Charlestown, Nevis

Around the café

A closer look at

Faces on the veranda, treats behind the glass, and the view that makes people stay a while.

The SIP ON THE SQUARE sign above a veranda table set with a fresh fruit smoothie and a wooden board of sliced tropical fruit, looking out over Charlestown’s square

Wide view of the café counter, its glass cake domes filled with banana bread, blondies, scones and muffins

A balcony table set with an iced coffee, the café sign hanging overhead against a clear sky

The SIP ON THE SQUARE sign hanging above a veranda table set with an iced latte and a hand-painted vase of red flowers, looking across to the shops on Charlestown’s main street

A passion fruit cooler with mint and a slice of lime on the veranda table, the SIP ON THE SQUARE sign hanging above and Charlestown behind

Two guests toasting with wine glasses beneath the illuminated SIP ON THE SQUARE sign at night

A guest celebrating her birthday with a hand-written chocolate dessert plate on the veranda

A wide view inside the café, guests seated beneath the vaulted, beam-lined ceiling

A guest holding up her birthday dessert plate at an indoor table, a green cocktail beside her

A group of six friends sharing sandwiches and salads around a long table indoors

A guest celebrating a birthday at an indoor table, with a dessert plate and a glass of wine

Five friends with arms around each other gathered around a table of shared plates

A couple sharing a table by the window, plates and a drink between them

A young guest smiling over her chocolate brownie dessert

An espresso martini garnished with a red ixora flower, served at the bar

A row of framed photographs propped along the café’s counter shelf for the art show — beach, boats, a hummingbird at its nest and an old chattel house — with paintings hung on the wall behind

Framed landscape prints stacked beside the café door beneath the hand-lettered “Good Vibes Only” wall, with tables set for service beyond

Three visitors standing and talking among the framed prints during the art show

A cappuccino on the veranda rail beneath the SIP ON THE SQUARE sign, Charlestown behind

A blue cocktail, a fruit punch and a mojito lined up on a table, ixora flowers behind

The Cowboy burger and slaw on a wooden board, a mojito set beside it on a burlap runner

A yoghurt and fruit parfait in a coconut bowl, held up on the veranda

A bottle of white wine and a glass set on the veranda table, ixora flowers behind

A cappuccino on a veranda table, Charlestown’s pink buildings behind

The art show

Prints on the walls, music in the room

We cleared the counter and hung the room with framed work from around the island, and the players came in and made an evening of it.

Steelpan in the room
Live pan playing to the room during the show
Flute by the window
A flute set in the front room, saxophone waiting beside him
The evening set
Guitar and vocals with the tables full

Come make a memory of your own

We're upstairs, across from the square

236 Main St., Charlestown, Nevis

Call 869-469-6488