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Esperanza Malecón restaurants
18° 5.8′ N · 65° 28.5′ W
Esperanza's seafront promenade is the social center of south Vieques: a string of open-air bars, cafes and restaurants facing the anchorage and the cays, busiest at sunset and before the bio-bay tours.
Practical
Position is Lazy Jack's on the malecón (OpenStreetMap). Places sailors use, per Sail Caribe's charter itinerary, OpenStreetMap and Wikivoyage: Lazy Jack's (casual bar and pizza; daily 11 am to midnight, kitchen to 11 pm, +1 787-741-1447, per its website); Duffy's (bar food and drinks, adjacent to Banana's Guesthouse); Trade Winds (ocean-front restaurant); Kristy's (breakfast and lunch per OpenStreetMap, roughly 7 am to 1 pm Monday and Thursday to Sunday); Bili and La Nasa at the east end; El Quenepo (dinner, Tuesday to Sunday from 5:30 pm per an older Wikivoyage listing). Opening days change with the season, so verify locally. Small groceries: La Tienda Verde ('the green store') and Lydia's convenience store just inland.
Best for
Sundowners and dinner after anchoring at Esperanza
Nearby
- Lazy Jack's (Esperanza)Right here
- Vieques Conservation & Historical TrustRight here
- Duffy's Esperanza0.1 NM away
- Esperanza Dinghy Dock (Muelle de Esperanza)0.2 NM away
- La Tienda Verde (Esperanza)0.2 NM away
- Esperanza Anchorage (Vieques)0.3 NM away
- Playa Negra (Vieques)0.8 NM away
- Sun Bay (Sombe)0.8 NM away