Farm-to-fork cooking from locally sourced food with global flavors, at 1 Strand Street in Christiansted. Tables are either inside the building, which dates to about 1756, or outside in the garden grotto.
AMA at Cane Bay is an oceanfront seafood restaurant and craft-cocktail bar at The Waves (112C North Shore Road / Cane Bay) on St. Croix. The kitchen works with local farmers and environmentally responsible fishermen and divers, so the menu leans seasonal and seafood-led. Confirm the current schedule with the operator before you go.
The dining room of the Sand Castle on the Beach hotel on Veterans Shore Drive in Frederiksted, St. Croix, set on an open-air seaside terrace. The menu runs from traditional dishes to local island specialties, and the bar pours local draft beer, wine and spirits.
A cafe on St. Croix pouring espresso drinks including flavored lattes and frappuccinos, with bagels and sandwiches to go and pastries such as cheesecake. The broad location is retained because a precise business-controlled street address was not verified.
A bar and restaurant on Peter's Rest Road outside Christiansted, St. Croix, where the menu runs from Crucian cooking to Latin American dishes and American plates. The business states twenty-six years of operation.
French-Asian cooking in the 1789 Great House at 2205 Church Street in Christiansted, open since 2008. The indoor dining room comes with hand-crafted cocktails and a wine list, and the kitchen says it buys its seafood from local fishermen.
Ital cooking, the Rastafarian tradition, at 22-20B Queen Cross Street in downtown Christiansted on St. Croix. Vegan and vegetarian plates come out alongside grilled fish and meat, served in a small upstairs dining room.
A St. Croix chicken restaurant with a wood-paneled dining room and covered patio. The menu centers on rotisserie and curry chicken, alongside stews and sides such as rice and beans and johnnycakes.
A bistro at 4C Hospital Street in Christiansted, St. Croix, running since 1998. The farm-to-table menu mixes Caribbean, Asian and Mexican dishes, and there is a back patio as well as the indoor room.
Waterfront on the Christiansted Harbor boardwalk at 1 Strand Street, serving pizza made with house-made dough alongside wood-fired wings, roasted cauliflower and salads.
A bar and grill at 5001 Tamarind Reef in Christiansted, between Tamarind Reef Resort & Spa and Green Cay Marina. Seating is undercover, poolside or on the beach, and the lineup covers food, tropical blender drinks and entertainment.
A restaurant in a historic 1750s building in downtown Christiansted, St. Croix, with courtyard dining. The tourism board describes a French-influenced menu with American elements.
Turtle's Deli (operator branding also uses Turtle's Deli & BBQ) is a sandwich and barbecue counter at 37 Strand Street on the Frederiksted waterfront, St. Croix. Destination directories list sandwiches, BBQ, salads, and drinks; confirm what is on the board before you go—there is no durable operator website.
The Virgin Islands Coffee Roasters cafe at 1102 King's Wharf in Christiansted, St. Croix, set inside the King Christian Hotel with espresso served in an indoor dining room. The company's roastery and self-serve retail shop are on St. Thomas.
West Yam Yam is a casual Frederiksted eatery on King Street serving wings, burgers, fried shrimp, salads, fries, and other quick plates. Multiple local directories describe dine-in and takeout. The address remains broad because current sources disagree on the street number. Confirm the door and open status with the operator before you go.
A pharmacy at the corner of Company and Queen Cross Streets in Christiansted, established in 1820 by a Danish pharmacist and in service for more than 140 years until its last owner retired in 1970. The restored pharmacy reopened on its original site in 1987, holding apothecary bottles, drawers of dried and powdered medicines and antique pharmacy equipment.
Gallery exhibitions, a permanent collection and an archive of Caribbean cultural and artistic heritage at 10 Strand Street in Frederiksted, St. Croix. The nonprofit museum also runs an artist-in-residence program, art classes for all ages and school field trips.
A twenty-five-acre Nature Conservancy preserve on St. Croix, established more than 250 years ago as a Danish sugar plantation worked by enslaved Africans. The Hospital Building and Great House still stand in Afro-Danish architecture, and the grounds hold the Conservancy's Coral Innovation Hub along with trails for walking, birding and reaching the beach.
A twelve-acre St. Croix Landmarks Society site on Centerline Road at the west end of the island, where a colonial-era great house, laborers' quarters and mill factory complex still stand. Programming covers Crucian music, visual arts, food ways and customs, and there is a research library and archive on the grounds.
A Danish colonial fort in Frederiksted on St. Croix, built between 1752 and 1760 and now a National Historic Landmark restored to its 1780 configuration as a local history museum. It was the site of the earliest reported foreign-government salute to a United States ship, in October 1776, and of the 1848 emancipation revolt.
Estate Little La Grange on St. Croix, the cattle and dairy farm Carl Lawaetz took over in 1896 and where breeding records begin in 1901. The St. Croix Landmarks Society has run it as a farmstead museum since 1996, and the house is shown with the family's original furnishings.
A 1,015-acre park at Salt River Bay, jointly managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Virgin Islands government, on the site of the 1493 encounter with Columbus. Inside are the largest remaining mangrove forests in the Virgin Islands, coral reefs, a submarine canyon and a masonry tower of brick and coral block built in the 1790s. Visitors dive, snorkel, kayak and hike.
A beachside bar and restaurant on the sand at Rainbow Beach in Frederiksted, St. Croix. Jet ski rentals, ATV tours and chair rentals are run by its partner West End Watersports.
On the boardwalk in downtown Christiansted, a two-level restaurant and microbrewery brewing on a five-barrel, 155-gallon system. The kitchen runs to local fish, Caribbean-style tacos and surf and turf, with vegetarian and vegan plates too.
A pub on Company Street in Christiansted, St. Croix, with beer, cocktails and food. Four televisions carry sporting events, and the floor holds Golden Tee plus Ghostbusters and Star Wars pinball.
A brewery and taproom at 9902 Industrial Park in Kingshill, making craft beer since 2018 and canning and kegging it on site in St. Croix. Rainwater is the primary ingredient, and a second taproom sits on St. Thomas at 9718 Estate Thomas in Charlotte Amalie.
A live music venue and bar in a multi-level space at 54B Company Street in Christiansted on St. Croix, across from Luncharia. The space previously ran as a nightclub and live music venue where Midnite, Pressure Bus Pipe, Dezarie, Kurt Schindler and Tippy of IGRADE performed.
Louie & Nacho's Beach Bar is at 37 Strand Street on the Frederiksted waterfront, St. Croix. The operator lists upstairs and downstairs bars, beach service, and food and beverage menus. Confirm current service directly before visiting.
Freshly ground burgers made to order at 1102 Strand Street in Christiansted, with hand-cut fries, house-made veggie burgers, chicken wings and sandwiches alongside.
A wine cellar and tasting lounge on Queen Cross Street in the historic Christiansted district, pouring still and sparkling wines sourced internationally with charcuterie boards and small plates. It started out producing its own wines before shifting to the cellar and tasting model.
A bar across the street from Cane Bay Beach on the north shore of St. Croix, on 90 acres once worked as a sugar plantation. American bar food leans seafood, with vegetarian and vegan dishes, and the taps pour Leatherback, brewed on St. Croix.