Bally's (Jamaican food)

 Kate C. wrote:

 > Last Friday I had some errands to run after
 > work, one being to pick up some Asian ingredients
 > at the Asian Center in Wilkinsburg.  While there
 > I saw the sign for goat meat over the freezer and
 > began to crave Jamaican goat curry.  So I thought
 > I'd stop at Negril Caribbean on the way home and
 > get some take-out.  Not!  They're out of business!
 > So I turn around and head back down Penn to the
 > other Carib. restaurant where Harvey's used to be.
 > Damn!  They're out of business too, it seems.  So
 > by now I'm *determined* to have my goat and eat
 > it too.  So I decide to go all the way back to E.
 > Liberty to Bally's.
 >
 > *They*, I'm pleased to report, are still in
 > business.  (Donsville's Jamaica, Jamaica is
 > still there, too.)  So I see this big kettle
 > grill on the sidewalk out front.  I go in and
 > ask the guy what's with the grill outside.
 > Turns out they're cooking "chicken-on-a-stick".
 > $2 a pop.  So I say I'll have the goat curry,
 > 2 patties (one beef and one chicken), a ginger
 > beer, and one chicken-on-a-stick for my appetizer.
 > Boy was that chicken good.  Very well done but
 > still moist and succulent and the sauce is not
 > killer hot, just sweet, tangy, and peppery.
 > Delicious!  I was not as crazy about their
 > goat curry.  Maybe next time I'll go to Jamaica,
 > Jamaica for that.  But it was edible and more
 > or less satisfied my goat cravings.  And I really
 > like their patties.  Better than I've had anywhere
 > else.  I took home half of the goat (came with
 > rice and peas and stewed cabbage and carrots) and
 > the 2 patties, because there was so much meat
 > on the chicken thing.  It is really a great
 > bargain.  Had the leftovers for dinner on Sat.
 > (Normally I would have had them for breakfast
 > but I went out to breakfast with my aunt.)
 >
 > So, what's with all the Carib. restaurants
 > in Wilkinsburg going out of business?  I had
 > dinner with some friends the weekend before
 > last.  They're from Trinidad.  They got take-out
 > from a Carib. place called Caribbean Corner.
 > Anyone know where this place is?  I thought they
 > said it was in Wilkinsburg but it might be
 > in E. Lib.  They live in Stanton Heights so
 > E. Lib. would be closer and more likely.
 >

 > Kate
 >

   Caribbean Corner is in Wilkinsburg on Penn Avenue.  It's on a corner
 and I can't remember the cross street but it seems to me it was close to
 where Negril was but away from Swissvale Avenue.  I've never been there
 but was curious as to the quality of the food.  The location used to be
 a sandwich shop and seemed to have a few different businesses over the
 past ten years.  Although, I believe this restaurant has been open 2 or
 more years.  I drive down Penn Avenue during my commute so I see it
 daily, and maybe, tonight, I'll see what the cross street is.

 Heidi