Pretty big restaurant news

[PeterLynn]

Fewer and fewer I think. Over time the menu has become more mainstream French and international frankly with some limited holdovers to appeal to a different clientele. How else do you explain tuna four ways and udon which basically are fusion Japanese? I don’t recall the last time I saw land crab or lambis on a menu. Heck I never see christophenes on SBH but see them on SXM all the time. The only real creole spot I can think of is Cre’age. Whenever I go there, I am the only non tourist. My sense is creole has limited appeal to visitors.

We had christophine as La Langouste a few years ago. Assume it's still on the creole part of the menu.

 

[le_reve]

We had christophine as La Langouste a few years ago. Assume it's still on the creole part of the menu.

Yes, they do have that créole plate on the menu. Mr. Rêve always gets it!

 

[cec1]

New leases on the former Ocean Club & La Kala spaces. Ocean Club being taken over by a new-to-the-island “international group.” La Kala —somewhat surprisingly — is being taken over by Le Sereno Hotel. Re-opening of the latter won’t be ‘til “sometime next year.” Ocean Club, similarly, has not yet pinned-down its re-opening date.

In a change of direction for Baz Bar, I’m reliably told that it’s going to become a “wine bar,” serving tapas (also the cuisine said to be distinguishing re-opening of the former Robuchon space).

(How does one say bon appetit in Spanish?)

Ocean Club lease option for the new season reportedly has been canceled . . . rental price — said to be 66K Euros/month — became a stumbling block. Can you imagine?