Many fishermen still sell their catch wherever they can. Fish is cheap and fresh. Sat 0800-1600, bank next door, fair range of goods, also supermarket on the William Peter Boulevard. Wholesale meat from Chicken Galore behind Shell station on Manoel Street. Julian s Supermarket, open Mon-Thu until 2000, Fri, Sat until 2100.
Next door is a delicatessen with a choice of frozen and defrosted foods.
A few doors away is the Sea Island Cotton Shop, the outlet for Caribelle Batik clothes. On the way to Gros Islet from Castries turn left just after the Texaco station for the studio Zaka s, where masks and totems are carved from driftwood collected along the Atlantic coast or discarded lumber off-cuts found in the forest. Soufri re has a market on the waterfront. At Choiseul, on the southwest coast, there is an art and craft centre, T4593226, but it is rather dated. All rights reserved.