Keys to Freeze, Mile 414: Even the Fastest Man in Florida Can't Run Forever

In a most peculiar roadside restaurant on the Florida Gulf Coast, the Keys to Freeze cyclists encounter a local legend, only to learn of his shocking fall from grace.

Illustration by Megan Healy

We met Jeff Warrick by the meat train — a chance encounter outside of Kevin’s Crab Shack in Palmetto, Florida, a local corner hangout servicing patrons on the road to St. Petersburg.