Straw Hat opened in March 1997, when American expats Anne and Peter Parles brought their vision of relaxed, unpretentious beachfront dining to Anguilla — the restaurant weathered Hurricane Georges its very first year and never looked back. Recognized early on by Condé Nast Traveler among the world's "50 Hot Tables," and later namedropped in Gourmet and Bon Appétit, Straw Hat has spent decades building a reputation that doesn't need much explaining once you've eaten the tuna flatbread or watched stingrays glide past the pilings at sunset. Even Mariah Carey has stopped by.