In the wake of my Tatiana review, I promised that I'd highlight a few of the spots in my neighborhood (Harlem) that deliver genuinely good renditions of Afro-Caribbean and Southern food. Again, these are just my opinions as a white girl (albeit one from the South) but I hope you'll try these places that I think work really hard to serve the community some damn good food. I'll treat myself to lunch at my fave spots over the next week to share with you all.
So, today, it's Greedy Pot on ACP between 117th and 118th. If you like a meat-and-three, this is pretty darn close, as you get a meat and two sides. The menu changes daily and they'll tell you what's on offer any given day, but it's usually a mix of Caribbean and Southern dishes: fried chicken, shrimp, or catfish; stewed chicken; curried goat; oxtails; and sides like collards, Mac and cheese, rice and peas, cornbread, etc. I'm pretty sure they do jerk on days when the smoker is out front—you can smell it down the block. There's also banana pudding which I'm dying to try.
Today, we did curried goat with collards and rice and peas, $17 for a huge container that's perfect lunch for two. I think the photos speak for themselves when it comes to the execution here, so go!
by loratliff
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Ugh looks so good!
Looks incredible. Would love more of these kinds of posts. Thanks for sharing!
😲😍😍😍😍
Definitely hitting this up for lunch soon, thanks for the tip!
This is around the corner from Bo’s Bagels too. Need to check it out next time I’m around
Here is Tatiana’s version.
https://imgur.com/a/qixqVM1
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ohhhh this looks good af
That’s not for 2 people. Get your big back up.
This looks damn good! The first pic drew me in. The second sold it!
Thanks for sharing. It looks delicious.
I live in Harlem, gonna have to try this! I used to live in PLG and so far I haven’t found a place I like better than the spots around there, but it also just seems to be a slightly different style up here and PLG was my introduction to Caribbean food.
As someone who felt similarly about Tatiana as you did and is willing to travel for good Caribbean food, this is amazing thank you. Will be heading there this week, very cool to highlight a neighborhood spot
As a naysayer to Tatiana’s, I have to try this spot although I’ve had places like this before n like them 10x more than the overrated, overpriced spots like tatis. Dish looks good btw
Btw, 17 bucks a Tatiana gets you a good solid cup of tap water