Café Michel

Frommer's Review

The name implies that you've found an authentic French bistro amid the bustle of the International Bazaar. In reality, this place is rather akin to a tropical, vaguely Rastafarian version of a coffee shop and bar. Nonetheless (and the place has declined, like the rest of the International Bazaar, in recent years), it provides a funky and sometimes amusing option for refueling when you're shopping the cracked and dusty byways of the bazaar. Beneath a once bright, now faded red awning (inspired, one suspects, by Maxim's in Paris) are clusters of somewhat claustrophobic cafe tables, displays loaded with conch shell souvenirs, and chalkboards listing the food available that day. Local shopkeepers know to come here for coffee, platters, salads, and sandwiches throughout the day, or perhaps a drink after cruise ship passengers have gone for the day. Both American and Bahamian dishes are served, including seafood platters, steaks, and, of course, grouper.

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