A group of us had lunch at the Jamaica Jamaica Restaurant. It is located at 1430 Fifth Avenue, in the lower Hill (about 4 blocks or so beyond Chatham Center). The food was quite good, the portions large, and the prices reasonable. Three of us had jerk chicken, which was good and quite hot. It was served with a large portion of some variety of dirty rice (or at least that is what it would be called in a Cajun restaurant). The rice was also good. Other members of the party had Curry Chicken and Brown Stew Chicken, and again the reports were positive. Lunch prices average about $5.00. Dinner prices average about $7. They also have a breakfast menu (which includes something called Johnie Cake Ackee and Saltfish Mackerel), though the copy of the menu I have does not list the prices. Some of the other items listed on the menu: ribs, greens & ham hock, curry goat, oxtail, beef & cabbage, shish-ka-bob, plantains, Jagan fried rice. It's open Mon-Thu 6am-10pm, Friday 6am-midnight, Saturday 11am-midnight. The menu says that they also have delivery, though they don't say to where or what the minimum order is. The phone number is 281-3726 ****************************************************************** Jim Mann [email removed] Transarc Corporation The Gulf Tower, 707 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 338-4442
Pittsburgh, PA
Jamaica Jamaica
We were there last night for dinner. I had the Red Snapper
(absolutely amazing), and Chriss had the Curry Goat.
I've also eaten lunch there.. Jerk Chicken, Fried Plaintains,
Ginger Beer!
Clean, cheap, friendly.
Flavorful without blow-the-top-of-your-head-off heat.
Dinner for two: ~$20
Lunches run between $5 and $7
In case you're squeamish about the area: don't be. It was just
pretty quiet and empty when we were there last night. It's not
far enough uptown to be uncomfortable.
Jamaica Jamaica
1430 Fifth Avenue
("Uptown", near Duquesne U. and the Civic Arena)
Take out and Delivery available
281-3726Just to second Andi Stephen's post, Jamaica Jamaica is one of the truly excellent restaurants in Pgh. Oh.. since I'm here... Sree's Foods are back from their road trip, so don't forget to go there again.
Hi,
Friday night my wife and I ate at Jamaica Jamaica, which is on Broad
street in east liberty. I believe this restaurant used to be in the
uptown section of fifth Ave., but they have either moved, or opened up a
new place on broad st. I believe this location used to house the Royal
West Indian Restaurant.
The food was very good. I had the curried goat, which is an
archetypical Jamaican dish. The goat was very good, not at all
over-powering, cooked in a curry sauce redolent with black pepper. I had
a little homemade hot (scotch Bonnet pepper) sauce on the side. ( In
light of recent inquiries in this group I should probably mention that
goat has a taste similar to lamb, but quite a bit stronger. It is, I
imagine, very similar to mutton. In fact in the Carib. goat is often
referred to as mutton.) My wife had escabeche fish, a whole fried red
snapper served with a mixture of spicy pickled vegetables. Both dishes
came in generous amounts, with an even more generous helping of hearty
rice and peas.( The peas here refer to a a sort of giant lentil, not
green peas). Prices were reasonable, with most entrees priced at about 8
dollars.
A couple of warnings. Don't expect to find that everything on the
menu is available. It seems that they run out of dishes frequently. I
was unable to get either plantains or a Jamaican spicy meat patty. The
earlier you go, the better the selection is likely to be. Second, if you
order the goat curry, expect it to have bones in it. This is the way
that goat is prepared throughout the Carribean.
Ralph