RESTAURANT NEWS & REVIEWS

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - When you head down to the Boardwalk on St. Croix, there’s really only one name that comes to mind when you’re looking to have a good time, catch a brew, chill out on the harbor view, and have the juiciest burger and fries on the Big Island, that name is Shupe’s!        For ten years, Derek Shupe and his wife Jenn have built STX’s Go-to gathering spot, for locals and tourists alike. Shupe’s on the Boardwalk  was created in the same cozy space as the i

A.J. Pike Dublin, Ohio - Wendy’s plans to close another 300 stores in 2026 on top of the 240 stores they closed in 2024 due to revenue and profit declines. The Dublin, Ohio-based company cites cutbacks by lower income consumers, conditions that it expects will persist for the near-term future.        Wendy’s interim CEO, Ken Cook, confirmed the company is likely to close in the “mid-single range percentage” of its 6,011 U.S. locations, or roughly 300 store closures if it shut

St. Croix Times Staff       St. Croix - Church’s Texas Chicken is set to open at the end of August 2025 in the space vacated by Pollo Tropical in the Sunny Isles Shopping Center. The franchise will be operated by Wenvi, D/B/A Wendy’s, a group headed by Dr. Peter Kumpitch, a longtime restaurateur in the Virgin Islands.        The Church’s brand is expected to open several other locations in the Virgin Islands in the near future.        “This exciting new venture marks a signif

M.A. Dworkin The bad news is, as everyone on St. Croix knows all too well by now, Kmart Sunny Isles is closing down forever. Its...

M.A. Dworkin When you bust through the roof and reach for the stars, there’s nothing between you and the next planet but the thinnest of...

Three great new, innovative eating and drinking establishments have landed in downtown Christiansted. Two of them at the historic Club Coman