Stalls of spice sellers line the roadway near the wharf, and the haunting sound of the conch shell announces the arrival of a fresh catch of fish. The best place to view the Carenage is at a window table on the second-floor Nutmeg restaurant. If you are there at mealtime, try lambie, which is not young sheep, by the way. It is the local name for conch. The restaurant's name is indicative of the island's fame as the Isle of Spice.
Principal exports are cocoa, nutmegs, and bananas.
The nutmeg is so important that it is featured on the Grenadian flag. Other crops include sugar cane, bamboo, coconuts, limes, cloves, cinnamon, mangos, avocados, and breadfruit. Vegetables are grown for local consumption. The bounty of the land is best seen over the hill from the harbor at Market Square, once a place of execution. Every day except Sunday, vendors display their fruits and vegetables in the open square.