Sion Farm Distillery has found its new St. Croix home in an iconic location, the old Island Dairies facility in Estate Sion Farm. The distillery is the new home of Mutiny Island Vodka, a product made from breadfruit and created in what the owner calls a “green” environment.
Despite the change of venue, the usual aromas, excitement and camaraderie of the Taste of St. Croix carried through downtown Christiansted Thursday night.
Local Chef Digby Stridiron offered a soft opening of his Braata Restaurant in the 69 Strand Street Frederiksted courtyard Thursday and continued his menu throughout the weekend.
Todd Manley had been thinking about creating a liquor with the taste of the islands, a vodka that would pay tribute to his island home. A decade after the idea came to him, he launched Mutiny Island vodka, made with local breadfruit.
Not only did growers lose livestock, trees, crops and infrastructure, but the V.I. Department of Agriculture was severely damaged on all three islands, rendering offices and other structures unusable.
A taste of old St. Thomas has returned with the reopening of the Left Banc restaurant at its old location on Curacao Gade, where the entrance is smartly redone. Its namesake would beyond a doubt be happy with the reincarnation – walls covered with art, and tables covered with great food.
Errol Chichester, assistant commissioner of V.I. Agriculture, led a farm tour Saturday to demonstrate to potential specialty crop grant applicants 'how a farm is actually supposed to be.'