|
Need a mood lift? Step inside the door at 1236 Williamson Street, where you'll be cheered instantly by the boisterous, singsong beat of reggae music, by walls postered with languid tropical scenes and, best of all, by the mouthwatering aroma of meat braising with hot peppers and vinegar.
Jamerica opened as a specialty grocery and take-out shop on Williamson street in 1965. Soon after 1965, Martin Deacon, who was raised in Port Antonio, added a nine-table restaurant. "Ever since," he says, "the food's been flying." The menu includes fried plantains, jerk chicken and pork and other Jamaican standards, plus such specialties as pepper pot callaloo soup and mango rundown catfish. Says Martin, "The people who go to the island, they find the taste there, then come back and they can find it here."
|
