You can dance to a Goombay drum beat or try to find some disco music. Most people have a leisurely dinner, drink a lot in one of the local watering holes, and go back to their hotel rooms by midnight so they can get up early to continue pursuing the elusive "big one" the next morning. Every bar in Alice Town is likely to claim that it was Hemingway's favorite. He did hit quite a few of them, in fact. There's rarely a cover charge anywhere unless some special entertainment is being offered.
Beginning at midmorning and lasting until midnight at least, the bars at the Bimini Big Game Resort & Marina, King's Highway, Alice Town (tel. 242/347-3391), are the place to hang out. Tall fish tales of the big one that got away fill the air. The Tackle Box starts serving its famed conch pizza at noon. You can play a hand of cards here or tune in to one of the TV sets positioned for your favorite sports program; it's the best place to entertain yourself during a lazy day in Bimini. The poolside Barefoot Bar, open from midmorning to late afternoon, serves favorite island drinks and ice-cold beer. Off the main dining room is the Clubhouse, featuring live bands on occasion.
A Drink at the End of the World -- Everybody eventually makes his or her way to the End of the World Bar (no phone) on King's Highway in Alice Town. When you get here, you may think you're in the wrong place -- it's just a waterfront shack with sawdust or sand on the floor and graffiti everywhere. The late New York congressman Adam Clayton Powell put this bar on the map in the 1960s. Between stints in Washington battling Congress and preaching at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, the controversial congressman could be found sitting at a table here. While the bar doesn't attract the media attention it did in Powell's heyday, it's still a local favorite. Open daily from 9am to 3am.
