ZoZo's at Caneel Bay

St. John Should Be Your Next Culinary Destination

"ZoZo’s is open seasonally and is on hiatus until December 15; check their website for details. To get to ZoZo’s, you have to ride through the gates of the uprooted Caneel Bay Resort, which no longer exists, looking past the wreckage. The restaurant stands where history and catastrophe have commingled on a perfect slice of sand — a reminder of what St. John was, of its resilience, and of how it’s evolving. It was pouring when our taxi delivered us to the host stand, but no one seemed to mind the rain. At the bar, over a shallow bowl of bucatini cloaked in truffles, it was easy for my husband and me to forget the storms — almost. “As Mother Nature reminded us, man makes plans, and God laughs,” owner John Ferrigno told me. ZoZo’s is his fifth outpost on the island in 25 years, his second in this location. “The rebuilding process was from ground zero,” he said." - Hannah Selinger