St Martin Spring Break: Day 6

St Martin Restaurants

 It seems like every French speaking chef with itchy feet and a yen for warm weather has found his way to St Martin. This includes some Quebecois, a few Italians and refugees from Paris and Lyon.

Mario’s Bistro

 Our highlight was Mario’s Bistro, open for dinner only at the Sandy Ground Bridge on the outskirts of Marigot. Situated along an inlet about 200 yards from the beach, Mario’s had its own aquatic show, with a school of good sized tarpon swimming over the underwater lights and feeding on the brine shrimp that were in the water. Their menu and service was a match for the top French restaurants in Philly and (maybe) New York.  So were the prices, but it was all worth it.

We liked Marios Bistro, but there were a half dozen very good, expensive restaurants in Marigot and Grand Casse, which is about a 30 minute drive around the island from our place. Michele and I stopped in Grand Casse to check out the restaurants for lunch on Wednesday. Nice spot, with a  great looking beach, tiny hotels, not much parking and a handful of high end restaurants, some open for dinner only.

Grand Casse Beach from La Shore

Grand Casse Beach from La Shore

We ate at La Shore’s restaurant – a great lunch. La Shore is a very French feeling place, a polished restaurant right on the beach with aspirations to become a spa and boutique hotel.
Casual Restaurants and Beach Places
 
We found some good casual restaurants too. They all took good care of the kids, making sure that there orders were in and out quickly. Boucaniers and Ma Ti Beach, both on the outskirts of Marigot, got high marks. French, Creole, Italian, french fries. It’s all good.
Moroccan
And for something exotic, we all went to Le Marrakech, a Moroccan restaurant in Marigot. All French influenced and all good.
You won’t go hungry in St Martin. the restaurant scene is an important part of the attraction.

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