Tony Macaroni’s Conch Experience, Grand Bahama Island
For many, the name “Tony Macaroni” is synonymous with Grand Bahama. Widely known for his delectable conch dishes, for the past 30 years, Anthony (Tony) Hanna, better known as “Tony Macaroni” has operated a restaurant on the beautiful Taino Beach located in Freeport, on the South West Coast of Grand Bahama Island.
Over the years thousands of tourists have visited this restaurant, “Tony Macaroni’s Conch Experience,” a wooden, thatched-roof shack on the white sands facing the crystal-clear blue waters of Taino Beach. Many of these visitors have been repeat visitors who share the sentiments that a visit to Grand Bahama Island is just not complete without a visit to Tony Macaroni’s Conch Experience. Besides his mouth watering dishes, the entertainment like Rake and Scrape music, Jazz, or Bonfire nights
Meet Jojo, today she partially lives a city life in Freeport, Grand Bahama; however, she is longing for her holiday traditions in Sweetings Cay, on the Eastern End of the island, where life is returning to some form of normalcy after the ravages of Hurricane Dorian two years ago. As she reminisces about her childhood Christmases, here’sa story of her holiday traditions, as told by her.
Growing up as a child on Sweetings Cay, the Christmas Holidays were highly anticipated! It felt like preparations for the Big Day, Christmas Day, went on for months.
Located just to the east of Freeport, this quaint settlement is a 10-15 min boat ride from McClean’s Town Dock, East End, Grand Bahama, to Sweetings Cay Dock.
The salt air, from the surrounding ocean, was always filled with excitement at Christmas time. Our preparations for the holidays were all island-style, native and homemade, with
