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Eat @ Cane Bay
INTERNATIONAL $$
( 340-718-0360;
www.eatatcanebay.com
; mains $9-14; lunch & dinner, brunch
Sun, closed Tue)
Eat @ Cane Bay lets the good times roll with 'food shots' - bite-sized
gourmet servings of fare such as smoked duck potpie. Located across from Cane Bay
Beach, the restaurant also cooks burgers that are a cut above the norm. Other delicious
items on the menu include slow-roasted pulled pork and brisket, along with wine and Bel-
gian beers. The Sunday reggae brunch features eggs benedict, crepes and bananas Foster
pancakes among the lineup.
Off the Wall
BURGERS $$
( 340-778-4771; North Shore Rd; mains $8-15; lunch & dinner)
After a day of
diving at Cane Bay, climb out of the ocean and head to the beach's east end, where this
open-air pub serves burgers, nachos and quesadillas to a happy crowd of drinkers.
Breezez
INTERNATIONAL $$
( 340-773-7077; mains $9-20; lunch & dinner, brunch Sun)
Located at Club St
Croix, a mile west of Christiansted, Breezez is a popular lunching place for folks spending
the day at Hibiscus Beach. The poolside operation serves up burgers and a popular Sunday
brunch.
Frederiksted
Except for about every third day when a cruise ship arrives, Frederiksted looks the part of
a classic Caribbean outpost - a motionless village of colonial buildings snoozing beside a
painted teal-blue sea. Though it's quiet much of the time, St Croix's second-banana town is
worth a visit to see its first-rate collection of Victorian colonial architecture, and to join its
tour operators for cool cycling, snorkeling and diving trips. The jazzy little spot also hosts
a vibrant gay community.
History
From the beginning of St Croix's sugarcane industry, merchant ships from England's North
American colonies found this western end of the island a convenient point for trans-ship-
ping cargo of slaves, cane and finished goods without paying duty to the Danish govern-
