Sweetwood Jerk Joint serves jerk pork, sausage, chicken, lamb, conch, and roast fish, prepared on a coal-fired pit smoked with sweetwood and seasoned with Scotch Bonnet peppers (11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. daily) .
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The Pantry
The Pantry (2 Dumphries Rd., tel. 876/929-6804 or 876/929-4149, thepantry52@yahoo.com) is a roadside cook shop (noon–3 p.m. Mon.–Fri.) that's a popular lunch spot, serving Jamaican staples like fried chicken, brown stew fish, and curry goat (US$3.50).
Carlos Café
Carlos Café is a Cuban-inspired bar with Martini Mondays (two for one 6–9 p.m.) and karaoke on Fridays (9:30 p.m.–1 a.m.). Prices range from US$1.50 for garlic bread to US$18.50 for lobster or filet mignon.
Hot Pot Restaurant
Hot Pot Restaurant(7 a.m.–6 p.m. daily) serves items like red pea soup (US$1.50–3), stew peas and pigs' tail (US$5), ackee and saltfish (US$5), pigs' feet (US$4.50), and tripe and beans (US$5), as well as whole fish (US$18).
So So Seafood Bar & Grill
So So Seafood Bar & Grill (10:30 a.m.–1 a.m.Mon.–Sat., 3 p.m.–midnight Sun.) is a nice seafood joint owned by Michael Forrest. It serves excellent steamed or fried fish (US$9–11/lb.), various shrimp dishes (US$11), curry or stewed conch (US$10), and lobster in season (US$20–23). Finger food is also served, including crab back, bammy, fries, fish tea, and mannish water, a broth made of all sorts of animal parts said to promote virility.
Heather's Garden Restaurant
Heather's Garden Restaurant (11:30 a.m.–11 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 5–11 p.m. Sat.) is owned by Meleta Touzalin, who bought the business when Heather went off to fly airplanes. Heather's serves items like sweet and sour, brown stew, or kebab chicken; brown stew, sweet and sour, or grilled fish; grilled, curry, or garlic shrimp; garlic or curry lobster; sweet and sour pork and pork chops, accompanied by mashed potatoes, French fries, egg fried rice, or rice and peas (US$10.50–22).
Gwong Wo
Gwong Wo (11 a.m.–9 p.m. Mon.–Sat., noon–9 p.m. Sun.) has excellent fried fricassee chicken and rice (US$3.50–7).
New Pagoda Restaurant
New Pagoda Restaurant (5 Belmont Rd., tel. 876/926-2561) serves decent Chinese food for US$4–17.
Cannonball Café
Cannonball Café (7 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) serves sandwiches (US$4.50), lasagna (US$9), quiche (US$9), and salads (US$7), in addition to coffee (US$3), pastries, scones (US$3.50), and juices. The atmosphere is relaxing and cozy; wireless Internet is offered free for customers at all three locations: New Kingston, Barbican, and Manor Park.
Earl's Juice Garden
Earl's Juice Garden makes excellent juices and baked goods (US$2–5). Owners Earl and Cheryl Chong offer free seminars on the last Saturday of each month (22 Westminster Rd., tel. 876/920-7009, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.) and have a culinary academy (at the Red Hills Rd. location, 2–6 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month) where the Chongs teach students how to prepare 11 raw dishes and one cooked.
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