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INEXPENSIVE
Duffy's Love Shack
CARIBBEAN This is a fun and happening place
where you can mingle with the locals. As the evening wears on, the customers
become the entertainment, often dancing on tables or forming conga lines. Yes,
Duffy's also serves food. The restaurant is open air, with lots of bamboo and a
thatched roof over the bar. Even the menu appears on a bamboo stick, like an old-
fashioned fan. A standard American cuisine is spiced up with Caribbean flair. Start
with the honey-barbecued ribs and conch fritters, then move on to jerk chicken or
macadamia-nut mahimahi. After midnight, a late-night menu appears, mostly featur-
ing sandwiches. The bar business is huge, and the bartender is known for his lethal
rum drinks.
6500 Red Hook Plaza, Rte. 38.
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340/779-2080.
www.duffysloveshack.com. Main courses $9-$20.
No credit cards. Daily 11:30am-2am.
Fungi's on the Beach
CARIBBEAN Opening onto Pineapple Beach, this funky
local bar with an outdoorsy atmosphere is a lot of fun, and the food is good, too.
Come here for some of the juiciest burgers on the island, plus Caribbean specialties
such as conch in butter sauce, roast suckling pig, johnnycakes, plantains, rice and
beans, and callaloo soup. Stewed chicken is a local favorite. Nightly entertainment—
reggae, reggae, and more reggae—is another draw.
In the Point Pleasant Resort (p. 68), 6600 Estate Smith Bay.
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340/775-4142.
Main courses $7-$24.
AE, MC, V. Daily 11:30am-10pm.
Señor Pizza
PIZZA Red Hook's best pizza is served here, and each generous slice
is practically a lunch by itself. If you're staying nearby, the staff will deliver. If you're
not, you can settle into one of the on-site picnic tables. Not in the mood for pizza?
Try its close cousin, the tasty calzone.
Red Hook (across from the ferry dock).
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340/775-3030.
Slice $3; whole pizza $16-$18. No credit
cards. Daily 11am-9pm.
North Coast
EXPENSIVE
Romano's Restaurant
ITALIAN Located near Coral World, this hideaway is
owned by New Jersey chef Tony Romano, who specializes in a flavor-filled and herb-
laden cuisine that some diners yearn for after overdosing on Caribbean cooking.
House favorites include linguine with pesto, four-cheese lasagna, a tender and well-
flavored
osso buco,
scaloppini Marsala, and broiled salmon. All desserts are gratefully
made on the premises. The restaurant, marked by exposed brick and well-stocked
wine racks, always seems full of happy, lively diners.
66-97 Smith Bay Rd.
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340/775-0045.
www.romanosrestaurant.com. Reservations recommended.
Main courses $24-$42; pastas $24-$27. MC, V. Mon-Sat 6-10:30pm. Closed New Year's Day, 4 days in
Apr for Carnival, Sept, and 4 days in Dec.
MODERATE
The Old Stone Farmhouse
AMERICAN/INTERNATIONAL Set in a wooded
valley close to the 11th hole of the Mahogany Run Golf Course, this restaurant dates
from the 1750s. It was created as a stable for a nearby Danish sugar plantation, and
the walls are more than 2 feet thick. Ceiling fans and breezes blowing through the
valley keep the place cool. For more than a quarter of a century, this restaurant has
been feeding golfers and those who love them from an eclectic menu that takes
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