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Seven Basics & More run by the Country Farmhouse is a vegetarian restaurant and deli, retailing among other things Blessed Delights baked products made by Ngozi (tel. 876/899-6332), many of which are vegan. Ngozi supplies Legend Café at the Bob Marley Museum and other outlets around Town.
Healthy Bites ( noon–3 p.m. Mon.–Fri.) prepares raw foods (J$6) and juices (US$2.50). Joy Smith is the creative chef behind the enterprise.
Jo Jo's Jerk Pit and More does regular Jamaican breakfast 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.
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.
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 )
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.
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)
