Antigua and Barbuda / Special Interests / Food Stores & Markets

If you need to go food and beverage shopping in Antigua, or even do your own yacht provisioning there are a number of options available from large international-style supermarkets with gourmet items and deli's, to wine merchants.

Food and beverage suppliers and supermarkets in Antigua include:

St John’s

The Market - A traditional West Indian market, with an amazing array of tropical fruit, vegetables, spices and other essentials of West Indian life, all neatly presented to attract passing buyers. There is a large, modern market building just south of the downtown area (next to the bus station). It is always fun to visit Caribbean markets, for the lively banter as well as the fruits and vegetables that you might want to buy. There is also small craft market attached to the main market where you will find locally made handicrafts such as carvings and other artwork.

Epicurean Fine Foods & Pharmacy, Friar’s Hill - The largest and most well stocked supermarket on island, with a wide selection of both local and imported food and wine, a fresh counter with a lobster tank and sushi bar, a bakery, deli counter and take-away food. 

Food City, St John’s – City centre supermarket.

Island Provision Food Distribution, Potters - Wholesale, bulk provisioning, which includes yachts, with fresh and dry goods.

Gourmet Basket Supermarket - Island Provision Ltd, Potters - Stock fresh fruit, vegetables and meats, wines, liquors, sauces and spices, plus a cold deli counter with pates, cheeses and speciality food items. A hot deli counter serves hot local lunches daily.

Best Cellars Wines and Spirits, Potters - For a wider selection of wines and spirits, Best Cellars Wines and Spirits, is located next door to the Gourmet Basket Supermarket.  It has over 650 different wines and also sells Cuban cigars.

English Harbour

Dockside Liquors & Supermarket, Falmouth Harbour, - Grocery items, fresh bread, cigars, cigarettes and a range of wines, champagnes and spirits.

CE Baileys Supermarket, Falmouth - Mini mart which stocks some fresh produce (all meat, poultry etc is frozen) and although not large seems to have all the essentials, including fresh local breads and cakes. Open 9am-7pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am-8pm Friday and Saturday.

Crab Hole Liquors, Cobbs Cross and Nelson’s Dockyard - Main shop is located on the main road to Falmouth and also sells snack items, ice, soft drinks and another smaller outlet, Crab Hole Too, is located within the historic dockyard.

Malone’s Food Store, English Harbour - For groceries including meat and chicken, a variety of fresh market produce, and a deli for sandwiches, salads, pates, cheeses and local specialties.

Jolly Harbour

The Epicurean Supermarket - Well stocked, modern supermarket with a wide selection of both local and imported food and wine, a deli counter and take-away food.

Quinn Farara’s Liquor Store - Sells spirits and cigarettes at amazingly low prices which work out almost the equivalent to local duty-free prices (sometimes less), and much lower than UK duty free. Also in St John's.