Off-track Barbados

Places in Barbados that are a little off the beaten track that we think might be of interest to Bajans and to tourist.

Annies B.B.Q, Oistins, Barbados

Oistins Fish Fry – Barbados. Annies BBQ where locals go for lunch, dinner and a drink

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Richard Ligon wrote in his A True and Exact History of Barbadoes (first published in 1657) ….which they called Auftins Bay, not in commemoration of any Saint, but of a wild mad drunken fellow, whofe lewd and extravagant carriage made him infamous in the island; and his Plantation standing near this Bay, it was called …

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Bajan Eating Places - Chicken Rita

Chicken Rita’s. Where Bajan’s go for seasoned fried chicken!

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Chicken Rita serves fried chicken (sometimes fish) and chips.  If you want to eat anything else this, this is not the place for you. This is where Bajans go to eat fried chicken, buy a drink at reasonable price and meet friends. Visitors to the island are welcome. So are children. It is not fast food. Weekends are busy but the …

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HAPR Project delict space gun

High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967

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The High Altitude Research Project (HARP) space gun was set up at Paragon just to the east of the runway of what was then Seawell Airport – the brainchild of Canadian ballistics scientist Dr. Gerald Bull and jointly funded by McGill University, Canada and the USA Army Research and Development Center. The HARP project was …

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