re: Cheeseburger in Paradise?

It's funny how so many places claim to be the place that inspired the song, and how so many people claim to have been there.

In "Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads" booklet he tells the real story:

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"The myth of the cheeseburger in paradise goes back to a long trip on my first boat, the Euphoria. We had run into some very rough weather crossing the Mona Passage between Hispanola and Puerto Rico, and broke our new bowsprit. The ice in our box had melted, and we were doing the canned-food-and-peanut-butter diet. The vision of a piping hot cheeseburger kept popping into my mind. We limped up the Sir Francis Drake Channel and into Roadtown on the island of Tortola, where a brand new marina and bar sat on the end of the dock like a mirage. We secured the boat, kissed the ground, and headed for the restaurant. To our amazement, we were offered a menu that featured an American cheeseburger and pina coladas. Now, these were the days when supplies were scarce - when horsemeat was more plentiful than ground beef in the tiny stores of the Third World. Anyway, we gave particular instructions to the waiter on how we wanted them cooked, and what we wanted on them - to which very little attention was paid. It didn't matter. The overdone burgers on the burned, toast buns tasted like manna from Heaven, for, they were the realization of my fantasy burgers on the trip. That's the true story. I've heard other people and places claim that I stopped or cooked in their restaurants, but that is the way it happened."

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Also recounted in part here: LINK

So the inspiration is some unnamed restaurant near the dock in Road Town, Tortola, BVI, that makes mediocre, if timely, hamburgers.

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We're probably the only two on here...that place is awesome

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It's funny how so many places claim to be the place that inspired the song, and how so many people claim to have been there.

In "Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads" booklet he tells the real story:

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LOL @ golfer

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LOL @ golfer

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Not trying to throw Golfer under the bus. I've been to probably half a dozen places that claim to be the real inspiration, from the Gulf Coast to the Caribbean. Some of those claims are quite believable.

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I understadn Jimmy loaned er th emoney to move when she lost her lease at Weeks Bay.

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Hoped she paid him back. He's barely scraping by these days. Even saw Margaritaville coffee now in the grocery store.