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| - I just ate the most flavor I've ever had for $5!! I stopped by late in the lunch special time frame (11-2), from the options picked chicken (or pork), beans and rice (or jasmine rice) and cole slaw (or cooked veggies). I think the chalkboard referred to the chicken as jerk, and while it wasn't a burn-your-mouth-off experience (I'm learning the range of what "jerk" can mean, I think), the taste was deep, rich and complex, and the meat was fall-off-the-bone tender and moist.
I'm not one to get excited about cold slaw, but it was creamy and delicious, with a good balance of vegetables.
And, well, rice and beans.
But they offered me extra sauce! (What is it with *other* restaurants being stingy with sauce?) I could eat a bowl of rice and that sauce and be happy.
It's not as big of a portion as some lunch places offer (at higher prices), but I'd also consider this a healthier portion size for lunch.
Best part? Not only getting served by the cheerful staff, but I snagged one of the two tables (I'd love to hear comments from others where they eat this when space runs short), and listened to their enthusiastic exchanges with people coming and going. They seemed to know everyone that walked by and greeted them like family. It felt like what I'd imagine a small town diner to be, in the middle of the big city.
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