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These were the sponsors of last Contest that has now ended. La Vie en Rose offered a $100 coupon toward a dinner for two. Saint Germain and Le Marrakech both offered a $50 coupon toward a dinner for two and L'Esperance Car Rental offered $100 off the price of a week's car rental.

Tuula, a smart shop in downtown Marigot, carries fine women's clothing. Casanova, across the street, carries fine men's clothing.

One Saturday, we went to the Marigot Market and met this market woman. This colorful table has cinnamon stick, bags of pepper, nutmeg, and vanilla plus bananas, carrots, onions, and lots more. Check out the authentic St Martin garnet at Octaedre in the market. Most photos will enlarge, if clicked. Use your back button to return.

If you get hungry, Claude's Mini-Club is at the western end of the waterfront, although it is only open for dinner. Check out the map of Marigot on the SXM-Restaurants website for better idea of where these places are located. The next dining spot is the Sucriere, bakery and snack, open for breakfast and lunch.

The next dining spot is the Sarafina's, bakery and snack rising from the ashes of Havana Too. Bamboo is open for lunch and dinner.

	Durreche serves good food cheap in rather simple surroundings. Bar de la Mer closed and has now reopened as Bistro de la Mer, followed by Bar de la Mer rising from its figurative ashes. Arawak is still there.

La Vie en Rose has been on the edge of the Marigot Waterfront for over 20 years. Breakfast and lunch on the terrace can't get any prettier. At dinnertime, the action moves to the upstairs dining room and the porch overlooking the waterfront.

L'Oizeau Rare is across the street from La Vie en Rose and a few steps up the hill leading to Fort Louis. The exterior is nice, the view from the dining room is better, and the waterfalls and gardens surrounding the dining room are fantastic.

Turn left at L'Oizeau Rare and you'll see the very smart West Indies Mall beneath Fort Louis at the top of the hill, guarding Marigot harbor. Inside the mall is the even smarter Keops Café. Do some shopping in air-conditioned comfort and if that gets too tough, stop in at Keops for a restorative. Upstairs is Le Gaïac, arguably the most high-end restaurant on the island.

Keep going past the mall and you'll reach Ô Plongeoir, a nice little restaurant across from Marina Fort Louis. Go further and you reach the end of marigot, signalled by the lighthouse.

In front of La Vie and Rose and the West Indies Mall is the Anguilla Ferry, leaving every hour or so during the day for Blowing Point on the south side of Anguilla. If you had turned the other way at L'Oizeau Rare you would find Roland Richardson's Art Gallery on the main street (Rue de la Republique).

It's not all fine art as on a side street you would find Jean-Claude's hair salon. The Crazy Paradise has yet another art form.

Just off the waterfront is Marina La Royale, a calm corner of the lagoon loaded with boats, restaurants, and shops. Starting at the backside furthest from the waterfront, one finds Lafayette, serving French cuisine with a kitchen that can be seen from the dining room. Next comes a late night hotspot, Bali Bar, which frequently has entertainment.

Cecile Briuad-Richard at Chanteclair won the taste of St Martin cooking contest in the summer of 2004. As this is not the most expensive waterfront location on the island, this is a great spot to sample the dishes from one of the island's finest chefs without consulting your banker first. It's very pretty, the view is nice, and you get great food at bargain prices. Belle Epoque has been serving tasty bistro food and lots of it for a decade. They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Le Village and Le Galion next door are similar, but but not as long-running.

Le Village, La Main a la Pate, and Le Galion next door are similar to Le Belle Epoque, serving bistro food at good prices. Le Village has a pool table and a hockey table.

		BDLG, stands for Brasserie de la Gare or in English, Brewery of the Train Station. It's not a brewery, although many restaurants originated as adjuncts to breweries giving out free or inexpensive food in an effort to sell more beer. As there are no trains on the island, the train station part is an even greater bit of whimsy. Around the corner is Le France, known for pretty good French cuisine at good prices. Next comes Tropicana serving French cuisine with quite a following.

	Don Camillo is known for fine Italian cuisine. La Croissanterie serves breakfast and lunch. David's, next door, is a bar with music. Topolino is a pizza/Italian operation, Little Tokyo serves sushi, and Le Petite Auberge des Iles has beeen serving inexpensive, but quite good, French cuisine for more than a decade.

	That's the Petite Auberge's specials board. Saint Germain has been here almost as long as Belle Epoque. They must be doing something right and, basically, it is the same thing: good bistro food and plenty of it at good prices. Isabella is still here selling flowers as she has for more than 20 years.

Le Marrakech and St Séverin are on the back side of Marigot on La Rue de Hollande. Marrekech features Toufiq Lalou's native Moroccan cuisine in an authentic setting that he imported and assembled. St Séverin is one of the locals best kept secrets. The decor is straight out of the south of France where non-lethal bullfighting still takes place. The food is good, plentiful, and inexpensive.

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