Cabbage Key

USA / Florida / Pineland /
This island is called Cabbage Key. It has a few vacation residences, but the primary draw of the island, other than its natural beauty and proximity to some great fishing spots, is the restaurant. The walls are covered in dollar bills taped on by customers, who leave messages and their names on them written in a black magic marker.

Rumor has it that Jimmy Buffett wrote the song Cheeseburger in Paradise after visiting Cabbage Key.

www.cabbagekey.com/
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Coordinates:   26°39'20"N   82°13'28"W

Comments

  • In the nineteen sixties there was a little sand spit off of Cabbage Key. It was called "Johnson Shoals" on a chart at one time. A tree grew there eventually and there were two large rookeries there. We boaters called it The Boomerangs due to the shape of the sand spit. It is gone now!
  • IN THE EARLY "60",S WENT TO CABBAGE TO HOOK UP WITH FRIENDS THAT CAME BY SALE.WE GOT THERE BY CABBAGES MOTOR LAUNCHE FOR STORES & EMPLOYEES. AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NO TAXIS. WE ALL HAD FUN. WE SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE RESTAURANT. AT THE TIME THERE WERE TWO ROOMS, SORTA SPECH. NEXT DAY THE WOMEN WENT TO VENICE. WE TOOK THE KIDS BY SAIL. WHAT A HOOT!! PULLING INTO VENICE THE OLDER BOY RAN UP HIS MOM'S BRA. IT FILLED THE WIND. MOM'S GASPED. SORRY FOR SPELLING. ALL HAVE FUN, DVO
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