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 Late,
last century (circa 1991),
Gary & O.T. left the Big Bad
Apple (NY), looking for a home
for their new coffee roasting
company. They set up shop in a
small building on the uptown
side of Key West's famed Duval
Street. In the 1920's, an old
Cuban family had owned this
building and christened it
"Baby's Place", after the
family's youngest son. "Baby"
Rodriguez grew up and ran a
cantina there where, legend
has it, Ernest Hemingway
indulged in the occasional
crapshoot with locals, known
as "conchs". Inspired, Gary
and O.T. adopted the Baby's
name and let the dice roll one
more time.
Baby's™ quickly became--and
continues to be--the
Southernmost Coffee Roaster in
America™. Gary perfected his
own proprietary brands,
roasting coffee in small
batches to ensure freshness,
consistency and the very
highest quality in every cup
and bag of Baby's Coffee™.
One day, Baby's™ got too big
for Duval Street. They
relocated to the northernmost
corner of Key West at Mile
Marker 15 and U.S. 1 to
accommodate their growing
mail-order coffee company.
There, nestled on a spit of
land resting up against the
only highway in or out of the
Keys, they continue to produce
a magnificent cup of coffee!
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