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Sonia's Homestyle Cooking & Natural Juices (7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun., US$5–7.50) is Half Way Tree's best and most authentic sit-down eatery for Jamaican dishes like fried chicken, curry goat, and oxtail. Natural juices (US$1–2) like guava, cucumber, June plum, Otaheite apple, and soursop vary based on seasonal availability. The menu changes daily. Tamra is the assistant manager, and owner Sonia's daughter.
Jo Jo's Jerk Pit and More does regular Jamaican breakfast starting at 8 a.m. It also does lunch Monday to Wednesday with Jamaican staples, a grill day on Thursdays featuring barbecued ribs, homemade burgers, steaks, lamb and chicken (noon–10 p.m.), and the Jerk Pit on Fridays and Saturdays (noon–10 p.m.) serving jerk chicken, pork, lamb, and conch in addition to the complete menu including soups, and Philly cheese steak sandwiches. The bar is open during regular business hours. Jamaican breakfast is served on Sundays as well, starting at 8 a.m.
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.
The Grog Shoppe Restaurant and Pub (noon–midnight Mon.–Thurs.; noon until you say when on Fri. and Sat., 11 a.m.–midnight Sun.) serves Jamaican staples like stewed oxtail, curry goat, and ackee and saltfish. Prices range from US$7 for curried chicken to US$29 for steak.
Kabana (noon–11 p.m. Mon.–Thurs., noon–midnight Fri. and Sat., 10 a.m.–11 p.m. Sun., US$10–34) serves mostly Jamaican food ranging from curry goat to lobster, as well as shrimp, ribs, salmon, and steak. Appetizers include fritters, spring rolls, and spicy shrimp. It serves Jamaican brunch (US$14) on Sundays, which includes dishes like ackee and saltfish, mackerel rundown, steamed callaloo, roast breadfruit, boiled banana, yam, jerk chicken, and rice and peas.
The Cove, (7 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 6–11 p.m. Wed.–Sat., US$5–20) is a jerk and fried-fish joint serving typical Jamaican dishes for breakfast and lunch like ackee and salt fish, steamed vegetables, fried chicken, and curry goat in a casual outdoor setting.(manager Lez 'Zaza' Lindo)
Fee Fee Fast Food (7 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon.–Sat., US$3.50–7) has Indian-Caribbean dishes like roti, curry chicken, and curry goat, with red pea soup with beef on Wednesdays and Saturdays, chicken or beef soup with pumpkin on other days. Oxtail and other chicken dishes are also available. Fee Fee delivers all over Kingston (US$1.15–2), down to Cross Roads and up to Manor Park. The breakfast menu changes daily, with porridge and hearty Jamaican dishes like ackee and saltfish, callaloo and cabbage, and stew chicken.
Dragon Court (11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m., till 10 p.m. for takeout daily) serves decent Chinese food ranging from chicken dishes (US$7) to lobster (US$29).
Mango Ranch (10 a.m.–midnight Mon.–Sat., bar open 6 p.m.–midnight Sun.) is a restaurant and pool bar next to a car wash that opened in early 2009. The kitchen serves different items every day, with dishes like curried goat, stew peas, oxtail, escovitch fish, jerk chicken or pork, and fried or stew chicken.manager (Orasha "Dex" Bailey )
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.
