Unpretentious Gusty's, Coconut Grove Avenue (tel. 242/333-2165), boasts sweeping sea and sunset views. Inside you'll find a sand-covered floor, while the outdoor veranda is sometimes the scene of fashion shows of local dressmakers. Live music by a DJ is featured every night.
Seagrapes, Colebrook Street (no phone), is another favorite place of the locals, where you can boogie down to the sounds of disco or catch a live band. Expect to be jostled and crowded on a Saturday night because everyone on the island comes here for a wild Bahamian hoedown.
Vic-Hum Club, Barracks Street (tel. 242/333-2161), established in 1955, is the quintessential Harbour Island dive. Walls have been layered with the covers of hundreds of record albums and sports posters that music-industry and basketball buffs find fascinating. The Vic-Hum is open 24 hours a day, catering to breakfasting construction workers in the morning, and locals meeting friends for a beer all afternoon. Some of them play basketball on an indoor court that's transformed later in the evening into a dance floor (music begins at 10pm every Fri and Sat).
Locals call the Vic-Hum Club, Barracks Street (tel. 242/333-2161), a "rum-rockin' shack." Originally opened in 1955, the boozery is a local dive founded by two musician brothers, Humphrey and Victor Percentie. Today it is run by Humphrey Jr., who welcomes the likes of Mick Jagger, Tyra Banks, and Drew Barrymore to his dance floor. Humphrey Jr. goes by the nickname of both Poison Snake and Crooked Dog. While other joints on island close at midnight, Vic-Hum Club just starts rocking then, often nightly until 3am.
