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a8 local
Monday 17 april 2023
Fresh fish right out of the Caribbean

Sea to your plate

If you haven’t visited The Grand Fish yet, check out our
local page for a coupon for a free glass of wine and
make sure to drop by. The staff will be happy to wel-
come, guide and serve you for an amazing casual bite
and good time.

The Grand Fish Restaurant is situated at
Taratata Road 15, unit #1.
Open from 11AM – 10PM from Wednesday till Monday
CLOSED on Tuesdays!!!q
ORANJESTAD – Fish restaurants are ev- seafood or seafood rice (paella lo-
erywhere, but do they serve fresh fish cal style) combined with sides of veg-
daily right out of the Caribbean Sea? The etables, french fries, rice, plantain, the
Grand Fish Restaurant does. This locally- island’s traditional ‘pan bati’ (slapped
owned restaurant is situated merely 5 bread) or funchi (cornmeal cake).
minutes from the strip and is open as
early as 11am for the lunch lovers. Each and every dish is made with pas-
sion, love and dedication. Yes… even
The minute you step inside you can feel the fried ones!
the homey and cozy warm ambiance There are also pasta, meat and poul-
by the décor and the friendly staff who try options plus a kid-friendly menu with
will receive you with open arms. crispy chicken or fish nuggets, cheese
burgers, mac & cheese and kid tender-
The Grand Fish Restaurant has an ex- loin.
traordinary menu starting with appetiz-
ers, salads and their famous fish soup. Pair your meal with your favorite drink
The entree dishes consist of a variety or cocktail, a wine of your choice or a
of fresh fish like whole red snapper, fish glass of The Grand Fish yummy home-
steak, fish cake, grilled salmon, mixed made fresh lemonade.

Photo collection Brothers of Tilburg is

now also online via Coleccion Aruba

Since the end of March the heritage puzzle pieces this initiative has expanded
2023, part of the Brothers’ related to Aruba available to include local partners
collection, namely all pho- in one place. The collection from the broader heritage
tographs related to Aruba, of the Brothers of Tilburg is community, such as from
is also part of the Aruba one of the (photographic) the museum field and the
Collection: https://colec- treasure troves of Aruban/ built heritage/monuments
cion.aw/fraters. Caribbean heritage,” said protection field. lection holdings.” cultural heritage is reach-
Peter Scholing, responsible ing a wider audience from
The Brothers of Tilburg for digitization, digital col- “The collaboration with “This collaboration with the our database through Col-
worked for many years in lections, and research at Stadsmuseum Tilburg in the Stadsmuseum Tilburg for the eccion Aruba. In fact, by
the Caribbean, taking nu- Biblioteca Nacional Aruba area of the Fraters collec- collection of the Brothers of opening up our data to
merous photographs in Cu- (BNA). tion fits well into this broad- Tilburg has been very high them, the awareness of this
racao, Bonaire, Suriname, er vision, to also make on the ‘wish list’ for many collection is increased with
Aruba, Trinidad, French, “BNA has had a digital col- available in a digital way years. I am very happy that the push of a button.”
and British Guiana, among lection online since 2019, the collections that are not we have succeeded with
others. Part of the Carib- with nearly 50,000 items physically located on the Stadsmuseum Tilburg and Rien Vissers, archivist Broth-
bean Heritage collection now available. island in the ‘original’, lo- Erfgoed Brabant! We espe- ers CMM: “The Central Ar-
of the Brothers of Tilburg cal context, namely within cially want to thank Petra chives of the Brothers of
has been digitally acces- This digital collection the Collection Aruba, just Robben, Rien Vissers, Cris Tilburg (CMM) finds it very
sible since 2018 through the formed the basis for ‘Col- as collaborations and con- Kremers, and the Brothers special that the photo col-
Tilburg City Museum web- eccion Aruba in 2022, a tent exchanges are tak- of Tilburg for their permis- lection of the brothers who
site: https://stadsmuseum- new, Aruba-wide initiative ing place and have taken sion and pleasant cooper- lived and worked in Aruba
tilburg.nl/collecties/. with, in addition to BNA, place with the Royal Ar- ation,” Scholing said. for many years is now made
Archivo Nacional Aruba chives, and with the Royal available through Colecci-
“Within the ‘Coleccion (ANA), and UNOCA, the lo- Library. Soon e hope to an- Petra Robben, city curator on Aruba. It is honorable to
Aruba’ project, we are cur- cal cultural fund as found- nounce other similar col- of Stadsmuseum Tilburg: remain part of Aruban his-
rently working to make all ing partners. Meanwhile, laborations with Dutch col- “I think it’s great that this tory in this way.”q