This small group of four local Jamaican restaurants has been going strong since founder Earl Chinn opened his first location in D.C. in 1979. Chinn named his restaurant after a resort town in the northwestern part of the island. The most popular dishes include curried chicken with cabbage, rice, and peas, and flaky patties stuffed with beef, vegetables, or chicken. Wash it all down with coconut water or Ting, a grapefruit soda that’s popular in Jamaica.

Kingston-born Andrene Finn runs this family-owned restaurant in Petworth that’s been a neighborhood staple since 2006. She says she frequently sells out of the jerk and barbecue chicken wingettes, so get those if you can. Or swing by for the daily lunch special that includes curried or stewed chicken, vegetables, and a can of soda for $7. Howard students, police officers, postal workers, bus drivers, and military personnel get an extra 10 percent off orders as long as they’re in uniform or can show an ID. A senior discount goes all day Tuesdays.

Beef patties, oxtails, charcoal jerk chicken, and coco bread are all available at this Columbia Heights spot. But curry goat meat, falling off the bone in a rich stew, reigns supreme. Sides include rice and peas, cabbage, plantains, or mac and cheese.

Husband-and-wife team Marlon and Trecia McKnight specialize in Jamaican sandwiches at Jerk & Juice, their stall inside Brookand’s Tastemakers food hall. They just launched a Hellshire Fish Fest sandwich, which takes a sweet festival bun and stuffs it with escovitch-style fish, lettuce, and tomato. Curry chicken and oxtail are among the most popular entrees.

For 20 years, hungry customers have been coming to Jam Doung (patois for Jamaica). Stock up on staples like curry chicken, sweet plantains, and oxtail at this family-owned restaurant,

The rasta pasta is the most popular item on the menu at this decade-old restaurant. Rotini and penne noodles come coated in Alfredo sauce with a choice of meat (chicken, shrimp, salmon, or tilapia). It packs a lot of heat, but cooks can make it less spicy upon request. If pasta’s not your thing, traditional Jamaican dishes include the ackee and fish cod platter, and the callaloo and cod platter.