![]() ![]() Time slows down, you don't look at your watch, and it is ALWAYS 5pm at this bar! This is what it feels like to be in the keys. Imagine being able to sit on a beautiful dock on the ocean, surrounded by sunshine, a warm breeze, the occasional friendly bar dog, and palm trees. I recommend their margaritas on the rocks (they don't even have a blender so you really have no other choice!)Īfter getting your margarita.venture out the back door and take in the scenery. All drinks cost about $6, are served in SMALL plastic cups, and are poured very strong. ![]() These people are like permanent fixtures in the bar. The local patrons literally live at this bar and you will see the same 6 scruffy, old, sea-worn men and women sitting at the bar, grumbling about this and that, drinking, laughing, etc. The moment you step foot in this place you know you are in the keys and you know that you are definitely an outsider (although you are not made to purposely feel this way). When you enter the bar it is very dark, smoky-smelling, dingy (in typical dive bar fashion), with a small bar in the middle, with a back door opening out to a dock facing nothing but ocean. From the highway you will see the ginormous Caribbean Club sign and the unassuming exterior facade of a local dive bar. It doesn't get more authentically "key'ish" than the Caribbean Club. This place is like the proverbial "Cheers" of the keys.where everybody knows your name (if you are a local that is). But read on and see if you think this place might be for YOU. Ok.first off.the Caribbean Club might not be for everyone. It's definitely not a tourist-trap kind of spot, but if you want to check out a local's authentic bar, with some memorabilia, leave your ego in the car, put your best smile on, get ready to meet some characters, and head for the Caribbean Club! The pictures of Bogey and Bacall and the Key Largo scenes on the wall are pretty cool, but to be honest, I didn't spend a ton of time looking at them. No one harassed us, no one served us crappy drinks (Kathy the bartender was on duty, and very efficient.) The locals got smiles and conversation, we got a quick sing-along and dance with the locals and awesome sunset. We ordered a couple of rum and cokes, ($10 for both, and they were strong) and went out the back, snagged a table for the sunset view, which was EXCELLENT, and just chilled for an hour watching the sailboats, powerboats and jet-skis cruise by. One guy saw me singing along to the jukebox, and joined in for a few minutes. A couple of the locals checked us out and then went back to whatever they had been doing. Who brings a mean dog to a bar?" That started off a great conversation, and after that, we walked right in. We asked if we could pet the dogs and if they were friendly, and they said, "Of course. Two of the locals were sitting in the doorway, with one dog each, standing in front of the door. My wife and I definitely don't look like locals, and driving a fancy convertible, we DEFINITELY didn't look like locals. I actually decided we were not going to go, drove past the place, turned around 5 minutes later and went back because, what's going to happen? I get yelled at, get in a fight, and we leave? I was taken aback by the number of reviews giving the place 1 or 2 stars, and voicing concerns about the reception they received by the patrons, or the way they were treated. I had looked at TripAdvisor when we were in Key West, because I knew I wanted to stop at the "Key Largo" bar on our trip up the Keys. ![]()
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