{"id":37890,"date":"2013-08-02T10:26:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T14:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=37890"},"modified":"2013-08-02T10:26:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T14:26:22","slug":"more-restaurants-needed-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/08\/more-restaurants-needed-downtown","title":{"rendered":"More Restaurants Needed Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Downtown Nassau needs \u201cat least 20 more restaurants\u201d to transform itself into a nighttime destination that will once again attract both locals and tourists, a senior private sector executive said.<\/p>\n

Charles Klonaris, the Downtown Nassau Partnership\u2019s (DNP) co-chairman, told Tribune Business that Bay Street and the surrounding area lacked the \u201cproper choice\u201d of dining options that would entice families back to the city in the evening.<\/p>\n

Noting that downtown Nassau was \u201clocked into a triangle\u201d between Paradise Island, Cable Beach and the cruise ships, Mr Klonaris said: \u201cWe have to combine all these top-notch destinations bringing thousands of tourists.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s how we market ourselves as well as create a product. The city has to be somewhere people want to come to be entertained. It has to be clean, safe and enjoyable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city right now, for it to be a nightly destination, we need at least 20 more restaurants downtown to bring variety.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we have upscale and fast food, but are not giving proper choice for families to come down, night or day, and enjoy themselves and make use of the magnificent harbour we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downtown Nassau\u2019s restaurant options are set to receive a major boost with the investment in four new eatery concepts by an investor group headed by Jamie Dingman, son of Bahamas-based businessman and philanthropist, Michael Dingman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“At least 20 more restaurants” are needed in downtown Nassau if it is going to be transformed into a nighttime destination attracting locals and tourists, says Downtown Nassau Partnership\u2019s co-chairman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[186,1254,115],"class_list":["post-37890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-bay-street","tag-downtown-nassau","tag-nassau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}