Islander Drive-In

Jeff Schaeffer of Key West, Fla., writing to Joe Bob Briggs, July 15, 1988: “It is my sad duty to inform you of the impending demise of what is probably the best drive-in in the whole U.S. of A. - the Stock Island Drive-In in Key West. What makes this drive-in different from all others? Well, it’s built out over the water on Cow Key channel, and to my knowledge it’s the only drive-in in the U.S. where you can fish for snappers and groupers while watching the flick. In fact, there is a place in the back where you can fish from both sides of the car. This was a beautiful place where generations of kids learned math by counting heads, drank beer and caught their next day’s breakfast, but it’s going to be taken over by the Monroe County Land Authority. They plan to use it for the godless activity called affordable housing.”

Video from 1997