Bermuda - Restaurants

A new restaurant has opened at the recently renovated Port Royal Golf Course, the venue for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.

The 64 Degrees Bar & Grill is part of Claudio Vigilante’s Fresco’s Group and is named after Bermuda’s geographical location at 64 degrees longitude.

Australian head chef Troy Smith has previously worked with Vigilante at Aqua, Ariel Sands.

Other restaurants in the Fresco’s Group are Fresco’s, Silk, Opus, and Aqua (at the Surf Side Beach Club).

One of the best known restaurants in St George has closed.

The Carriage House Restaurant & Bar is the latest victim of the economic slowdown affecting the historic town.

In 2010 only one cruise ship, the Veendam, will call at St George. It will only spend one night there and, and as announced last month, will anchor at sea rather than dock.

Destination Dockyard returns to the West End of Bermuda tomorrow evening.

The annual summer series of Monday night street festivals at the Royal Naval Dockyard (King’s Wharf/Heritage Wharf) will run until August 10.

Evenings include a full programme of entertainment and things to do:

• Happy Hour 6 pm to 8 pm – ‘Taste of Bermuda’ – free samples of Dockyard Beer at the Frog and Onion Pub and Bermuda Craft Market
• The Main Event 8 pm to 10.30 pm – Live entertainment, glassblowing at Dockyard Glassworks, shopping at the Clocktower Mall (opening hours extended to 9 pm), children’s activities, Gombey dancers, and more
• After Hours– live music at the Frog and Onion (9 pm to midnight), Reggae Beach Party at Snorkel Park (10 pm to 2 am), and salsa dancing at the Bone Fish Bar & Grill (8.45 pm to midnight)

Destination Dockyard is hosted by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and the West End Development Corporation (WEDCO).

A new restaurant has opened at one of Bermuda’s most famous attractions.

The Dining Room at Gibbs Hill Lighthouse opened last week. It is owned and managed by Odilio and Natalie Angeli, who also own Ristorante Primavera and the Rustico Restaurant.

The restaurant is situated on the ground floor of the restaurant in the space previously occupied by the Lighthouse Tea Room.

The first of this year’s series of Harbour Nights will be take place tomorrow on Front Street in Hamilton.

It will run from 7 pm until 10 pm and feature live entertainment, Gombey dancers, stalls offering local arts and crafts for sale, children’s activities, food stands, and more.

Ferries depart from Royal Naval Dockyard (Kings Wharf/Heritage Wharf) at 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm, returning at 10 pm and 11 pm.

Harbour Nights run every Wednesday evening until August 26th 2009. They are organised by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the Pickled Onion, Hog Penny, Flanagan’s, Café Cairo, Bermuda Bistro, Norwegian Cruise Line, the Department of Tourism, and the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs.

9 Beaches has received a glowing recommendation from a top US travel magazine.

The resort in Sandys Parish took first place in a list of the 10 Best Coast Eco-Resorts, published in the April 2009 edition of Coastal Living magazine.

One of the resort’s unique cabanas was featured on the cover and an article praised the main restaurant, Hi Tide, saying it ‘turns out some of the best meals on the island.’

A food and drink festival in Bermuda has been cancelled due to the current economic crisis.

The Bermuda Gourmet Getaway was scheduled to be held February 26 to March 2 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton hotel and other locations around the island.

A statement on the event’s website reads ‘Due to the current economic climate and, more importantly the effect on our various sponsors we have no choice but to postpone the 2009 event. The BGG will now be held on Thursday February 25th through Monday March 1st, 2010.’

One of Bermuda’s top chefs been invited to cook dinner at one of America’s most prestigious culinary institutes.

Derek Myers, Executive Chef at the Island Restaurant Group, will offer a Bermuda-inspired menu to members and guests of the New York’s James Beard Foundation.

Dishes on the ‘Flavours of Bermuda’ menu include Bermuda Fish Chowder with Sherry Peppers and Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, Grilled Bermuda Wahoo with Warm Bacon and Brussels Sprouts Salad and Bermuda Loquat Vinaigrette, and Dark and Stormy Brûlée with Rum Swizzle Sorbet.

The dinner will take place at 7 pm at The Beard House in New York on February 27 2009. For tickets call 212 627 2308.

The Island Restaurant Group comprises the Hog Penny Pub, Pickled Onion, Barracuda Grill, Latin, Rumbar, and Java Jive.

Bermuda’s Little Venice Group is once again offering cut price meals to winter diners.

The Fork Out Dinearound vouchers cost £135 per person and give the holder 3 diners at any of the group’s participating restaurants (Blu, Harbourfront, Fourways Inn, La Trattoria, Lido, Little Venice, L’Oriental, and Mickey’s).

The offer runs from October 15 2008 to April 15 2009. Vouchers can be purchased at the group’s main office at 18 Reid Street, Hamilton or by calling 295 8279.

The former Splash nightclub on Bermudiana Road in Hamilton has reopened as a jazz and live music venue.

LV’s Piano & Jazz Lounge aims to attract a mature and sophisticated clientele by offering live music, and enforcing a smart dress code and over-25’s entrance policy.

The lounge is open from Monday to Thursday (noon to 1 am), Friday (noon to 3 am), and Saturday (8 pm to 1 am).

It is owned and operated by the Little Venice Group. Their portfolio also includes the Harbourfront, Little Venice, La Trattoria, and Fourways Inn, L’Oriental, and Blu Bar and Grill.