Dining at Dukes

What do you do on a Saturday night in Saint Lucia? Eat, of course! Friday nights feature the well-advertised local FishFrys.  Communities of Anse La Raye, Gros Islet and Dennery all boast weekly street parties set with stacks of speakers and lined with makeshift bars.  However, Saturday is quieter and quite tasty if you stop by Dukes Place in Gros Islet.

Don't be daunted by the throng of hungry tourists and locals.  Yes, the line isn't moving much, but while you queue, you can sip and chat while watching cooks pull rack after rack of barracuda and potfish off glowing coals.

Seasoned fish sheathed in chicken wire stays richly moist in thick cut pieces. As the mesh is carefully pried apart, fillets are delivered directly onto one paper plate after another.

Further down the table are provisions: a deep kettle of Caribbean rice and bottomless bowl of slaw.  Use both hands to navigate your heaped portions to picnic tables stapled with oilcloth.  There is always a seat. Somehow the numbers in line to get food is always greater than seats available!