100 BEST ’15: JERK CHICKEN at THE ISLANDS

I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015…

I’ve been wanting to go to The Islands restaurant for their homecooked Jamaican food since pretty early in my New York foodie career. I finally made it out here for lunch one day when they were not seating people but doing take-out orders. That didn’t bother me because I still got to try their legendary jerk chicken, which features large cuts of bone-in chicken rubbed with a smoky/spicy jerk seasoning and sauce. The chicken falls right off the bone and will warm you up on a cold day or fill you up any time of the year. Price: $8/$10