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Key West Southern & Soul Food Guide

FRI public-record essay for southern & soul food restaurants in Key West.

Key West has 13 validated Southern & Soul Food entries organized by county and public-record status. This versioned list is generated from public records. Price and service-format claims are withheld until observed, locally normalized evidence is available. 0 candidate evaluations were routed to the audit log.

Updated 2026-08-31 14:37 UTC

By FRI Editorial Desk ยท Vibe list ยท openings/closings route through the audit log at output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet

Price and service-format claims are withheld. License seating, OSS category, and chain footprint are not observed menu prices; a future price analysis must use sourced menu/check data and local-market normalization.

Validated open entries 13 ยท ยท
Confirmed closures 0 ยท ยท
Inspection/safety overlays 0 ยท ยท
Filtered candidates 0 ยท ยท

Monroe

Notables

BIG CHILL RESTAURANT & BAR

104000 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

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DOCS ON DUVAL

708 Duval St, Key West

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Notables

DOCS ON DUVAL

712 Duval St, Key West

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

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HARRIETTE'S WELCOME CENTER RESTAURANT

95710 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

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ISLAND GRILL

  • Unverified

85501 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada, Vlg Of I

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

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KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN/TACO BELL

  • Unverified

6501 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Notables

LICK IT BBQ & WOOD FIRED PIZZA

65651 Overseas Hwy, Long Key

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

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MAROONS SEAFOOD & SMOKEHOUSE LLC

1000 Eaton St, Key West

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Notables

MIKES BBQ 101 LLC

101900 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

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MOS CARRIBEAN SOUL FOOD LLC

1116 White St, Key West

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Notables

OCEAN REEF BBQ

35 Ocean Reef Dr Ste 200, Key Largo

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Notables

POP'S SMOKE SHED

31251 Ave A, Big Pine Key

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Notables

SMOKED BBQ

1801 N Roosevelt Blvd, Key West

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

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.

13 of 13 candidate evaluations published (100.0%); 2 marked unverified (no identity match), 8 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

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 โ€” no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.

Time-series forecasts and anomaly detection use NVIDIA NV-Tesseract. Model output is labeled separately from official records.

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