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Corsair’s Bar and Restaurant
18.43° N and 64.71° W
Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands

Just a few yards down the beach from the famous Foxy’s Bar on Jost Van Dyke island, sits little-known Corsair’s Restaurant and Bar. Unmistakable because of its pink exterior, Corsairs serves up an eclectic menu featuring the exotic, local catch of the day for the adventurous eater, and Italian dishes and pizzas that look, smell and taste like the chef lifted some recipes from his grandmother in Sicily.

Bellisimo!!

Corsair’s proprietor, Vinny, is a tough-looking biker, ex-pat from Evergreen, Colo., who spends half of his year in the Rocky Mountains running a Harley Davidson store, and the other half here, in Great Harbor, running this beachside bar and restaurant. Part of our crew was also from Colorado, so we made a natural connection with Vinny and talked at length about the mountains while throwing back painkillers.  

   

Our host informed us that a table had been reserved for our crew for dinner. At the time – it was like 4:00 in the afternoon — we had laughed at the thought, but by dinnertime Corsair’s was packed.

Reggae music thumped from the speakers and the cooks danced in the visible kitchen, as more and more tourists arrived for dinner, all of them armed with reservations. Our table was situated near the front of the lively restaurant with a prime view of Great Harbor.

It took awhile to get our food, but the drinks were stiff and kept us busy, and once our food did arrive, my Neapolitan, wood-fired pizza exceeded expectations. Considering the limited ingredients available in the islands, Vinny’s pie was astonishing really, simply because it rivaled some of the ‘good’ pizza I had eaten in the US.

Soon, it was time to head back to our sailboat in White Harbor. Captain Brian, being the smart captain, had skipped our hike from White Bay that afternoon, and had instead skippered our dingy around the peninsula to Great Harbor and parked it on the beach.

While the other tourists waited for the island’s only taxi to drive back and forth over the steep and scary road to White Bay, our crew instead jumped in the dingy, fired up the motor and slipped our way around the bend towards our sailboat in calm waters, and under a late sunset.

The next time you decide to visit Jost Van Dyke, plan to spend an extra day in Great Harbor. After a morning of snorkeling and diving, or hiking, Foxy’s Bar is the perfect remedy for lunch and an afternoon party, while Corsair’s Bar and Restaurant caps off the day with a fantastic dinner.

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