One night in the bar he told the customers to pick up their drinks and anything else they could carry like chairs and tables and walk them half a block down the road to the new bar, so not a round was skipped! Hemingway was a regular in the bar and helped to buy the new place. The landlord decided to put up the rent from $3 to $4 a week ‘Sloppy Joe’ was so annoyed by this he bought a cheaper property up the road without telling the landlord. Where Ernest Hemingway was known for drinking to excess The table next to use had blackened lobster which looked amazing. Mrs Mac’s serve the freshest seafood, we both had blackened mahi-mahi for lunch, so delicious! and the portions are enormous (just like everywhere else in the USA) and reasonably priced too. We highly recommend you stop at Mrs Mac’s Kitchen on Key Largo, it’s wonderfully American and just what you imagine a classic road side diner to look and feel like. 1 to Key Largo, the first and largest island of the Florida Keys. But then things get moving once you hit the U.S. The speed limit is 45mph, so it feels slow leaving Miami with lots of stops at traffic lights. We left Miami at 11.30am and got to Mrs Mac’s at 2pm. Key Largo for lunch, Islamorada to see giant fish been fed and then 7 Mile Bridge from Little Duck Key to take in amazing views across the turquoise waters.ġst Stop: Lunch at Mrs Mac’s Kitchen, Key Largo We made 3 pit stops on the way to Key West at 3 different islands. Miami to Key West drive time takes 4 hours without stopping, we did a more leisurely 6.5 hours. Nicknamed the ‘Highway to Hemingway’ after American novelist Ernest Hemingway who lived on Key West. It’s a spectacular motorway covering 113 miles of roads and over 42 different bridges that connect all the islands. Route 1 because of the stunning scenery, at times it felt like we were on a speed boat. ![]() The road trip from Miami to Key West is 165 miles and takes 4 hours without stopping They stretch from the south west tip of Florida to the fabulous tropical island of Key West – which is the last island of the chain. The word ‘keys’ comes from the Spanish word ‘cayo’ meaning small island. The Keys are an archipelago of coral reef islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
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