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On the top floor of a multiuse building, Sora Japanese Sky Cuisine (11:30am-11pm Mon.-Thurs., 11:30am- midnight Fri.-Sat., US$11-30) offers in- door seating with air-conditioning and outdoor seating alfresco with views of the Blue Mountain foothills toward the northeast and New Kingston to the south.
Traditional Lebanese dishes at Y.not.Pita (8:30am-9pm Mon.- Fri., 9am-9pm Sat., 9am-5pm Sun., US$5-15) include soups and salads, falafel, and hum- mus with pita chips as well as Jamaican and Mexican-style chicken, jerk, and curried chicken wraps.
Tea Tree Creperie serves sweet and savory crepes, coffee, tea, and spirited concoctions.
Jade Garden ( noon-10pm Mon.-Sat., 11am-9pm Sun., US$12-40) serves MSG-free Chinese food with dishes like Peking duck, roast pork, and the signature pimento steak. Cantonese dim sum is a popular house specialty.
Jamaica Juice(10am-9pm Mon.- Thurs., 10am-9:30pm Fri.-Sat., noon-8pm Sun., US$3-5) serves fresh juices, smoothies, and food items, most notably chicken or chickpea roti.
Next to the Constant Spring Golf Club, Pepper Thyme (noon-9pm Sun.-Tues., 11am- 11pm Wed.-Sat.) is a jerk pit serving jerk chicken (from US$5) and port (from US$6) accompanied by festival, breadfruit, and rice-and-peas. The large open-air venue has a number of circular thatch-roofed eating areas and a large bar.
With a massive pizza oven imported from Italy, it would be hard to find a more authentic pie in Kingston than at La Pizzeria (US$8-16), an offshoot of the Grog Shoppe manned by Italian-Jamaican Max Pronel. Toppings range from classic margherita to jerk chicken and ital, topped with callaloo and ackee.
Aladin (10am-10pm daily, US$10-20) specializes in Lebanese food with falafel, hummus, tabbouleh, and kebabs.
The best place in town for rib fingers, tips, spare, and baby back ribs is Di Grill Shack (noon-9pm Mon.-Thurs., noon-10:30pm Fri.- Sat.). Chicken, fish, and lobster dishes are also served. The outdoor setting is pleasant for downing a beer with friends. Takeout and delivery are also offered.
