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| - I know this place just opened last Sunday but we had such a good experience here on Thursday night that I think it's fair to give it a hearty thumbs up.
First off, the value proposition here is insanely good. Small plates are $4-8 and mains are $11-12. I'd say that if you're hungry you would need a main + one small plate and if you're just looking for a light meal you could probably just do a main. We were a group of 7 so we ordered most of the things on the menu just to give them a try and even then our bill was very reasonable.
Also great is that you can order Barbancourt rum in a 1/4, 1/2 or full bottle for $24, $48, and $98 dollars respectively (though they may want to check the math on that last one) and it gets brought to your table with a bucket of big ice cubes (which melt less quickly), a glass bottle of coke, and lime wedges. If you're here with a group this is kind of a no brainer. As a side note, I'm not sure what the intent is for the hours of this place but I hope they keep it open late on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays as I would love to come here late night to drink a couple of rum drinks and order a few snacks with friends instead of packing into a bar.
Re: the food, it was uniformly good and consists primarily of hearty meats with rice and legume sides. Haitian Picklese (basically a slightly spicy pickled cabbage) comes in a jar at every table and is recommended to accompany every dish to help balance the rich flavours.
My personal favourite dishes were:
1) Goat - which was stewed until tender with nutmeg and other spices and served with legumes.
2) Griot - a traditional Haitian dish that consists of slightly tangy fried pork shoulder (and possibly belly?) served with rice
3) Salt cod patty - like a Jamaican beef patty but with a peppery salt cod filling (which gave it a distinctly Portuguese vibe
4) Dessert - which consisted of fried plantains on a scoop of remarkably soft and creamy coconut ice cream.
The space had a cool vintage Carribean vibe, and was made very warm with the addition of lots of candle light and an ecclectic mix of Carribean folk music as the soundtrack. Service was very friendly and attentive.
In conclusion, go here; it's really good, really affordable and might even spark a further interest in Haitian culture and cuisine (It did for me - I just spent the last hour in a Wikipedia wormhole).
-Brian
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