May 20, 2013
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Posts tagged: Jamaican food

Ground Provisions: Jamaican and Panamanian Food Meet in Vermont?

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Matthew Thorsen—

Cool Runnings Vermont

If you’re going to open a Jamaican spot in an area best known for winter sports and ski slopes, you’ve got to call it Cool Runnings, right? That’s just obvious. But what’s not typical or obvious is what’s happened at Negril native Leroy Headley’s Burlington, Vermont shop and restaurant since opening. Cool Runnings is the site of a rather unlikely— but practical— fusion now that Panamanian Mayllet Paz has joined Headley in the kitchen, adding dishes like Plátano en tentación to the menu.

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Island Exchange: Jamaican Flavor in Martha’s Vineyard?

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Steve Haines, via the Boston Globe

Martha’s Vineyard would probably be one of the last islands one thinks of when they think of getting “irie” but the upscale Massachusetts enclave (which is currently hosting the Obamas, among other notables) is getting a heavyweight dose of Jamaican flavor. This past Sunday’s Boston Globe has the story of Irie Bites, a food truck that’s been serving up jerk chicken and other yard food specialties on “the Vineyard” for the last two summers. Notably, the truck’s operator is Melody Cunningham, the widow of the late Peter Tosh, who shares the Irie Bites story with the Globe in an interview. Read what she has to say here.

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Ital Tune: Tarrus Riley’s Veggie Castle Dubplate

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Brian Derballa—

If you’re a New Yorker who moves through places like Flatbush and Richmond Hill or a vegetarian who doesn’t mind trekking for their Ital fix, you’re probably familiar with Veggie Castle. Originally housed in a former White Castle on BK’s Church Avenue, the owners relocated the famed Ital spot a few years back to a less castle-ian location on Liberty Avenue in Queens.

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Ground Provisions: Jamerica and Jolly Bob’s in Madison, Wisconsin

Words by Jesse Serwer

I knew I would be drinking plenty of beer and eating lots of good food when I visited Madison, Wisconsin this past April, but I wouldn’t have guessed that this consumption would include washing down a plate of spicy jerk chicken with several bottles of Red Stripe. I also wouldn’t have figured while having that jerk and Red Stripe that I would only have to walk a few feet down the street to top it off with glasses of Barbancourt and Appleton Reserve—in a cozy yet comfortable nightspot with echoes of Negril. But such are the wonders of Williamson Street, a quiet commercial and residential street just outside of Madison’s much livelier downtown.

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