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» Stock up on groceries. This means a) taking a taxi to Nassau to stock up at
City Market supermarket chain (one on Village Rd, one in Cable Beach), or b)
scrounging what you can at the overpriced, under-stocked convenience stores on
Paradise Island. Either way, a few boxes of cereal and peanut butter sandwiches
will save big bucks to put towards fancy dinners or blackjack.
» By the same token, buy your own liquor and mixers for cocktails on your bal-
cony.
» Look out for promotional deals on bars and nightclubs (free appetizers at Nobu,
$20 admission to Aura nightclub etc).
» If you want to go into downtown Nassau, just walk across the bridge and catch
the $1 jitney rather than take a pricey taxi.
» Enjoy what's free - wandering Marina Village, watching Hollywood hits in the
Atlantis Theater (complimentary for guests), strolling Versailles Gardens, loun-
ging on Cabbage Beach, watching the dolphin shows from the snack bar at Dol-
phin Cay. Atlantis also offers free-for-guests activities like tennis clinics, as well
as regular 'free slots' days at the casino.
Paradise Island
Expect major sticker shock on Paradise Island, as most restaurants are contained within the
Atlantis monopoly. That said, there's some truly fine dining on the island, mostly of the
'bigger-is-better' celebrity chef variety. Those wishing to DIY it can try the ill-stocked gro-
cery store in the Paradise Island Shopping Center on Casino Dr.
Mesa Grill
SOUTHWESTERN $$$
( 242-363-3000; Cove Atlantis; mains $32-49; dinner) Southwestern style gets the
Atlantis treatment at Bobby Flay's latest, in the ever-so-chic Cove. Think cow-print chairs,
undulating stone walls, a stadium-sized open kitchen with enough hammered copper to
keep the Bahamas in pennies for a decade. Clientele are moneyed and glam, dining on New
Mexican spice-rubbed pork tenderloin and sipping top-drawer margaritas. The menu makes
a few nods to the Bahamas - crispy conch with pepper-mango relish, curried halibut, a to-
die-for pineapple upside-down cake with caramelized rum sauce.
Nobu
JAPANESE $$$
( 242-363-3000;
www.atlantis.com
;
At- lantis Royal Towers; mains $18-48; dinner)
Dot-com bubble? Recession? What? The carefree, flashy 1990s are still alive and sipping
saketinis at Nobu - think investment bankers in Armani suits, models in stilettos, lots of
