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| - This is the only Caribbean restaurant I have tried in Charlotte, but I grew up in South Florida where Caribbean food is all over, so I have had a lot of it. I almost always have the brown stew chicken here, because it is SO good. I've also tried the curry chicken and jerk chicken, which were also excellent.
They have a great lunch special during the week that is a great value for the amount and quality of food you get. The lunch special is under $6 and comes with rice an a side of either cabbage or collard greens. Which you get seems to just depend on what they make that day. I don't think you have a choice, but both are good. The collard greens are the best I've had anywhere, although I have not had them many places as I always thought I wouldn't like them. You have a choice on the rice, either rice and beans or yellow rice. Authentic Caribbean places call it rice and peas, but I think they wisely call it rice and beans to not confuse American customers.
One of the telltale signs of a good ethnic restaurant is when you see people of that ethnicity in there a lot and that is the case with this place. If you go in around lunch time there are always a few people sitting at the bar (I don't think they serve alcohol, but they have a few stools at a bar in the front) and you'll almost certainly hear an island accent from them. If people who know the real deal authentic food eat there, it's a good sign to me.
If you like their food you will find that they treat their regulars very well. The first couple of times I got takeout there I felt the service was pretty slow, but since I have become a regular (I get takeout probably 1-3 times a week) I don't even have to order anymore.
Overall I love this place and the only reason I haven't tried everything on their menu is because I like my regular brown stew chicken so darn much. The next thing I am going to try there is their meat patties. I hear they're hot, so if you order them keep that in mind.
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