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Chesterfield's (Dock Maarten Marina)

18° 1.2′ N · 63° 2.6′ W · approximate

A long-running marina restaurant and bar on the Great Bay waterfront east of Philipsburg. It serves breakfast through dinner and has a dockside happy hour that yacht crews have used for decades.

Practical

Coordinate approx: the Dock Maarten building in OpenStreetMap, as the restaurant itself is not mapped. Location per The Daily Herald (June 2020): Dock Maarten Marina, walking distance from Philipsburg. Hours then were daily 7:30am-11pm with the kitchen closing at 10pm. Breakfast ran 7:30-11am, lunch 11am-4pm, dinner 4-10pm, and happy hour 4:30-6:30pm. Verify locally. A 15% service charge has been reported as automatically added. The menu covers conch chowder, catch of the day, Saba lobster and steaks. It is about a 10-15 minute walk from the cruise pier. Wikivoyage notes Grumpy's beach bar in the same Dock Maarten marina is popular with megayacht crews.

Best for

A dockside breakfast or happy hour in Great Bay