One of the greatest things about Key West is the fact that, like Baltimore, it’s a seafood town. Except unlike Baltimore, the seafood literally flies out of the water onto your plate while cooking in midair. Granted, the eastern shore of our fair state is brimming with waterfront restaurants boasting off-the-boat cuisine, but it’s hard to rival that of a place completely stuffed with Gulf Shrimp, Mahi Mahi and blah blah blah seafood lingo. One such place is called the Shrimp Shack (6840 Front Street, Stock Island), a back-door restaurant sitting directly on top of a commercial fishing dock. I don’t know the kind of hyperbole appropriate for how fresh the seafood is at this place, but it literally comes off of a boat, into the facility, and is ready for you to eat. TAKE THAT PHILLIPS!!! YOUR INNER HARBOR BUFFET AIN’T GOT NOTHIN!!
