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The main dining room at Graycliff.<\/p>\nWhere to eat across 13 of our favorite Caribbean food islands, from a French dinner on Grand Case\u2019s main street to a plate of late-night fries in Cura\u00e7ao.<\/p>\n
On Boulevard de Grand Case in Saint Martin, you can eat grilled chicken and a johnnycake a few steps from the beach, then walk down the same street for a French dinner with a bottle of Burgundy. We\u2019d call it the most delicious street in the Caribbean. It\u2019s one of the few places where we\u2019d happily book four nights within walking distance of dinner and spend all four on the same road.<\/p>\n
Other islands reward a drive. In Aruba, a fried fish lunch in Savaneta and a tasting menu near Palm Beach belong on the same day. In Martinique, the road to Grand\u2019Rivi\u00e8re ends in a fishing village with a family-run Creole restaurant. In Trinidad, the best thing you eat all week might come wrapped in paper before you\u2019ve had your coffee. These are the Caribbean islands where we\u2019d plan a vacation around the food.<\/p>\n
The main dining room at Graycliff.<\/p>\n
New Providence, The Bahamas<\/p>\n
Nassau is our Caribbean capital of celebrity-chef dining, and it\u2019s also one of the best places to eat Bahamian food. You can spend an evening working through a French wine list, then eat the next day\u2019s lunch at a fishing dock where the conch salad is chopped in front of you. Cable Beach, downtown Nassau, Potter\u2019s Cay and Arawak Cay each deserve a meal.<\/p>\n
At Baha Mar, Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House is the dinner to book for Marcus Samuelsson\u2019s take on a seafood and steak restaurant. At Caf\u00e9 Boulud The Bahamas, inside Rosewood Baha Mar, Daniel Boulud\u2019s kitchen brings Bahamian seafood and local produce into a classically French dinner. Downtown, Caf\u00e9 Matisse is where we\u2019d go for Italian food in a courtyard. Give Graycliff an evening of its own and spend some time with the wine list.<\/p>\n
Set aside two lunches for Bahamian cooking. At the original McKenzie\u2019s Fresh Conch on Potter\u2019s Cay Dock, below the bridge to Paradise Island, get conch salad with citrus, onion and peppers. At the Fish Fry on Arawak Cay, sit down at Oh Andros or Twin Brothers for fried fish, peas and rice, and plantains. Potter\u2019s Cay is the stop for watching somebody make your lunch. Arawak Cay is where we\u2019d bring a group and order enough to pass around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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