On Da Beach

Yesterday, after the 20-30 knot winds finally calmed down, we dinghied ashore and walked south about 20 minutes to On Da Beach for a late lunch. We had heard good things about On Da Beach when we first visited Hope Town two years ago but this was our first visit there. The walk was quite interesting. The road was surprisingly busy with a mix of cars, vans and lots of golf carts. We are accustomed to walking on roads with very little traffic in the Bahamas but it was very different here. The rental cottages in town are older, modest and quite charming. As we walked south the houses were quite large and appeared to be new. Clearly a lot more money south of town. 

On Da Beach is, as you might have guessed from the name, an open air bar and restaurant on a small bluff overlooking the ocean beach. It was surprisingly crowded and noisy when we arrived. We chose a table as far away from the noisy group of mostly younger people as we could get (guess we’re old farts:). From time to time we heard bits of conversation about skiing at Jackson Hole and which mountains you are most likely to find celebrities. Not exactly our crowd.  I suspect they were staying in one or more of those expensive-looking houses. 

We ordered fish sandwiches and they were absolutely delicious. The setting overlooking the ocean was lovely.