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No reservations are taken at the Half Shell Raw Bar in the Historic Seaport. But there are big platters of fresh oysters best washed down with ice-cold beers. runs at a blistering 1,000 degrees and bakes a pizza in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 60 seconds. And a more charming location in all the island probably doesn’t exist. Leave the bustle of Duval Street and wend along a narrow, brick-paved pathway to the minuscule, cottage-like restaurant, where through a small window Piazzo can be seen rolling out the dough for the day’s pizzas. To the side is an equally diminutive, tree-shaded patio, revealing the 62 may 2013 usairwaysmag.com partners’ single-mindedness of pizza purpose in the stack of red oak logs that feed the relentless oven and the raised-bed planter overflowing with fresh herbs. But the flavor of Key West isn’t just in the cuisine. It’s in those places that embody its uniquely tropical, artsy, bohemian character. Part serious restaurant, part good-timey dive, part historical or cultural totem, they’re as much a part of the island’s magic as the sunsets splashed nightly across the western sky. If there’s a culinary rite of passage in Key West, it’s breakfast or brunch at Blue Heaven. The woodframe building at the corner of Petronia and Thomas Streets has been many things in its 100-plus-year history — a bordello, a billiard hall, a gambling hall, a cockfighting pit, and the site of weekly boxing matches refereed by Ernest Hemingway. There’s indoor seating upstairs and down, but to http://www.usairwaysmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of US Airways - May 2013

US Airways - May 2013
Table of Contents
CEO Letter
From the Editor
Did You Know?
Making It Happen
Hot Spots: Best Full-Service Hotels
Hub Crawl: Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Wine & Dine: Virginia Wines
Great Tastes: Old Town Tortilla Factory
Diversions: Anheuser-Busch
Great Escapes: Santa Monica's Fairmont Miramar
Great Escapes: Aruba
Golf: Colonial Williamsburg's Golden Horseshoe
Adventure: Heli-Hiking in British Columbia
Great Escapes: Granada Hotel & Bistro
Adventure: Glasgow, Scotland
Adventure: Dipsea Trail
Great Escapes: Iberostar Hotels and Resorts
Gear Up: Gardening
Travel Feature: Hungry in Key West
US Airways: Painting the Past
Chefs Tell: Smith & Wollensky and Robin's
Must Read: Here Is Where
Great Dates
Puzzles
Readers Resource Index
Your US Airways Guide
Video Entertainment
Audio Entertainment
U.S. and Caribbean Service Map
International Service Map
Airport Terminal Maps
US Airways Fleet/Customs & Immigration
Passenger Info/Contact US Airways
US Airways MarketPlace®
Giving: Miles for Good
Window or Aisle?

US Airways - May 2013