Oceana Restaurant & Wine Bar

A stylish and elegant surprise in St. Thomas' Frenchtown community, it is a shooting star on the island's culinary horizon on the waterfront. Owner and Patricia LaCorte has put together a succinct but inspired menu that uses local seafood and produce to their best advantage. Here's a sample of her genius: artisanal beet salad with gingered Greek yogurt and truffle honey; seared diver scallops with candied bacon, torched grapefruit, basil foam and fennel vinaigrette; toasted coriander dusted mahi-mahi with lime butter and creamy polenta; homemade ravioli with confit grape tomatoes, roasted garlic and chevre gratin. Oceana manages to treat seafood and steak with equal aplomb and verve.