In 2016, Darryl Hicks shuttered the city’s first and only Trinidadian restaurant, Cafe Trinidad. It was a serious responsibility to stand as the sole representative of a Caribbean cuisine that synthesizes centuries of contributions from African, Indian, Indigenous, Creole, Syrian, Lebanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese cooks. And it wasn’t an easy decision to close. But […]
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It’s a jerk-off: Mr. Brown’s Lounge vs. Jerk Modern Jamaican Grill
Two comfy new Jamaican spots vie for jerk chicken mediocrity.
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Taste of Trinidad doubles the city’s options for ‘doubles’
A new Rogers Park Trini restaurant makes two in the city
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Where’s there’s smoke, there’s jerk at Jerky Jerk Caribbean Grille
This Rogers Park Jamaican joint is not jerking around.
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The Jerk Taco Man: A culinary collision of great import
The west side is home to a great innovation in the taco arts.
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Rogers Park’s Redz does Sunday dinner, Belizean style
Redz Belizean Restaurant keeps up a tradition.
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A Caribbean Rarity
In Marquette Park at Chicago’s only Garifuna restaurant, Garifuna Flava