There’s A 12-Day Caribbean Jerk & Reggae Festival Headed To Williamsburg
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Food & Wine’s Best New Chef, Bon Appetit’s Chef of the Year and cookbook author, Michael Psilakis has created a mega Caribbean feast, bringing the tropical flavors of Jamaica to Brooklyn to add to the list of things to do before Summer ’16 concludes.
If you love Jamaican dishes like jerk chicken, scotch bonnet sautéed oxtails, handmade beef patties, rum punch, Red Stripe beer, old school reggae and chill vibes, then the Caribbean Jerk & Reggae Festival is totally for you. And we’re here to tell you Chef Psilakis’ island inspired feast is nothing short of amazing. The house specialty Caribbean Jerk Platter is overflowing with jerk rubbed chicken legs, hot pepper shrimp, Caribbean style rice & peas and tangy stewed cabbage. Coconut Curry Shrimp is peppery on the tongue but creamy on the finish while the Jamaican Hot Pepper Shrimp is scorching with a scotch bonnet sauce. Speacial curated Caribbean rum cocktails like a draft Dark & Stormy infused with freshly pressed ginger juice and dark rum and the Pain Killer, a surprisingly sweet cream of coconut-based drink spiked with dark rum and citrus.
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The festival will feature sounds from Brooklyn-based band The Far East, InDaze and Soul Junkies of New York City, Challenger, Raj Majesty & The New Vibration and Top Shotta.
The twelve day event kicks off on August 4 to September 3 at The Hall at MP in Williamsburg. The 5,000 square foot venue is known for housing several events like Brooklyn Lobster Fest — which ends at the end of July and Dumbo Burlesque — every Saturday late evening this August with Wild Cat Cabaret.
Guests have the option to purchase a general admissions ticket ($15), however it’ll limit you from indulging in the Caribbean Jerk Platter (jerk chicken legs, hot pepper shrimp, Caribbean style rice & peas and tangy stewed cabbage) which is obviously the purpose of this event. Platter and general admission ticket is $37.
Doors are expected to open from 6pm – 7pm for Happy Hour (half off drinks) and the show beings promptly at 7pm. For more information or to purchase tickets click here.
You can have real island food and not island-inspired every day of the week in Brooklyn–but, more notably during Labor Day Weekend. I’m really perplexed by this.
Why are you promoting this? Way to be completely dismissive of the housands or Caribbean people and food spots that were ALREADY in Brooklyn before hipsters took over. Don’t be a part of the problem.
Hi Chey et al – Hop on Nostrand, drive (rather you can even take the bus) down to Church Avenue. There is a 24/7/365 jerk festival there. You can get Oxtail, Curry, Jerk, Ackee and Saltfish, Porridge, Roti and any other Jamacian/ Guyanese/ Trini/ Hatian food you might want. I can appreciate a chef bringing world cuisine to a population that doesn’t readily have that available in their neighborhood but saying “bringing the taste of Jamacia to Brooklyn” is like saying bringing Latin food to Puerto Rico. It’s a marginalizing statement that’s just wrong. It does a dis-service to all of the mom and pop shops like Peppas.
If you do come down that way, I’ll even throw in some Wray and Neph for you and put you in an Uber back up to Williamsburg so you don’t fall over
“…bringing the tropical flavors of Jamaica to Brooklyn…”
Ummmm, these flavors have been in Brooklyn for decades. Maybe they are new to Williamsburg, but not to Brooklyn.