Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Open every day but best on Friday and Saturday, Cheapside Market in Bridgetown can’t be beaten for fresh local produce. The trendy farmers markets are sociably very enjoyable and a great source of good quality fruit and vegetables, with several organic and best practice farmers taking part. Take your pick from Brighton Farmers Market early on Saturday, Holders Farmers Market on Sunday and Hastings Farmers Market on Wednesday and Saturday. The vendors in Speightstown, Weston and Sunset Crest on the west coast, and Oistins on the south coast also have a good selection of fresh local produce.
Fresh Fish
The best places to find fresh local fish are the Public Fish Markets. On the west coast are Six Mens, Speightstown, Weston and Paynes Bay. The two largest are on Princess Alice Highway in Bridgetown and in Oistins on the south coast. Along the east coast, Consett Bay is the main one with two smaller markets at Skeete’s Bay and Tent Bay, while fish is also sold at a small facility in Martin’s Bay. Mahi-Mahi is delicious. Locally referred to as dolphin, it is a fish and is not to be confused with the porpoise mammal. Other recommended fish are tuna, amberjack, snapper, barracuda, marlin and, of course, flying fish. There is also a good variety of pot fish, such as chubb and cavalli, that are harder to filet but make very good eating. Vendors will de-bone and filet the fish for a small fee.
Shrimp and Seafood
Singapura in Limegrove has excellent raw shrimp with the tails on, imported lobster, crab, etc. PriceSmart has good cooked shrimp and tins of crab. Lobster Alive sells fresh lobster, cooked or raw.
Celebration Cakes and Desserts
Patisserie Flindt make a superb line of desserts and celebration cakes. They also do excellent catering.
Meats
Boulevard Butchers in Holetown on the west coast carry an excellent selection of local meat which is well prepared. They also make their own sausages, ham and bacon and sell locally made goat and cows milk cheese. Locally farmed beef and black belly lamb are for the most part grass fed and are really very good as is the pork, also reared in Barbados. PriceSmart and Cost-U-Less in the Warrens area have a good selection of imported US beef and New Zealand lamb.
Boulevard Butchers Boulevard Butchers bring to you a fine selection of fresh premium quality local meats and fish. Our farmers have top standards, following strict feeding programmes, meeting with today’s requirements for hormone free food. We naturally cure our bacon and ham, all preservative free, along with smoked duck, turkey and chicken breasts. Boulevard Butchers produce an exciting selection of sausages along with the good old favourites. Pop in and have a look, we also stock local goat cheeses, hormone free eggs and a few specialty dry goods. Telephone: 537 0300 Email: boulevardbutchers@yahoo.com Follow us on instagram boulevardbutchers Shop 2, Sunset Boulevard, Holetown, St. James
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