Experience St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - America's Paradise
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* 		The perfect place for all foodies to experience our wonderful cuisine, St. Croix, US Virgin islands
Food and Wine

What's your pleasure? Whether it's French or Fusion, Cajun or Italian, Sushi or Roti, foodies find a dazzzling arange of choices on St. Croix, a culinary destination where some of the world's best chefs have taken root. Savor their wares at dozens of restaurants loaded with personality often set in historic, candlelight courtyards or overlooking the sea. You'll find most restaurants clustered in the towns of Christiansted and Frederiksted, at the resort hotels, and along the east end or north shore roads.

Our special cuisine

Our Cuisine

Wine connoisseurs will be happy here, too—our fine dining restaurants maintain extensive lists of bottles from around the globe. Don't forget to sample St. Croix's beverage of choice—locally-made rum—mixed with Coke, floated on a Planter's Punch, or as the key ingredient in any number of delicious drinks.

If you're here in Aprilk be sure to get tickets for the St. Croix Food & Wine Experience—a week-long culinary extravaganza where award-winning cherfs from the United States participate with the island's brightest stars. The week's schedule includes a grand gourmet dinner, four "Explore St. Croix" events around the island, "Wine in the Warehouse" paired with Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted, and a gala wine auction. The highlight, always a sellout, is Taste of St. Croix, a culinary competition and moveable feast founded by two restaurant owners in 2001 to showcase the island's talented chefs. Get tickets early to stroll from table to table, tasting great food and sipping fine wines until you're happily stuffed.

West Indian-European fusion cuisine has become a trendy favorite with chefs worldwide and you can savor it here on St. Croix at a number of elegant restaurants, often set in historic buildings or overlooking the sea. Seven flags have flown over our island, so you'll see plenty of international items on the menu from Danish meatballs to Puerto Rican pastelles-and French mussels in wine sauce to all-American burgers. For a real treat, order a lobster pulled out of the sea just in time for dinner—drizzled with garlic butter and served up with sautéed plantains and mango salsa—irresistible!

Local mangoes

Mangoes!

Tropical fruits appear in their seasons throughout the year. Avocados grow on backyard trees along with papayas, passion fruits, and our favorite—the mango. There's even a Mango Melee and Fruit Festival each summer to celebrate the annual crop. And, of course, we squeeze West Indian limes to make wonderful key lime pies.

Spiny lobster

Spiny Lobsters

Besides our clawless, local spiny lobster, you'll find other fresh seafood in abundance. Fishermen bring in mahi (dolphinfish), yellow fin tuna, and wahoo from these waters year round. And try conch in butter sauce, served up in chowder, or fried in doughy fritters, often with a spicy dip.

Crucian cooks' favorites turn up at local restaurants or during festivals, often cooked on old-time coal pots. Kallaloo is a traditional thick soup made with crabs, ham, cornmeal, and okra. Red peas soup and stew goat are specialties—and don't forget our local hot sauce. Each cook has her favorites, and one island-made brand won first place in the "Authentic Caribbean Hot Sauce" category when awards were given by Fiery-Foods Magazine.

A view of the water from one of our St. Croix restaurants

Enjoy the view!

Side dishes to go with roast pork, chicken, or fish often include pigeon peas & seasoned rice, Johnny cakes—unleavened, fried bread made of white flour—sweet potato stuffing with raisins, plantains, and macaroni & cheese. For a quick lunch, locals look for roti (Trinidad's spicy curry wrap) or pick up a pate (a fried turnover filled with meat, saltfish, or vegetables.)

Desserts are very sweet, like bread pudding, jam-filled, frosted Vienna cake, and crumbly homemade tarts filled with coconut or guava. Everything is washed down by fruit punch, creamy coquito, or traditional beverages like maubi, sea moss, or ginger beer.