![]() ![]() I pull up to the main intersection at D Street and 2nd Street and find myself instantly charmed. Unless you come by plane or boat, you’re most likely to roll in on a narrow piece of asphalt called Florida State Road 24, which runs through mile after mile of towering pine trees and only the odd sign of civilization before suddenly giving way to a series of small, pretty keys, including Havens Island and Candy Island. But it also means there are no crowded freeways with off-ramps leading to burger joints and chain store coffee shops. That means you’re not surrounded by giant cell phone towers. The nearest city of any size is Gainesville, about an hour east. “If we don’t get service, why should you?”Ĭedar Key is a community of less than 1,000 people on the gulf coast of Florida. “If that’s not it, honey, all I can tell you is that in you’re in Cedar Key,” she says with a laugh. “I think it’s XYZ,” she tells me, rattling off some secret code. My phone is struggling to reach one bar on the signal meter, so I ask my waitress, Diane, for the restaurant’s Wi-Fi password. Some businesses may no longer be around, so please check before you make plans.ĬEDAR KEY, FLORIDA – I’m having dinner at Duncan’s Waterfront Bar & Grill in remote Cedar Key Florida. I re-posted the story on my blog site in 2020. Here’s the story I wrote a few years ago for a Canadian newspaper. It was tough to see how Hurricane Idalia? damaged the town so badly, but I’m told things have improved dramatically and that most businesses have reopened. I visited Cedar Key several years ago and fell in love with the low-key atmosphere and the friendly locals. ![]()
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