Craig's Restaurant - Tavernier, FL

On our way into the Keys and thinking of a place to stop for lunch. Of course, the locale and the mood says we should eat fish! Carol suggested we stop at Craig's and try their "world's famous fish sandwich." So we did!
Carol had a fried grouper sandwich with coleslaw. I had a grilled mahi-mahi sandwich with pasta salad (cost a dollar more for grilled). Mary, Carol's mom had clam chowder with a grilled cheese sandwich and fries. The food was excellent if a bit pricy. Carol's grouper sandwich was $18.95!
 The sandwiches come on wheat bread. The grouper was breaded with a light cracker crust. Grouper is a light mild flavored fish that is firm but flaky. An adult grouper can weigh up to 800 lbs. though they average 20 lbs. I will not post a picture of the fish... They are UGLY! Back to the food... The sandwich was a bit messy as fish sandwiches tend to be. There was PLENTY of fish in the sandwich. The sandwich came dressed with American cheese, tomatoes and tarter sauce. The coleslaw was chopped finely and was sweet with a nice tartness. The mahi-mahi was well spiced and plentiful. Mahi-mahi is a light flaky fish that is not so firm as grouper. Again the sandwich was quite messy. It was hard to keep all the fish on the sandwich. There was enough going on with the sandwich that it was hard to taste the tarter sauce. In this case, that was not a bad thing. I chose to have no cheese on the sandwich as all fish sandwiches come with cheese. It was an excellent sandwich. I had their pasta salad as a side. It was made with sliced banana peppers and LOTS of olives! (Olives are one of the very few foods I will not eat.) In spite of that, the salad was good. I skipped the peppers and gave the olives to Carol. Mary says the conch chowder was ok. She expected some spicy heat and there was none. It was a bit sweeter than she expected too. The grilled cheese sandwich was typical and very good. She says the fries were the highlight of the meal. Potatoes were freshly prepared and the oil was clean all of which went together to make excellent fries.
Service was average, not spectacular. We found ourselves waiting for our server more often than not. Mary had finished the chowder long before the server was available to ask for hot sauce.
Overall, this restaurant comes highly recommended!