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Launched by Gianmaria Pedroli, a native of northern Italy who came to vacation in Portland and fell in love with the area, cozy restaurant The Italian Job (noon-10pm Tues.-Sat., US$7-20) has pizza, salads, calzones, lasagna, carbonara, and seafood spaghetti.
The Veranda (reservations required for nonguests, 7am-10am breakfast, noon-4pm lunch, 7pm-9pm dinner, daily, US$20-50). On Saturday the hotel’s semi-formal Mike’s Supper Club boasts live cabaret music and specials that include whole lion fish, jerk pork, curry goat, and a Portland seafood platter.
Savory jerk chicken and pork and fresh sea- food are served in a hassle-free environment at Gurley Aston Wine & Grill Bar and Boston Jerk Stop (10am- 10pm Sun.-Thurs., 10am-midnight Fri.-Sat.).
Transplants from Bologna, Italy, run La Familia Restaurant (by reservation only, US$15-35), serving the best lasagna, tagliatelle, and ceviche. Pizza and bread are baked in a conventional gas oven.
Cliffhanger Restaurant & Lounge (5 kilometers/3 miles southeast of Long Bay, noon-10pm Fri.-Sat., noon-9pm Sun., US$11-50) serves seafood, specializing in lionfish five different ways, with wine and beer, escoveitch, coconut sauce, curried, and jerk. Oxtail, curried goat, fried and stewed chicken, and vegan fare are served.
Besides selling watches and jewelry duty-free for visitors, F&B DownTown (9am-5pm Mon.- Sat., US$9-20) has a refreshing café serving eggs to order and pancakes for breakfast, and for lunch, chicken teriyaki and shrimp salads, soup, sandwiches, and entrées that include pasta dishes, steak, and oxtail.
Michael’s Juice Garden (8am-8pm Mon.-Thurs. 8am-6pm Fri., 9am-5pm Sun., US$3-6) serves freshly blended natural juices, coconut water, ackee and saltfish, chicken wraps, and cheese and tuna sandwiches. Juices are seasonal and in- clude june plum, soursop, star fruit, and ota- heite apple.
24/7 Café (24 hours daily, US$5-10) serves rotating soups like fish or red pea, salads, breakfast bagels with smoked marlin or salmon, paninis, wraps, chicken pot pie, and homemade fries. Coffee with scones, cookies, muffins, and cheesecake are sure to satisfy any sweet tooth. Wi-Fi is complimentary for customers.
The atmosphere is relaxing and cozy at Cannonball Café (7am-6pm Mon.-Fri.) serves coffee, pastries and sand- wiches (US$6), and dishes like beef lasagna (US$10), quiche (US$10), and salad (US$6). Try the scones with sweet cream and jam (US$5) with natural juices (US$4) or cap- puccino (US$5). Wi-Fi is complimentary for customers.
Café Africa (9am-9pm Mon.-Thurs., 10am-10pm Sat., 11am-7pm Sun.) specializes in African dishes, both vegetarian and meat. The spot is also the de facto base for the United Negro Improvement Association, now presided over by the restaurant’s proprietor, Stephen Golding, on the site of Marcus Garvey’s original office of the Pan- African unity organization.
