The Hogfish Bar and Grill is a unique place where great food, fun people and a fine atmosphere make it a one-of-kind Keys experience. But, don’t just take our word for it. Read any of the articles below to hear what everyone else is saying about the Hogfish.

Hogfish filets and grills right off the boat -- It's fresh as can be at relaxed waterside eatery
There's a good chance most people haven't happened upon the Hogfish Bar and Grill for their latest lunch or dinner excursion, as downtown Stock Island isn't the first place you think of when it comes to dining out...

A Fish Sandwich Primer
For some people, visiting the Keys isn't about taking a simple vacation. It's a quest to find the perfect fish sandwich served in an authentic Keys restaurant on the waterfront...

Editor's Pick: Hogfish Bar & Grill serves up a taste of the old Key West
Hogfish Bar & Grill, in Safe Harbnr Marina on Stockisiand. is as authentic as Key West used to be. The reason may The that, as popalarity has driven up real estate prices in the Southernmost City, many Conchs have fled the small island Just north of Key West, a workaday place of modest homes, practical condos end marinas jampacked with shrimp and charter boats...

Unless you live here, you only find The Hogfish Bar and Grill on a tip. Once there, you know instantly this is a local’s spot, where people who fish eat fish. Hogfish is the way the lower Keys used to be, before all the nightlife and carnivals. Today, the Hogfish is an escape for those wanting to see and smell the ocean while enjoying fresh seafood in an old-Keys environment. It is the place to savor that simple but memorable pleasure of peeling and eating shrimp while watching shrimp boats dock, and to dig into a top-notch grilled hogfish (a delicious, diver-caught fish with a scallop-like Jiavor) sandwiched on Cuban bread as fishing boats move in and out of port. The adjacent marina used to be the headquarters of the Bay of Pigs operation and in peaceful times the Cuba ferry docked nearby. Today, artists and craft workers have claimed this affordable and private area, creating in their studio cottages lined up along the water.

There is a tranquil, out-of-time presence as if nothing will change— as if the future lies in bringing people back to easy seaside living and fresh local food. Thanks to the restaurant’s new owner it may. As pricey homes grow around the golf course and professionals move to new offices on U.S. i, The Hogfish could soon be the only place that looks like old Stock Island, not an up- and-coming Key West...