Rasta Mesa Café

Rasta Mesa is a cultural center, restaurant, and bar with live Garifuna music every night.  They offer delicious food, cooking classes, and a chance to experience local culture in an authentic way.  They offer a variety of dishes ranging from traditional Garifuna food to international cuisine.  All of the profits support the cultural center which provides educational programs and activities for the local youth.  The bar has happy hour every day from 4-6 with plenty of fun specials like coco locos and fresh fruit daiquiris and is always a good time. 

Ask for the "backpacker special," a different meal every day, only 18Q.  

Overview

Hours of operation:  10:00 am- 10:00 pm 

Prince range:  18-75Q, cash only  

Contact 

Owners:  Amanda Beach and Mega Estero  

Website: www.site.rastamesa.com

Phone: 4459-6106 

Sustainability

All of the profits are used to support the Cultural Center activities such as providing after school educational programs for the kids, traditional drumming and art classes, environmental education and beach cleanup days.  The food is all locally bought and many of the ingredients are locally grown.  They are currently working on creating an organic farm which will be used to cultivate produce for the restaurant in the future.  They also sponsor bi-monthly beach cleanup days, children’s soccer teams and lots of other community activities.