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the signature gear: The Duffy's logo measures high on the Richter scale
of Caribbean cool, readily identified by cognoscenti the world over.
For
a complete evening on the town . . . there's Duffy's Love Shack which
is good, loud and fun. If you
want to do as the locals do, you'll make time to go to Duffy's Love Shack.
Slap bang in the middle of a parking lot, Duffy's is not the place to
come for a romantic interlude. Discard your inhibitions and choose from
a list of powerful brews served in anything from tiki gods to space ships!
In the
middle of a parking lot is Duffy's Love Shack, a casual bar/restaurant
that's on almost every islanders list of truly quintessential St. Thomas
experiences. This
is a fun and happening place where you can mingle with locals. As the
evening wears on, the customers become the entertainment, often dancing
on tables or forming conga lines. Boogie
nights... gotta' keep on dancing! Whether you are in St. John or St. Thomas,
stop off in Duffy's Love Shack and shake your groove thing to tunes
of the 70s and 80s. Sip on toy filled drinks with names such as "The
Volcano" and "Painkiller." The gyrating bodies and island
charm of Duffy's is definitely infectious. Don't even think of an early
a.m. appointment other than sleeping on the beach.
Visiting
Duffy's Love Shack is like hopping aboard a Caribbean-themed ride at Disneyworld.
The
ever-present draw of Duffy's Love Shack guarantees a ferocious hangover
if you're not careful. On
New Years Eve 1998: Best
Nightlife on St. Thomas: This
is a St. Thomas institution complete with flaming volcano drinks and sailors
who are three sheets to the wind. If you're looking for the epitome of
good-time tropical bars, you've found it. Dancing
into the night, funky Caribbean drinks and theme parties (they supply
the outfits) all add up to a fun time at this open air thatched-roof "shack". Duffy's
Love Shack focuses much attention on a carefully orchestrated tropical
theme park for grown-ups.
. . the Shack screams FUN. Complete with such home-grown concoctions
as Love Potion #9 and The Wacky Pineapple, all Love Shack drinks are made
with fresh fruit and juices . . . bartenders are hired for their showmanship
and bottle-twirling techniques, helping establish Duffy's reputation as
an adult island-style playground. Duffy's
Love Shack won best bar in St. Thomas . . . a big reason for the success
is the high energy of the bartender and staff, plus the bars weekly creative
specials. What
if Jimmy Buffet gave a party & everybody came? It would look like
Duffy's Love Shack. Its almost guaranteed to blow your inhibitions away
. . . it's Parrot Head paradise. Few
bars in St. Thomas serve drinks with toy sharks in them. Fewer still serve
drinks with toy skeletons stuffed in the toy sharks. Duffy's Love Shack
lives by such quirky comical touches. The already unusual bar throws plastic
curiosities at its customers, adorning their necks with fake leis, their
shot glasses with tiny monkeys and their drinks with clip-on moustaches. Readers
nominated Duffy's Love Shack as their favorite watering hole in
the Caribbean . Based on the reports of our readers, the Love Shack seems
to have a combination of Halloween and Mardi Gras almost every night.
An Israeli dentist wrote that he was "dancing on top of a tank"
. Another
reader . . . "dressed up like pirates and drank from coconuts for
days." From
the bamboo-handled menus to the theme parties (Nerd Night is our favorite),
Duffy's is F-U-N from the get-go. Don't miss trying one of the huge tropical
concoctions like "Revenge of Godzilla", a 32oz monster of vodka
and fruit juices that may just have you believing you're in Tokyo by the
end of the night. Duffy's
Love Shack in St. Thomas... drinks are viewed as veritable experiences.
A slew of fruity rum potions are served in tiki glasses, fish bowls or
miniature volcanoes, while island-hopping tourists decked out in plastic
leis and pirate hats dance in conga lines to the music of Jimmy Buffet. These
are no ordinary coolers . . These are drinks with an attitude. Its
called the Love Shack for a reason... Taking
care of the President (Clinton) while they vacation is hard work and the
White House staff, Secret Service and national press corps need an occasional
break too... many in the presidential entourage headed to Duffy's Love
Shack a Red Hook bar. A White house aid said it took some of the group
most of Saturday to recover.
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The
one that has never visited a Love Shack before and orders a Volcano will
be surprised at the spectacular show that appears in front of him. 
Smoke
begins to fill the room, a strobe light flashes, red lights come on and
the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey" starts. Regulars
at Duffy's Love Shack know someone has ordered a Love Shack Volcano and
the party atmosphere steps up another notch. Newcomers watch wide-eyed
as servers parade a flaming 64 ounce drink with 18 inch straws out to
a customers as Jimmy Buffet's "Volcano" begins to play.
After
Dark the USVI nightlife... Duffy's Love Shack roars
to life on weekends.
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