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Caribbean restaurants from Gambit's Winter 2025 dining issue and NOLA.com reporting, reinforced by a Where Y'at Caribbean roundup.
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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Gambit (nola.com), Where Y'at, and NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Updated September 2026.
Queen Trini Lisa · Mid-City
Lisa Nelson cooks the Trinbagonian island soul food of her native Trinidad and Tobago from a Mid-City kitchen on D'Hemecourt Street. Doubles, goat curry, and other Caribbean staples anchor the menu, and Gambit's dining coverage helped bring the following that keeps the counter busy.
Afrodisiac Nola · Gentilly
Shaka and Caron Garel grew a 2017 food truck into a Gentilly restaurant that mixes Creole and Caribbean cooking. Curry shrimp stew, jerk barbecue shrimp, and fried Jamaican fish share the menu with cocktails, and nola.com covered the move into a full brick-and-mortar room on Franklin Avenue.
El Recoqueo Dr Bistro · West Bank
Ian McNulty's NOLA.com piece on this Terrytown strip-mall spot recommends the chicharron with mofongo and the goat with tostones, plus empanadas filled with beef as a side dish.
Boswell's Jamaican Grill · Mid-City
A family-owned Mid-City Jamaican grill known for its jerk chicken platter and a house-made sorrel drink. Where Y'at counts it among the city's Caribbean destinations, and the small kitchen keeps the island staples coming for regulars who want jerk and stewed dishes without a trip across town.