Scotch-bonnet-hot, allspice-deep chicken from Bristol's Caribbean kitchens, a legacy of the Windrush generation that settled St Pauls and made jerk part of the city's flavour.
Caribbean families arriving in Bristol from the late 1940s made St Pauls and Easton the heart of the city's Jamaican food culture, cooking jerk at home, at community halls and on carnival day. St Pauls Carnival, first held in 1968, turned the neighbourhood into an open-air jerk kitchen each July, and that tradition feeds today's restaurants and market stalls, from Stokes Croft rum bars to the wrap counter at St Nicholas Market.
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Caribbean Croft ★ 4.1
Stokes Croft · 30 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QD
Caribbean Croft cooks Ms Cat's family recipes on Stokes Croft in Bristol, matching jerk and curry goat with one of the city's longest rum lists.
Caribbean Wrap ★ 4.0
Old City · Glass Arcade, St Nicholas Market, Bristol BS1 1LJ
Caribbean Wrap rolls jerk chicken and curry goat into lunch at St Nicholas Market, Bristol's quick daytime fix of the city's Caribbean kitchens.