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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Set in an isolated spot about 2.5km (1 1/2 miles) west of Cable Beach's mega-hotels, this restaurant feels far away from it all. Its owners will make you feel like you're dining on a remote Out Island. Travellers Rest is set in a cozy cement-sided house that stands in a grove of sea-grape and palm trees facing the ocean. Because of its location close to the airport, clients whose flights are delayed sometimes opt to chill out here until their flight departs. The restaurant was established by Winnipeg-born Joan Hannah in 1972 and since then has fed ordinary as well as famous folks like Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Julio Iglesias, Eric Clapton, and Rosa Parks. Dine outside, but if it's rainy (highly unlikely), go inside the tavern, with its small bar decorated with local paintings. In this laid-back atmosphere, you can feast on well-prepared grouper fingers, barbecued ribs, curried chicken, steamed or cracked conch, or minced crayfish. Finish with guava cake, the best on the island. The conch salad served on the weekends is said to increase men's virility.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Bahamas 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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