Visit St. Maarten Congratulates Ital Shack
Ital Shack has ranked fourth in the Best restaurants of the Caribbean list 2025 of USA Today!
What a feat! Visit congratulates Ras Bushman and his family making this unique and consistent culinary gem thrive, with the same modest and kind service for decades. All St. Maarten cultivated ingredients, all Ital, and passion in the taste worthy results.
If planning to go, make sure you make a reservation as his “shack” has limited seating capacity. Though it normally closes at 5pm, ask him and he is happy to prepare a special evening dinner for you. Bushman has one menu per day, so no need to plan time for selecting your dish!
Insider tip: ask bushman if you can see his “music shack”, he will proudly show you this petite studio where local and foreign reggae celebrities came for a spontaneous jam session. If you visit his redemption nights on Saturdays, you are prone to see this shack in full action mode!