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Looking for help remembering shops on orient beach
BobNE
11 hours ago
Hey all,
I'm looking for help remembering the name of an old swimsuit shop on Orient Beach. This was pre-Irma, around the time of tropical storm/Hurricane Gonzalo in 2014, the storm that damaged Andy and Sherels and places close to them, before the newer, safer shops/buildings by Padro's. There were two shops in cargo containers. The one on the left had the more risqué choices.
Bob
Remembering the old fun Orient...
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Review of our meal at Opa, the Greek restaurant
AUCspouse
Yesterday at 12:53 PM
My wife and I had dinner last night at Opa, the new Greek restaurant in Maho. As appetizers, we shared an order of spanakopita and an order of melitzanosalata (described on the menu as "eggplant dip, red pepper, orange zest, garlic, olive oil, pita").
For our main dish, my wife ordered the grilled red snapper, and I ordered the grilled octopus.
First, the good news. The spanakopita were delicious -- flawless, actually. The only small disappointment was that there were only two. Next time, we'll order more.
Both the grilled snapper and the grilled octopus were excellent.
More disappointing: the eggplant dip was tasteless (almost devoid of any eggplant or any flavor at all). The pita bread that accompanied it was not fresh -- in fact, it was impossible to peel open the little pita triangles because the two sides were fused. I ended up pouring olive oil on my plate and salting the olive oil -- that made for a more satisfying dip than the melitzanosalata.
The sides that came with our main dishes were identical for the snapper and the octopus: roasted potatoes (not quite cooked enough -- a little raw in the center), a scoop of unimaginative rice, and a simple not-very-Greek salad of lettuce and tomatoes (with the tiniest hint of mint). The sides were meh.
There is nothing that evokes memories of a meal at a taverna in Greece more than a glass of retsina wine. However, Opa does not offer any retsina on their wine menu. Unforgivable.
I ordered a glass of dry white wine. The waiter brought me red by mistake. At least he was gracious, and said I could keep the erroneous wine if I wanted, at no charge. I accepted his offer.
When our main dishes were served, I asked the waiter for a basket of bread. He said, "of course," but it never came.
Some of these problems may be due to the fact that this is the restaurant's first week. If some of these kinks are ironed out, the restaurant will be a good one.
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Pardon My French
JimandBeth
Yesterday at 12:29 PM
Staying at Simpson Bay and walked over to Pardon My French restaurant last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Service was spot on and the food was delicious.
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Another Boeing 747 Cargo Jet Arrives
Whale Tail
12/04/2025 12:50 PM
Saw this Boeing 747 at the terminal this morning. So I went to the Tortuga Cam to watch a replay of when it came in at around 7:45 am and took a few screen shots. I have no idea where it came from or why it's in SXM but it is one impressive aircraft.
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Some St Barth photos
erb923
12/03/2025 08:41 PM
Forum seems sort sleepy…will post some stuff. Nice island if you have the means, beautiful beaches and never crowded. Leaving Friday on Tradewinds SBH to SJU, a real joy of a flight!
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