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Restaurants long ago....
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12/03/2015 07:21 AM
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Anyone remember when Rainbow was an elegant hi-end gourmet restaurant? It was one of our favorites.
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Re: Umbrella ordinance in Grand Case questioned
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12/03/2015 09:01 AM
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Absolutely. We had drinks up on the rooftop patio--expansive view of all of Grand Case--before a lovely meal.
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Re: Umbrella ordinance in Grand Case questioned
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12/03/2015 09:54 AM
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annS said: We did the same. Loved it. I remember when they first opened and did not ahave a telephone. Write a letter ahead for reservations. We must have had a missing link then as I would never do that again. And in speaking of reservations, usually our first Sunday morning we would take a drive around the island and fill in our reservation requests on their weekly rosters as few places had phones back in the day. How did we ever stumble on to some of these places.....Grand case was easy because even back then, it was known as the dining center of the Caribbean and the roads, such as they were, connected easily to all the major areas, but Marks original location was out there in the hinterlands yet we found it and loved it, even before it moved to the parking lot. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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pat
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Restaurants long ago..
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12/03/2015 10:02 AM
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Since some people seem to get upset when threads go off kilter, I decided I would make this it's own thread... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
Pat--are you talking about a location for Mark's BEFORE Cul de Sac? If there was a location for Mark's before Cul de Sac, I don't know where it was, so it must have been before my time..
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Re: Restaurants long ago..
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12/03/2015 10:10 AM
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No, I'm talking about Cul de Sac but our first trip there was, I'm thinking, about the mid to late 80's and if we hadn't stumbled across it on that Sunday morning island drive with the girls, we would never have set out from Mullet to head that way in the dark to look for it back then.
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Re: Restaurants long ago..
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12/03/2015 10:14 AM
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Yes, you were way before me, in terms of staying on island, for sure.
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Re: Umbrella ordinance in Grand Case questioned
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12/03/2015 01:52 PM
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And in speaking of reservations, usually our first Sunday morning we would take a drive around the island and fill in our reservation requests on their weekly rosters as few places had phones back in the day. How did we ever stumble on to some of these places.....Grand case was easy because even back then, it was known as the dining center of the Caribbean and the roads, such as they were, connected easily to all the major areas, but Marks original location was out there in the hinterlands yet we found it and loved it, even before it moved to the parking lot. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> [/quote]
We used to do that also. I memorized: Je voudrais rent en table pour la semaine prochane (lundi, Mardi, Mecrede...) a huit heure which means I'd like a reservation for next week on Monday Tues or Wednesday, at 8 o'clock. First time they laughed at me at L"Auberge Gormand then said "IN English please." Come to find out all was okay except I had asked for a rsvp for 8 in the morning!
And at the market I'd ask for: Une tranche de pate, sil vous plat, to get a slab of pate. Now they all speak English!
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Re: Umbrella ordinance in Grand Case questioned
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12/04/2015 10:57 AM
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how about Lynette's lobster crepes...??
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Re: Umbrella ordinance in Grand Case questioned
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12/04/2015 06:02 PM
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We also loved the lobster crepes at Lynettes along with the Caesar Salad created table side as we watched.
And in speaking of West Indian Tavern, St. Paddys Day was a hoot but the meal there I'll never forget was their seafood cassoulet.
And then there was Felix, Paradise Cafe, Zaccharys and the original Frigate at Mullet Resort along with Maison sur la Port in Marigot, to mention but a few more oldies, gone but not forgotten.
So many wonderful places and all but lovely memories today.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Umbrella ordinance in Grand Case questioned
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12/06/2015 04:30 PM
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Oh yes - though not being major dessert eaters, we enjoyed seeing it done at nearby tables, but the making of the Caesar Salad dressing table side was more up our alley. It was a great place in its day and we were so sorry to see it close like so many of the places of that time.
And do you remember Bertines in La Savanne? That was another favorite back in the day. Our kids loved the two big old labs and lived to watch them play with the rocks in the driveway or chase the lizards in the yard. And for the adults entertainment, Sundowners on the grass and finally, dinner on the porch for everyone. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Umbrella ordinance in Grand Case questioned
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12/07/2015 07:16 PM
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Ted_n_Jan said: And nobody has yet mentioned Alabama and the lovely, elegant Karin and her husband Pascal. L'alabama was our favorite! Karin and Pascal were wonderful. Also, on the other side loved the coconut shrimp and the conch chowder at turtle pier.
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Re: Restaurants long ago....
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12/12/2015 01:16 PM
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If you will note, your response has the 'restaurants' title. This thread originally started off as a response on the umbrella ordinance thread, which I removed to a separate thread. However, I didn't bother to change all the titles of each note..
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Re: Restaurants long ago....
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12/12/2015 02:53 PM
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I know a lot of people enjoyed Scavengers. We didn't hang out on Dawn much, but we did enjoy Ms. B's, before the Westin put up the prison...
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