Jamaican

Caribbean Delight

MIN 465 Washington St.
610-770-9832

There’s south, and then there’s south. The friendly chefs at Caribbean Delight fry up soul food and Jamaican fare—so you can get your curry goat ($7) with a side of collard greens ($2). The xeroxed menu divides straight down the middle, but it’s all cheap. Frightfully cheap, actually: The delicious jerk chicken dinner is only $8, and comes with salad and a steaming pile of rice and peas. Soul food, too: With the fried chicken platter ($8)—greasy and proud—you get two sides (yams, for example, or mac & cheese) and cornbread. The place is definitely dress-down (when in Jamaica...), festooned with kitschy island decor. Tissue-paper palm trees crowd the ship-style wood panelling, as a giant, smiling Bob Marley mural overlooks the modest, plastic-topped tables. It’s not spring break exactly, but it’s as close as you’ll get in Allentown. (Open M-W 11a-9p; Th-F 11a-11p; Sa noon-11p; Su 1p-9p.)‘