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Jamaica Hash House Harriers is a running group better known as "a drinking club with a running problem" or "the world's largest disorganization." The club welcomes visiting runners and drinkers to join the pack. Contact Emile Finlay. Hash runs take place approximately every two weeks, usually on a Sunday, with occasional holiday hikes and runs scheduled as well.
Acropolis (1 p.m.–1 a.m. Mon.–Thurs., 1 p.m.–3 a.m. Fri.–Sat. 10 a.m.–1 a.m. Sun.) is one of the many gaming lounges owned by Supreme Ventures, Jamaica's leading lottery company.
Caymanas Park horse track is recognized as one of the best horse-racing tracks in the Caribbean. Regular races are held on select Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the occasional Monday race, and are usually well attended. In 2009, a proposal to start regular Sunday races met strong opposition from Christian groups, which objected to gambling on a holy day. Admission ranges US$0.50–4, depending on seating. Caymanas Track Ltd.
Truck Stop Grill & Bar ( 5 p.m.–midnight Sun.–Thurs., 5 p.m.–2 a.m. Fri.–Sat.) is a popular bar and informal jerk joint with outdoor seating on barrel stools serving jerk chicken or pork (US$4–7); steamed, fried, or roasted fish; and jerk or garlic lobster (US$16/lb.). A beer costs around US$3.
Pepper's Night Club set in a big open-air compound next to Megamart, has very good food (US$4–14), the pepper shrimp being the highlight. The bar can be lively and has plenty of billiard tables.
Red Bones Blues Café (noon–11 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 6–11 p.m. Sat., bar menu continues till the last customer leaves) has great albeit pricey food (ranging from US$17 for linguine to US$50 for grilled lobster) and a nice ambience with regular low-key events like fashion shows, poetry readings, and cabaret performances on a cozy stage in the garden. There's live music on Fridays, a world music selector on Thursdays, and poetry on the last Wednesday of every month. A gallery on the property features Jamaican painting, sculpture, ceramics, and textiles.
Caveman Studio has a Mackie 24-track together with Nuendo and access to numerous contemporary artists and live studio musicians. Bargain rates for recording (US$215/hour) and mixing (US$70/mix) make Caveman a top choice in Kingston for streamlined production. Dub plates vary in price depending on the artists, but generally for a big name like Richie Spice or Warrior King it’ll run around US$500, with bigger artists like Sizzla charging at least double that.
Flames Production (56 Ken Hill Drive, tel. 876/934-0827 or 876/765-2518) is a production company led by reggae icon Tony Rebel (www.tonyrebel.com). The location is home to Tony’s studio, where dub plates are recorded and CDs and DVDs of Flames recording artists can be purchased, among them of course recordings by Tony Rebel and his wildly successful relative, Queen Ifrica, whose Montego Bay album released in 2009 received great critical acclaim.
Phase 3 Productions has the best video production and multimedia equipment for rent, from tripods to cameras to flat-screen TVs. Phase 3 also produces music videos and events.
The Mixing Lab Recording Studio has recorded many reggae greats and continues to churn out occasional hits.
