This is an encore episode of “The View.” The co-hosts will return to the Hot Topics table in September for season 26!

As Chef Marcus Samuelsson sets an al fresco menu for the co-hosts, he shared what he's serving up at his new restaurant in the Bahamas and his mission to open restaurants in traditionally Black neighborhoods.

Then, Simu Liu joins "The View" from the Bahamas in celebration of the show's 25th season, and shares why he focused on the the multi-generational story of his family coming to America in his memoir, “We Were Dreamers.”

Plus, Chloe Fineman reminisces about her first vacation in the Bahamas, tells "The View" about playing a wedding planner in her record-breaking new film “Father of the Bride,” and shares impressions of some celebrity favorites.

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