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A little taste of Jamaica will make its way downtown thanks to Jon Manning, who will open UJerk Caribbean Eatery (850 Euclid Ave.) in the former Cleveland Pickle/Hatfield’s Goode Grub space in the City Club Building. The fast-casual restaurant will specialize jerk chicken in various forms.

UJerk opens for business on July 3.

“We really want to promote jerk chicken – that’s the main concept,” says Manning.

The chicken will be seasoned with a traditional jerk chicken recipe, but will be only moderately spicy, say the owner. That chicken will star in salads, sliders, sandwiches and wraps. A handful of other items, such as fresh juices, jerk chicken cutlets and a bone-in meal platter with french fries and coleslaw, will round out the menu.

“Cleveland is known for great food and I’m excited to be a part of that community,” says Manning.

This article appears in May 6-12, 2020.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.

2 replies on “UJerk Caribbean Eatery Opens in Downtown on July 3”

  1. can we PLEASE just get some DOUBLES downtown already????? jerk is GOOD but the lack of doubles is an OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!

  2. I, too, would love to have doubles. Unfortunately, nobody really knows what doubles is. Not a lot of Trinidadians around!

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