If FIG is really gone I will be disappointed but what I won't be is very surprised. They had a great product when they first opened and basically they were the only show in town and then the changes started at Jordan Village with more eateries every trip.

We loved FIG when it was there but you could almost see the writing on the wall when they moved to the Maho location. Too much good competition already in the area and thanks to the AI changes at Sonesta, too few live bodies to compete for.

The restaurant business is tough anywhere but on SXM, it's even more so since there are so many great venues and particularly in that general area. And as nice as that upstairs location was, it was also not the easiest location to find the second floor access into.

And lastly, when we were there both in January and over three weeks in April, we thought the whole of Maho was seriously lacking in warm bodies on the street in the evenings in comparison to so many other years. I wondered at the time if FIG knew In advance of signing their lease that Sonesta was going AI. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />