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BOBBY MONGELLI: ENVISIONING STOCK ISLAND
Bobby Mongelli sees his Hogfish Bar and Grill
as the catalyst for a revitalized Stock Island.
Photos by Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News
BY CAROL SHAUGHNESSY
Florida Keys News Bureau
STOCK ISLAND, Florida Keys — When Bobby Mongelli looks around the Hogfish
Bar and Grill, he sees far more than the funky, quintessentially casual locals’ emporium he created overlooking the water in Stock
Island’s Safe Harbor area. In his mind’s eye, he can visualize a revitalized Stock
Island — a working waterfront
community alive with history, where Florida
Keys shrimpers and commercial fishermen unload their catches as tourists watch, and a harbor walk connects small shops, restaurants, fish markets, marinas and artist studios. In fact, on the island next to Key West, he envisions a vibrant, close-knit community much like the one he embraced in Key West in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. And he’s working with other longtime residents and business owners to preserve Stock
Island’s waterfront character and way of life while rejuvenating the rundown industrial landscape.
Bobby mongelli
owner of hogfish bar & Grill
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