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Morgan's Harbour Marina
Thanks to the charm of its Austrian-
born owner, Richard Schweiger, this bar enjoys a reputation for mix-
ing millionaires from New York into the same workaday setting with
local roustabouts and marina crew members. Shoehorned between gas
pumps at the nearb y marina and stocks of pr ovisions for outfitting
boats, there's a battered bar area serving stiff drinks, fresh lobster, and
platters of burgers, salads, and steaks priced at CI$19 to CI$32. I t's
open daily from 7am to 1am.
Morgan's Harbour.
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345/949-3948.
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BARS
Bamboo L ounge
Few other bars in G rand Cayman hav e as
aggressively (and successfully) tapped into a mar ket of young, attrac-
tive, tr end-conscious, and up wardly mobile singles as this one. B e
prepared to deal with local hipsters and/or hipster wannabes her e,
along with a str ong dose of food-and-bev erage marketing hype. Also
expect to spend more than you would at an everyday pub.
Amid tones of red, black, and bamboo, you'll find a bustling, inti-
mate bar ar ea on one side, a state-of-the-ar t sushi kitchen on the
other, and at the top of a shor t flight of steps, a stylishly minimalist
lounge with tables. D ining takes place in an ultramodern, Asian-
influenced setting with full-grained wood detailing. A long list of
light dishes—including sushi, sashimi, and ar tfully prepared appetiz-
ers—can be combined to make a full meal. Li e jazz is presented every
Tuesday night beginning around 8pm. The ambience is fun and flir-
tatious.
Drinks run the gamut fr om the standard and conventional to the
“students-on-spring-break-getting-bombed” v ariety. A Wiki Waki
Woo is an example of the latter . According to the menu, its blend of
vodka, tequila, r um, three kinds of sw eet liqueurs, and two kinds of
fruit juice is guaranteed “ to make y ou crazy.” Another spring-br eak-
style drink is the Samurai Sunset, made from raspberry-flavored sake,
vodka, and peach schnapps. A list of mar tinis r eveals headache-
inducing combinations of ingr edients with names that y ou might
find a bit corny. The bar and r estaurant are open Monday to Friday
from 5:30pm to 1am and S aturday 5:30pm to midnight.
On the
ground floor of Grand Cayman Beach Suites (p. 62).
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345/947-8744.
www.
grand-cayman-beach-suites.com.
My Bar
Finds
Located on the pr emises of the S unset H ouse
Hotel (p . 69), this is one of G rand Cayman 's most dramatically
designed bars. S et on a smooth cement platform near the coastline,
it's about 1.2km (
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mile) south of G eorge Town. B ecause its two
predecessors w ere sw ept away b y hurricanes, its designers sank its
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