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Re: Belgian Chocolate Shop is History
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03/25/2019 05:06 PM
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Our first visit to SXM was via cruise ship but that was in 1991 and I know cruising has changed a lot since then. When I see the large tour buses, the 4-wheeler excursions, the pre-packaged tours to the beach, etc., I know some of the people on cruises are spending $$ but most are booking via the cruise line. I am not sure what a "quality tourist" actually is but I know the cruise lines used to play games to sucker people into booking the tours off the ship.
One popular restaurant in Simpson Bay is doing a beach chair/lunch combo thing with the cruise lines and on some days were handling around 200 patrons off the cruise ship.
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Re: Belgian Chocolate Shop is History
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03/25/2019 05:12 PM
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Rosemary--was the store that sold glass jewelry on Old Street, was it open, did you see?? I LOVED that place. Although one can get their stuff mail order from Curacao I guess, although I haven't done that. I have a necklace set that I bought there, that I always get great complements on, as it is so unusual.
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Re: Belgian Chocolate Shop is History
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03/25/2019 08:16 PM
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Oh, that's GOOD news, if so!!!! Did it look to be glass jewelry??
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Re: Belgian Chocolate Shop is History
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03/26/2019 08:13 AM
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Thank you for posting this. We tried to find him in November but he was not open when we were in town. We knew the location and could see signs of his efforts but couldn’t find him or the shop open. We’ve known him since he was a very young man working as a waiter at the original Antoine’s. Will definitely see him next trip.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Belgian Chocolate Shop is History
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03/26/2019 12:19 PM
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StMartinFan--yes, that is the name of it. Sorry to hear that it was another casualty of Irma...
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Re: Belgian Chocolate Shop is History
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03/26/2019 03:50 PM
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KitKat,
Thank you so much for your up-dates. Our daughter and SIL ran into him on the Front Street last summer but we completely missed JP despite our efforts in November.
We feared that ‘boredom’ might become an issue for him. He has worked at his restaurant trade since he was a very young man, never really knowing the pleasures of nights off at home with his now grown family. The sandwich shop, when he told us about his plans, sounded like it might be just the answer for him, although when he first spoke of it, we thought his plan was to become merely a lunch time waiter. But I’m not surprised that he now owns it. Once being your own boss it’s hard to be an underling.
Very happy for him and we will plan on seeing him for sure next trip, even if we have to camp out on his doorstep.
Respectfully,
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Re: Belgian Chocolate Shop is History
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03/26/2019 04:28 PM
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Bran & RonDon: I believe Jean Pierre's cafe is called French Touch, and is on Old Street in Phillipsburg. He bought the place from the previous owner after it was damaged by Irma and renamed it. Guess he was bored after selling Antoines. KitKat, was that the place with the pretty painted sign of a goose?
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