. But, with enough alcohol in you, the singing isn't too bad. You can find souvenir shops along Duval Street and bring back, magnets, mugs, t shirts, and other things to take home with you. Duval Street is only a mile long from shore to shore. On one end, you are close to the Southernmost Point of the continental USA. On the other end is, the Gulf of Mexico. Duval Street is not good for Californians like my family that doesn't like to walk no more than 4 blocks in the 90 degree plus heat with a humidity that is close to 90%. Not even the entertainment and characters on Duval Street could help them to walk more. Stay on guard when you are on Duval Street. I was attacked multiple times. Mosquitos or "No See Ums" are everywhere. I had more than 10 bites the night that I went to Duval Street. If you are susceptible to mosquito bites, make sure that you protect yourself. Free Wifi is available all along Duval Street and the more popular areas in Key West. Duval Street is a great place to explore, get drunk, and have a great time! It has everything thing that you need, and some things that you don't need. read more

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This is the main strip to check out when in Key West. We stopped at different restaurants, bakeries, and attractions along the road. It gets busy on the weekend evenings. Lots of seafood options, souvenir shops, dessert places, places to get Key lime pie, etc. It's a must stop when in key west. read more

You will see everything you can imagine on this street including Darth Vader playing a banjo. No joke. Seriously, I'm not joking. I also saw dogs wearing sunglasses and plenty of drunk old people. It's a sight to behold! This is the most famous street in Key West and for good reason. There is so much to do here and so many visuals that your senses will be working on overdrive. I really didn't even know where to begin as I love to see everything! Lots of stores and restaurants. There is almost something for everyone and you will see a lot of happy people here. It's not like Vegas or Miami where everyone has an attitude. People are genuinely happy here and that's what I love about it. read more

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Oh my there's food, art, families, barely clad men, barely clad women, barely clad variations of the former. They do as nice job cleaning the street each night. If you are there in between cruise ship arrival it has a smaller hometown feel. read more

This is a really cute and quirky downtown in the southernmost contiguous United States. You could almost feel like you were on one of the Virgin Islands or something. It's pretty busy to the west and gets a little bit quieter as you move East. Enjoy the antique stores, art galleries, quirky shops...things for everyone, especially the LGBT population. Just had a great time exploring this place all day! read more

Tons of shops and food places on this street. Definitely a popular street to walk on and see all the stores and different shops! Would recommend others to visit this street. read more

Duval Street represents the cultural influence of Key West it's that simple. Driving up and down Duval is a complete waste of time unless you're trying to get from one end to the other because of the parking, walking is the only way to truly experience what this street offers. Unlike times in the past there are few vacant store fronts on this street, it's seems competition for the tourist dollars are pretty stiff whether you're looking to grab a bite to eat, a cocktail or a tee-shirt there's not much you can't find. It's as easy to spot the first time visitors as it is to spot the locals the rest of us fall somewhere in the middle. I always thought there should be some kind of badge or clothing apparel that signifies "this is not my first rodeo" or something that shows the scammers and beggars their wasting their time throwing out their well rehearsed pitches but this is just a part of the overall experience so you just have to deal with it, there's a couple of ways to accomplish this - either carry a pocket full of singles and just hand them out in passing or simply ignore them and keep walking I hate this part but it's seems to be the reality in today's society no matter where you are and must be effective or it wouldn't be so prevalent, anyway it's a minor distraction I usually budget for it whether or not it's a scam. I personally prefer to do Duval Street either before sunrise when the streets are empty and the cleaning crews are out washing down the sidewalks, the food service deliveries are being made and the waste management crews are emptying the over-flowing dumpsters while enjoying a freshly brewed drink from Starbucks or after the sun sets and the crowd at Mallory Square are breaking up and people are out looking for a little fun, otherwise I'm somewhere else enjoying the water or exploring the history of the area... read more

Duval Street - Local Flavor Near Me - Key West, Florida

Super touristy but definitely worth a visit! Lots to see and plenty of shops to buy souvenirs. Look into local restaurants in the area lots of great spots to have lunch or get some delicious desserts! If you visit Key West Duval Street is worth the visit. read more

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Duval Street is filled with all sorts of wonderful things. You have tons of gays, old people, children, and everything in between wandering up and down the street at all hours of the night. Along with the various types of people you have the various types of shops to accommedate the diverse crowd. Think Beale Street in Memphis; Bourbon Street in NOLA; The Vegas Street of LV or Sunset Strip in LA... that's exactly what Duval Street is of Key West. It is where the show goes on at all hours of the day. You're just as likely to find chickens running around just as likely you are to find a fine dining seafood restaurant. When I say chickens -- I do mean chickens. They roam freely around these parts. Which leads me to my next point. If you stay on Duval Street; don't be surprised if you wake up at the crack of dawn to a rooster crowing. Besides chickens - Duval is good for bars of all types including the clothing optional Adam and Eve, restaurants galore, music venues, art galleries, museums, tons of shopping and KEY LIME PIE shops. My best suggestion as a guide to Duval Street. If you are not able to book a hotel right off of it then plan on parking your car somewhere within the vicinity and plan on being there for a good portion of the day because most land activities can be found within a mile's proximity off or on Duval. If you don't like the touristy scene; my strongest suggestion is to go as far away from it as possible. I can't vouch you would have as much fun on your visit, but it will be quieter elsewhere. I just can't tell you where that will be. read more

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I love fantasy fest and I love Duval street which is where it all goes down. Not only are there shops bars and restaurants lined up on the street but this is where all the floats pass through along with people dressed,airsprayed or naked parade around. Yes,I said naked,like naked naked,nothing on but your skin and it's legal!!! Ha ha ha with that being said Duval is the main point of action during Fantasy fest and a designated tourist attraction. From ghost tours, Ripley believe it or not,other attractions and let's not forget the southern point it's all about a great time. This will actually be my 6th or 7th (honestly lost track) time hitting up Key West for this festival. I love seeing creative costumes,daring naked and airsprayed people and seeing all the de ked out floats. This year was more of a political theme but no matter what your affiliated party it was all about laughs and a good time. There are vendors everywhere selling good drinks that aren't watered down starting at only $5, you can't beat that but being that I was the designated driver I only had a 3 drink count on a 7 hour festive journey. I've only put up a certain amount of pictures because I didn't want to cross the line or offend anyone but I have to say this is a strictly adult party and shame on those who thought bringing children to this event was a good idea. It really annoyed me, it's like would you take your kid to a bar,didn't think so,leave the kids at home or don't bother coming! read more

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