02-19-2016, 12:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-19-2016, 12:41 PM by rastagirl777.)
Actually - there are many private residences "along the cliffs" aka West End. Just off the top of my head I can think of 7, including our yard, heading north (and that's just on the seaside). South of our yard most properties are private residences.
I don't watch the show but it seems the "Castle Cove" property - the one where they wanted to open a wine bar is a place that my friends built and owned and it used to be called Patou Rock. (Sharleen - you know this place and the original owners I believe). I've been there several times. The building itself, the "castle" - is pretty unique. What I always found special about the place was the seafront "back yard" - it was a beautiful and dramatic setting with great views and was purported to be the actual most western tip of the island (this is very unproven and others think other spots are...) The TV people that bought it will be the third owners and if the price that they said they paid is correct, the people they bought it from lost money on their original purchase.
Its seems this show brings people on that are really "green" when it comes to Jamaica. The "family from Texas" for example - and I think I said this before - they are in for a rude awakening when it comes time to educate their kids. This wine bar couple - I personally do not think a wine bar would be a success in Negril. GOOD wine is expensive and not the easiest to import into the country. A wine bar was opened very briefly right across the street from where they bought - shuttered it seemed within minutes. Now, what they do have going for them is that beautiful seaside stretch along the property - if it looks the same as it did under the original owners it can be quite a location for SOMETHING. I know the original owners tried to do a restaurant there and talked of opening a nightclub there years ago.
Jitterbug, yes that does look like Mark's old place! He brought us up there when they first built it - they called it the Rastafarian Learning Center. I found the building "weird" but the grounds were beautiful and you couldn't beat the views. I especially loved the ampitheater (sp?) and envisioned lovely acoustic music shows in that intimate setting - save of course for the location which is pretty remote (or was back then, I think a lot of building has gone on around there since then). Now - I always thought that was in Redground? Also - I heard from my Godson that there is an Italian Restaurant operating out of there as of January at least. If its the same place my godson gave it rave reviews.
I don't watch the show but it seems the "Castle Cove" property - the one where they wanted to open a wine bar is a place that my friends built and owned and it used to be called Patou Rock. (Sharleen - you know this place and the original owners I believe). I've been there several times. The building itself, the "castle" - is pretty unique. What I always found special about the place was the seafront "back yard" - it was a beautiful and dramatic setting with great views and was purported to be the actual most western tip of the island (this is very unproven and others think other spots are...) The TV people that bought it will be the third owners and if the price that they said they paid is correct, the people they bought it from lost money on their original purchase.
Its seems this show brings people on that are really "green" when it comes to Jamaica. The "family from Texas" for example - and I think I said this before - they are in for a rude awakening when it comes time to educate their kids. This wine bar couple - I personally do not think a wine bar would be a success in Negril. GOOD wine is expensive and not the easiest to import into the country. A wine bar was opened very briefly right across the street from where they bought - shuttered it seemed within minutes. Now, what they do have going for them is that beautiful seaside stretch along the property - if it looks the same as it did under the original owners it can be quite a location for SOMETHING. I know the original owners tried to do a restaurant there and talked of opening a nightclub there years ago.
Jitterbug, yes that does look like Mark's old place! He brought us up there when they first built it - they called it the Rastafarian Learning Center. I found the building "weird" but the grounds were beautiful and you couldn't beat the views. I especially loved the ampitheater (sp?) and envisioned lovely acoustic music shows in that intimate setting - save of course for the location which is pretty remote (or was back then, I think a lot of building has gone on around there since then). Now - I always thought that was in Redground? Also - I heard from my Godson that there is an Italian Restaurant operating out of there as of January at least. If its the same place my godson gave it rave reviews.
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