A Little House on Southard Street
Since 1995, Chef John Correa and his wife Judy have been cooking classical French cuisine in a quiet Key West neighborhood — far from the tourist bustle, and well worth finding.
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The House That Started It All
Café Solé occupies a small, ivy-covered house on a tree-lined residential block — not the address you stumble onto, but the one you never forget. John and Judy Correa opened its doors in 1995 with a simple conviction: that honest French cooking would find its audience, even here at the end of the road.
Two Culinary Worlds, One Kitchen
Chef Correa's European training lives in every plate — Duck à l'Orange lacquered to deep amber, Rack of Lamb fragrant with herbes de Provence, Lobster Bouillabaisse as close to Marseille as you'll find in Florida.
What the Fishermen Bring In
Nightly specials follow the water, not a calendar — rare hog snapper with red pepper zabaglione, yellowtail in lobster beurre blanc, mutton snapper in pesto and champagne. The catch decides the menu.
The Room Itself
Every table has a fresh rose. Booths are pillow-lined, lighting is low, and the romantic porch catches the evening breeze off the neighborhood palms. Guests return not just for the food but for the feeling — genuinely intimate rather than merely decorated to seem so.
Thirty Years and Counting
In spring 2025, Café Solé celebrated its 30th anniversary with neighbors and longtime regulars over sangria, portobello mushroom soup, and bacon-wrapped dates. Zagat calls it the best food in the Florida Keys; guests who keep returning simply call it home.
