Rum Runners
Christiansted, St. Croix
Rum Runners is a stronger factual fit for this slot because it is one of Christiansted’s clearest, most recognisable restaurant identities and is easy for visitors to understand in practice. Right on the waterfront, it captures an important side of St. Croix eating: a harbourfront meal that fits naturally after wandering Christiansted’s historic streets, shopping along the boardwalk or settling in for an evening by the water. What secures the replacement is better present-day documentation. The operator site identifies Rum Runners on the Christiansted waterfront, and current St. Croix editorial from Visit USVI includes it among the island’s notable restaurants. That gives this rank a clearer exact venue and a more convincing visitor role than the supplied El Sol record, whose current evidence was more limited for a territory-wide top ten. Rum Runners is not meant to replace local cooking generally; it simply gives this slot a more robustly documented restaurant identity.