I went to check the place out and I heard that he is retiring and he just owns the property plain and simple. The daughter is the actual owner and I think it’s terrible that the citizen has slandered her business over her dad’s troubles. Also if he was really a "drug dealer" would they really only give him 45 days? Think about that for a second.... P.S. Oh and one other thing I must put out there. By choosing to be ignorant about this and not supporting the local business you are also hurting the employee's pockets & local businesses.

It's amazing what Keys law enforcement spend their time and tax-payer money on! I was a lower keys resident for many years until I started to see B.S. like this happen to people! Who cares if he likes to play around with coke here and there! It's the new breed of snitches and cowards that screw places up like the keys up! Do all you cowards talking bad about this guy know what the Keys was about back in the days? Guess you never knew that if wasn't for coke or pot money, the keys wouldn't even exist on the map! Most established eateries and businesses were established on good ole pot and coke money! And guess what? Your local law enforcement was a big part of it! I with my own eyes saw many keys lawmen unload 80 ft shrimp boats of pot and coke right into semis, vans and whatever they can fit into, they even escorted you out of the keys with it! And I can name so many of them! I was just lil boy watching it all! And damn those were good times! so much money around! So nowadays, you can grow pot alot of states if you pay a hefty tax to the local government, then the federal gov turns their heads due to that the local gov is making lots of money! I don't get that? Why is it ok to prosecute a businessman for playing around with a lil bit of powder, but we can buy pot in many states legally??? And the u.s spends billions a year trying to catch pot smugglers when they are allowed to grow it and sell it right here in America! But in time being, teachers that educate our future leaders are underpaid, people all over have lost there homes due to "ignorant lending practices" Why doesn't the government use those billions fighting and prosecuting petty drug crimes and put it towards education! Because America lacks education! But if they do that, all the lazy, uneducated, fat-donut-eating cops wouldn't have a job! I don't do drugs but I don't care who uses them or sells them! If there was no demand, there wouldn't be a supply! So why hate and talk about a guy who wants to have a good time here and there? If you live in the Keys and your from the old school, watch out! There is new breed of cowards in town! Back in the day these cowards wouldn't even dare to talk trash to a big boy! Old school people, leave that B.S. gossip town! there are plenty of tropical places better than KW, better fishing, no police issues, that are much cheaper than that overated rock!

why did he buy Mama's for $800K when he could have bought The Curve for $400K? Locals? Wisconsin? Get ready for lots of extra cheeses with those eggs. Hey man, best of luck, but a rough start. That said, I'll go and try it out. Y'all know we need any good / affordable restaurant we can find - worth the trips. If it's good, I don't care what he sniffs. I sure as hell ain't no angle.

It sounds like the new owner will be a perfect fit for Mama's--not a "dealer" of, but "a source" for Peruvian marching powder. LOL

He got off pretty damn easy. Yeah, come to Key West with your dirty money and live easy. I TRULY hope his new business fails. What a scumbag.

Entrapment is if someone knocks on your door, asks if you want to buy cocaine, and then arresting you. If you are selling to a circle of friends and one turns informant to save their own skin it is not entrapment. I hope the state gets wind of his attempt to run a bar as a convicted felon.

Then he would have recieved time served. Just like Randy!

What a novel idea, a Keys restaurant owned by a coke head. Wonder how long it'll be before we again see Mangrove Mama's in the news, hmm?

The new owner of Mangrove Mama's just served his first breakfast special - sloppy eggs right to the face of Claude Gardner and Capital Bank.