The Cubano sandwich at the little Oak Cliff hut is fantastic. The roast pork is shredded to strings and fatty and juicy. The ham is sliced thick, the cheese is melty and those pickles tag-team the taste buds with a healthy dose of mustard for a much needed punch of acid. Despite it’s Caribbean flavor, […]
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Jump into the way-back machine when you visit this brewpub. It’s like a trip to the ’70s singles scene. Only the hanging ferns are missing. Instead, you’ll find hopeful hangers-on yakking into cell phones on the patio or vying for elbow room at the bar, where there’s a lavish selection of imported brews. The regulars […]
A slightly rundown strip mall near the intersection of two major highways may not be the first location you’d expect to find a wee taste of the islands, but you’d be wrong. Caribbean Grill is many things — a grocery store, a restaurant, a live music venue — but most of all it’s a place […]
Traditional Caribbean or West Indian food isn’t relegated to Brooklyn, New York, and the island sources of the cuisine. Elaine’s Kitchen is proof. Formerly a closet of a restaurant with eternal standing-room-only status, Elaine’s has moved to a bigger space with sufficient seating for the droves that rush here for the volcanic jerk chicken and […]
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Sweet-as-pie owner Ms. Jan serves it up spicy. Proper West Indian vittles just roll that way. There’s a smile, and then there’s flame shooting out of your ears. Case in point: the jerk chicken wings with rice and cornbread. The real treat here is the oxtail, which is available most of the time. But you […]