Cedar Key is a small island and fishing community located 3 miles off the west coast of Florida, population 800. It’s rather remote, and to get here you have to cross four bridges.  Many people have discovered Cedar Key only by chance after a burst of adventure caused them to turn off Highway 19 onto Highway 24 in the hopes of finally discovering what was at the end of the road. The answer, one of the few sleepy and rustic hidden gems left in Florida…no traffic lights, and no franchise chains.  Today it is one of the top producers of farm raised clams in the country, and over the past few years it is quickly making its mark in the oyster farming world.