Jim Kelly-Evans
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Thanks for the good news about Josephine, etc.
Resto Status Post-Irma
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stbartshopper
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Merci Kevin!
Izzy
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... I would guess that champagne is the least of their priorities right now, unless you can run a motor with it
Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
The first we learn of Noah after things settled down... There is a time for every purpose under heaven...
Is this Yannick that you are speaking of - the former co-owner of Do Brasil?
Izzy
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... and stories/pics of Joakim, Yannick's son, on St Barth suggest he might react quite differently than the ark builder's two embarrased sons who covered their father while looking the other away...
Izzy
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Indeed... and then there is that whole issue about the 3rd son's response and to what it led... but that is a story for a different time and place...
KevinS
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Today's update brings news that L'Ardoise has reopened. Also, Segeco has been opening for limited hours for water distribution. Lastly, Bonita reports that their canopy and bar were damaged, but that the cleanup effort has begun.
The document in the first post on this thread has been updated to show this info. (Now Revision R6)
The document in the first post on this thread has been updated to show this info. (Now Revision R6)
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KevinS
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Here are a bunch of changes which I've collected over the last few days:
Le Bouchon is open for lunch and dinner.
The restaurants at Le Barthélemy, Eden Rock, and Le Guanahani are not expected to open before summer.
Black Ginger, Bonito, L'Isola, Maya's, Orega, and Tamarin are all targeting a November reopening
Chez Yvon in Anse des Cayes is open.
Modjo expects to open in October. No mention of the status of La Terrasse, the waffle restaurant out front.
La Plage was heavily damaged, but hopes to open by New Year's Eve.
Le Vietnam is open.
Boucherie Ché Yo, the butcher shop at Les Mangliers in St Jean, hopes to reopen in early October.
The document in the first post on this thread has been updated to show this info. (Now Revision R9)
Marybeth, I've been down this road before, post-Luis. Yes, there is heartache, but there is also hope and the expectation of new beginnings. The restaurant business has never been an easy one. Irma is a challenge which may break some owners, while others will rise above the challenge, and new entrepreneurs will take the place of those who leave.
At present, the places which we see open are ones which have a mostly local client base. Others will follow, as power, water, and the necessary repairs permit.
I don't expect to see many of the higher-end restaurants opening before mid-October at the earliest, and that hasn't changed from pre-Irma expectations. I don't expect to see much opening in the beachfront hotels until their corporation's insurance adjusters, engineers, and architects have a say, and that all takes time, even before they begin to rebuild. But rebuild they will.
For a time, we'll see an echo of a former St Barth, one that is less busy than we've been used to in recent years. The physical damage is all repairable or replaceable. Money and time, basically insurance checks and the availability of tradesmen and material, will fix everything. Eventually.
Before you know it, we'll again be complaining about parking in Gustavia and crazy scooter riders on the roads, while at the same time wondering if the price of Dover Sole Meuniere can possibly go any higher.
Le Bouchon is open for lunch and dinner.
The restaurants at Le Barthélemy, Eden Rock, and Le Guanahani are not expected to open before summer.
Black Ginger, Bonito, L'Isola, Maya's, Orega, and Tamarin are all targeting a November reopening
Chez Yvon in Anse des Cayes is open.
Modjo expects to open in October. No mention of the status of La Terrasse, the waffle restaurant out front.
La Plage was heavily damaged, but hopes to open by New Year's Eve.
Le Vietnam is open.
Boucherie Ché Yo, the butcher shop at Les Mangliers in St Jean, hopes to reopen in early October.
The document in the first post on this thread has been updated to show this info. (Now Revision R9)
Marybeth, I've been down this road before, post-Luis. Yes, there is heartache, but there is also hope and the expectation of new beginnings. The restaurant business has never been an easy one. Irma is a challenge which may break some owners, while others will rise above the challenge, and new entrepreneurs will take the place of those who leave.
At present, the places which we see open are ones which have a mostly local client base. Others will follow, as power, water, and the necessary repairs permit.
I don't expect to see many of the higher-end restaurants opening before mid-October at the earliest, and that hasn't changed from pre-Irma expectations. I don't expect to see much opening in the beachfront hotels until their corporation's insurance adjusters, engineers, and architects have a say, and that all takes time, even before they begin to rebuild. But rebuild they will.
For a time, we'll see an echo of a former St Barth, one that is less busy than we've been used to in recent years. The physical damage is all repairable or replaceable. Money and time, basically insurance checks and the availability of tradesmen and material, will fix everything. Eventually.
Before you know it, we'll again be complaining about parking in Gustavia and crazy scooter riders on the roads, while at the same time wondering if the price of Dover Sole Meuniere can possibly go any higher.
