Adam Erace’s review today doesn’t come with an address. It doesn’t even come with tables or chairs. That’s because today Erace reviews Irie Caribbean Grill, a food truck that you can find along West Passyunk Avenue.

Caribbean Queen [Philadelphia Weekly]

Drew Lazor reports over at the Clog that Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill has opened in the Gallery. Beef patties and jerk chicken, oh my!

Golden Krust opens in the Gallery, compromising CP food editor’s thrice-weekly Taco Bell habit [The Clog]
Golden Krust [Official Site]

Rick Nichols tells the story of Dave Dawes, owner of Jamaican D’s a lunch truck and a cafe in Germantown that serves up real Jamaican food including stewed oxtail.

Real flavors of Jamaica, curbside in Philly [Philadelphia Inquirer]

We don’t think food reviewers should only cover restaurants that have coat checks and good stemware but why cover a place that doesn’t seem to be into the food they serve? But that’s where City Paper heads this week in their review of Festivals in West Philadelphia.

It’s clear that the space, with its sunny yellow- and orange-striped walls, list of tropical-flavored cocktails and busy calendar of soca and dance-hall DJ nights, is — at least for now — more geared toward the party crowd than the dining one. In fact, the servers all seemed a bit surprised that we’d shown up expecting to be fed.

Party Hearty [City Paper]

The Rum Bar on Walnut Street is going to be offering brunch Saturdays and Sundays with a bit of a Caribbean bend. Waffle with Mango Rum-Chutney, oh yeah!

Full menu after the jump.

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It seems everyone is talking about Caribbean food. Yesterday Craig LaBan was talking about Brown Sugar at 52nd Street in his online chat yesterday. He follows that up today with a Caribbean feast he prepares and today in Feeding Frenzy we get word that Festivals is now serving Jamaican food at 52nd and Walnut. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Tomorrow is the official grand opening of the area’s first Jimmy John’s sandwich spot at 44 S 17th Street. Jimmy John’s is the latest midwest sandwich chain to come to town following on the heels of Potbelly Sandwich Works.

Look for Arbol Café to bring Paraguayan food to Northern Liberties in the former Ground Floor Coffee, opening expected for September. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

The Wasabi House at 627 South Street has become Gaja Gaja. According to our tipster Gaja Gaja offers Japanese and Korean food as including sushi and “a decent lunch menu.”

Sonam is coming to the defunct Table at 223 South Street. The BYOB “is taking all sorts of influences — American, African, Asian — and crafting fusion-y portions, 24 in all.” [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

University City’s White Dog Cafe is putting on their 20th annual Caribbean Street Party Friday, August 11th starting at 8 PM.
Rum & Reggae features a Caribbean buffet dinner served under tent-top, exotic rum drinks and reggae rhythms under the stars with New York’s Tribal Legacy returning for an 8th year.
Dinner and dancing is $38 or after 10 PM admission is just $5.

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