02/24/2026
Truly a bummer to hear the Hard Rock Key West will be closing at the end of April 2026. For being a corporate 'chain' establishment, they've always done so much to support local charities. It never felt like a corporate chain on Duval Street.
If you're in town, stop by and show some love to the employees before the end of April. As always you can stop by with your 2026 Key West Bar Card and get a round buy one, get one free. But please remember to tip the stuff accordingly.
www.KeyWestBarCard.com
🍻 Participating Bars 🍻
Island Dogs Bar, Comedy Key West, Cayo Hueso Brewing, Pepe’s Cafe, First Flight Brewing, The Backyard Bar, Dive Bar Shirt Club - Grub House, Viva Argentinian Steakhouse, Hard Rock Cafe Key West, Salty Frog’s, Two Friends Patio, Celtic Conch Pub House, The Alamo Bar, Rams Head Southernmost, Outside Patio Bar @ Alonzo’s, Ocean Grill & Bar, Southernmost Pint, Doc’s on Duval (coming soon!)
🥪 Participating Restaurants 🥙
Azur Restaurant, Bagatelle, Blackfin Bistro, BO’s Fish Wagon, Bruschetta Francesca, The Cafe, Flaming Buoy, Grand Cafe, Hogfish Bar & Grill, Kaya Island Eats, Kojin, Key West Cuban Coffee Shop, Mangia Mangia, Old Town Tavern, Roostica Wood-Fire Pizzeria, White Street Pizza, The Koffie House, Four Marlins
⛵ Participating Businesses 🌴
Key West Cocktail Cruise, Cruisin' Tikis Key West, Danger Charters, Ez Riders Ebike Rentals, Greeen House (Front St), Gulfstream Charters, IV Hydration Station, Key Lime Bike Tours, Key West Food Tours, Pirate Scooter, Room Escape Key West, Snuba, Old Havana Ci**rs, Tart Tales Walking Tours, Key West Firehouse Museum, iWitness True Crime Tours, Burgers & Buffett Tunes - A Key West Tribute Show
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HRC WORLDWIDE NEWS 🌐
HRC KEY WEST CLOSURE REVEALED😔
Well when it rains, it's pours. 😓We didn’t want to jump the gun when reporting this, we don’t just ‘rush' to get bad news out from a single ‘text’, we dig a little deeper & unfortunately we have to report that the Hard Rock Cafe Key West will close its doors permanently at the end of April, this news comes from several sources inside the Key West cafe.
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The Hard Rock Cafe Key West just celebrated its 29th Anniversary back in Sept. of 2025, so it’s truly sad to lose another iconic Cafe. We’ve had the pleasure of visiting this cafe on several occasions & always had a great time, the staff were some of the best Hard Rockers in our Global Community & we love them.❤️
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We send out our love & support to the staff of the Hard Rock Cafe Key West, who have ‘ROCKED’ our Global Community for over 29 years …we say THANK YOU!❤️🙏🤘
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To all the Hard Rockers in our Global Community, you won’t find us running a ‘tally’ on Hard Rock closings, because we feel that’s just ‘salt in the wounds’ of all of the Hard Rockers who’ve lost their jobs & just a perpetuation of a negative vibe & that's not what we do here.
In our opinion ‘Hard Rock Location Obituaries' are nothing more than ‘click bait’.😞
