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Are you ready for the jerk experience of a lifetime? Mosey on down Main Street until you see the pillar of billowing smoke — this, my friends, is the glorious Jerk Pit Café, where meats come to be jerked and mouths [...]

Scott’s Jamaican Bakery

Chip McCabe

Behold the beguiling beauty of the simple Jamaican meat pie. With a flaky goldenrod exterior providing balance to the flavor explosion inside, has there ever been a more perfect foodstuff? Funny, that rumble in your tummy sounds a lot like the word “Scott’s.” Good [...]

Destiny Awaits Restaurant & Jerk Center

Chip McCabe

Your destiny awaits at Destiny Awaits Restaurant & Jerk Center. That is, if your destiny includes steaming beef patties and tender oxtail swimming in deep, luscious broth. Yet the real stars of this place can’t be found on the menu. Quality staff gives [...]

Dunn’s River Restaurant

Chip McCabe

From the mural of natural scenery on the wall, to the wooden placemats on the tables, nowhere in Hartford gives off the ambiance of an island quite like Dunn’s. Their offerings span the menu of Jamaican cuisine, from ackee to oxtail, and [...]

Lion’s Den Vegetarian Restaurant

Chip McCabe

Yes, it’s vegetarian food — a common cuisine in Jamaica — but this is one vegetarian restaurant where it’s difficult to miss the meat. Traditional dishes like curried chunks, ital stew, and ackee with saltfish delight and surprise with layers of flavor and texture. Be [...]

Island Cuisine

Chip McCabe

Tucked away in a strip mall on Farmington Ave lies Island Cuisine, a bustling little Jamaican eatery. Be warned: there’s no seating and minimal parking, but the near-perfect jerk seasoning (available on chicken or, on the weekends, pork) and plantains [...]

Sun Splash Jamaican Restaurant

Chip McCabe

Tucked away in a mini plaza alongside Maple Giant Grinder, Sun Splash is your typical Jamaican joint — a takeout-only, menus-on-the-wall, in-and-out kind of place. There’s barely room to sit, let alone bring a friend. Yet their oxtail is, and I quote, “FIRE” (Jessica [...]

USS Chowder Pot IV

Chip McCabe

USS Chowder Pot IV has been open for over twenty years serving the freshest seafood, live Maine lobsters and delicious prime rib. They are conveniently located off of route 91 and unlike a lot of restaurants we have the ability [...]

Blue State Coffee

Chip McCabe

Blue State’s mission is to create vibrant cafes that reflect, improve, and inspire our communities. Additionally they make an inspirational drink called a chaider (chai plus cider) that makes your whole day better. They have regular coffee, fancy coffee, snacks, [...]

Sarah’s Coffee House

Jordan Polon

Sarah’s Coffee House prides itself on dealing directly with small farm families protecting them from being exploited by larger, wealthier companies. A portion of Sarah’s profits is devoted to nonprofit organizations that assist the same farmers with techniques to help [...]

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