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Key West Cuban Guide

FRI public-record essay for cuban restaurants in Key West.

Key West has 25 validated Cuban entries, including 5 with elevated safety overlays. This guide uses DBPR, OSS Places, Sunbiz enrichment, emergency-order history, ORSM severity context, and the unified closure resolver. 0 of 25 candidate evaluations were filtered before publication.

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Updated 2026-07-05 22:08 UTC

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By FRI Editorial Desk · Safety guide

Validated open entries25
Confirmed closures0
Inspection/safety overlays5
Filtered candidates0

Pricing Key

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counter-service or small-format

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standard casual meal

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larger full-service or premium casual

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destination or high-seat-count room

Monroe

Cafeterias & Bakeries

$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Riviera Coffee Shop

3100 A Flager Ave, Key West

Casual & No-Frills cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 3 event(s).

Validation: DBPR license NOS5401367; Sunbiz entity RIVIERA COFFEE SHOP, INC..

$$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Dennys Latin Cafe

99610 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo

Modern Casual cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is running 2.6x the peer alert threshold.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5401911; Sunbiz entity EL CONO INC..

Website

$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Key West Cuban Coffee Cocina, Llc

517 Truman Ave Ste B, Key West

Casual & No-Frills cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.4x the peer alert threshold.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428381; Sunbiz entity KEY WEST CUBAN COFFEE COCINA, LLC.

Website

$$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Cuban Coffee Queen Downtown

5 Key Lime Sq, Key West

Modern Casual cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5401303; Sunbiz entity VENTER MARIUS.

Website

$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Cuban Coffee Queen

291 Front St # 106, Key West

Casual & No-Frills cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428383; Sunbiz entity MARIUS VENTER.

Website

Cuban Casual

$$ · Cuban Casual

Keys Latin House

  • Unverified

105970 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo

Modern Casual cuban casual entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.4x the peer alert threshold.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428482; Sunbiz entity not resolved.

$ · Cuban Casual

Kim's Kuban

2302 N Roosevelt Blvd, Key West

Casual & No-Frills cuban casual entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428378; Sunbiz entity TITO'S KITCHEN, LLC.

Website

$ · Cuban Casual

La Nina Restaurant

1571 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

Casual & No-Frills cuban casual entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428202; Sunbiz entity LA NINA RESTAURANT INC.

Website

Full-Service

$$$$ · Full-Service

Rhum House

58182 Overseas Hwy Ste B, Marathon

Full-Service & Polished full-service entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.1x the peer alert threshold.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428469; Sunbiz entity GRASSY KEY RESORT GROUP, LLC..

Website

$$$ · Full-Service

Habanos Ocean Front

73501 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada

Modern Casual full-service entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5402760; Sunbiz entity HABANOS OCEAN FRONT CORP.

Website

$$$$ · Full-Service

El Meson De Pepe

410 Wall St, Key West

Late-Night & No-Frills full-service entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5402522; Sunbiz entity CASA CAYO HUESO, INC..

Website

$$$$ · Full-Service

Dante's Key West/prime 951

951 Caroline Street, Key West

Late-Night & No-Frills full-service entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428001; Sunbiz entity SEA CUPS, LLC.

Website

$$ · Full-Service

El Siboney

900 Katherine St, Key West

Modern Casual full-service entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5400232; Sunbiz entity CARIBE FOODS LLC.

Website

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MEH / Proceed With Caution

$$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Cuban Coffee Queen Downtown

5 Key Lime Sq, Key West

Modern Casual cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5401303; Sunbiz entity VENTER MARIUS.

Website

$ · Cuban Casual

Kim's Kuban

2302 N Roosevelt Blvd, Key West

Casual & No-Frills cuban casual entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428378; Sunbiz entity TITO'S KITCHEN, LLC.

Website

$$$ · Full-Service

Habanos Ocean Front

73501 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada

Modern Casual full-service entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5402760; Sunbiz entity HABANOS OCEAN FRONT CORP.

Website

$$$$ · Full-Service

El Meson De Pepe

410 Wall St, Key West

Late-Night & No-Frills full-service entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5402522; Sunbiz entity CASA CAYO HUESO, INC..

Website

$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Cuban Coffee Queen

291 Front St # 106, Key West

Casual & No-Frills cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license SEA5428383; Sunbiz entity MARIUS VENTER.

Website

$$ · Cafeterias & Bakeries

Ana's Café Cubano

531 Green St, Key West

Casual & No-Frills cafeterias & bakeries entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Validation: DBPR license NOS5428364; Sunbiz entity SOUTHERNMOST DELI, LLC.

Website

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AT YOUR OWN RISK

Health & Safety Concerns

Riviera Coffee Shop

3100 A Flager Ave, Key West

inspection severity is within the typical peer range; multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Emergency-order count: 3. Closure data: multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Health & Safety Concerns

Dennys Latin Cafe

99610 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo

inspection severity is running 2.6x the peer alert threshold; multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Emergency-order count: 0. Closure data: multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Health & Safety Concerns

Key West Cuban Coffee Cocina, Llc

517 Truman Ave Ste B, Key West

inspection severity is elevated at 1.4x the peer alert threshold; multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Emergency-order count: 0. Closure data: multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Health & Safety Concerns

Keys Latin House

  • Unverified

105970 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo

inspection severity is elevated at 1.4x the peer alert threshold; multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Emergency-order count: 0. Closure data: multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Health & Safety Concerns

Rhum House

58182 Overseas Hwy Ste B, Marathon

inspection severity is elevated at 1.1x the peer alert threshold; multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

Emergency-order count: 0. Closure data: multi-signal closure detector shows no closure confirmation on the active DBPR license.

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RIP (Permanently Closed)

No RIP entries had two independent closure signals for this geography.

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

25 of 25 candidate evaluations published (100.0%); 1 marked unverified (no identity match), 3 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

The local Sunbiz master enrichment contains corporate names and statuses reliably, but Sunbiz locality fields are sparse in the current export. The city/county check therefore requires DBPR and OSS locality agreement and records missing Sunbiz locality detail in the audit row.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.