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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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Remember the previous airport in the 1980’s? Yes and we loved it! True Caribbean feel when you stepped off of the plane. You knew where you were!
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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Going OUTSIDE to the bar to get a drink and the last rays of sun and warmth, before going back to snowy climes!! Hauling two HEAVY carry-ons up the stairs to Juliana Café and watching the planes from there.
My one wish for the 'new' airport is that there will be a place to be able to actually SEE the runway and get a drink and have some food..
Carol Hill
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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There used to be a very small bar at the one end where a lot of the taxi drivers would gather. $1 beers!
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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It was kind of tucked away. Junior took me there one time and we hit it many times after that.
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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Juliana Café was great, yes. As far as the heat hitting your face when you land, you get that now. But I would MUCH prefer having jetways, as compared to having to climb stairs to the plane..
Carol Hill
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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Didn't Bobby and Janea (who had Bajatzu) run Juliana Café?
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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Yes, I don't know about Janea, not sure who that is, but Bobby, who subsequently had Bajatzu, owned Juliana Café. I remember hearing a story at one point that politics was the reason why he couldn't get a restaurant at the new airport. It would be really nice if there were a GOOD restaurant at the new airport.. Pre-Irma, the shops selling perfume, etc., were beautiful, but there was not really a great place to eat..
Carol Hill
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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She was either his wife or partner, I met her and him one night with Junior at Bajatzu.
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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The little bar made it pleasurable to wait for your luggage!!!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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Didn't Bobby and Janea (who had Bajatzu) run Juliana Café? Yes.
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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I meant to post this yesterday and I guess I got sidetracked, but I believe Bobby was once upon a time the Beverage Manager/Coordinator for Mullet Bay Resort and Anthony, one of the waiters at Bajatzu, once worked at MBR&C, too, I believe in the Gourmet Dining Room.
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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[quote=Carol_Hill]Going OUTSIDE to the bar to get a drink and the last rays of sun and warmth, before going back to snowy climes!! Hauling two HEAVY carry-ons up the stairs to Juliana Café and watching the planes from there. My one wish for the 'new' airport is that there will be a place to be able to actually SEE the runway and get a drink and have some food.. [/quote-d Agreed. I miss Juliana Cafe'. Also the Executive Lounge. Hopefully if they re-do the lounge it might have a view of the runway, planes, BSV...the beach! At the old one you saw the road and cliff....yucko view.
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest"
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
[Re: thesimpsons]
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Hauling two HEAVY carry-ons up the stairs to Juliana Café and watching the planes from there.
We also enjoyed Juliana Cafe! Those stairs sure seemed steep and narrow.
Yes. Miss Juliana Cafe. I have a poster a friend gave me with me in there with my wife's hat on that she forgot in the rental car while I was dropping it off and the only way to carry it with luggage was to wear it. Got a lot of laughs when I walked in.
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Re: PJIA opens transit corridor
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As of October 2019, I think the best choice past security was the burger joint. Very good burgers. You also had Dominos and some type of a sandwich place, and the gourmet place, having a senior moment, can't remember the name. That was about it.
Carol Hill
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