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3 great Jamaican restaurants in San Antonio for Black Restaurant Week: The Jerk Shack, Little Jamaica and Real Real Jamaica
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Jamaican beef patties, top, and jerk pork tacos are part of the menu at the popular Jamaican restaurant The Jerk Shack on Matyear Street on San Antonio s West Side.Mike Sutter /StaffShow MoreShow Less
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Jamaican jerk pork ribs are new to the menu at The Jerk Shack on Matyear Street on San Antonio s West Side.Mike Sutter /StaffShow MoreShow Less
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Braised oxtails come with cabbage and rice and peas at the popular Jamaican restaurant The Jerk Shack.Mike Sutter /StaffShow MoreShow Less
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#FoodieFriday: Enjoy a flavor explosion at The Jerk Shack
OK, so it’s not Friday; it’s Saturday, another day to miss the Caribbean. Dawn Robinette (
Texas Lifestyle & Travel) does a great job of tugging at our gourmand heartstrings by highlighting Chef Nicola Blaque and her restaurant, The Jerk Shack. [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]
We’ll be honest: the little spot that The Jerk Shack calls home is not impressive. But anyone who has tasted the food and knew their life wouldn’t be complete until they had more will tell you that looks are deceiving. Or maybe not, because true devotees of the amazing flavors that come out of The Jerk Shack don’t want you to know our secret because we don’t want to share the goodness that lies within.
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Officers elected for Democratic Council
In mid-January, the Democratic Council of Martha’s Vineyard (known as the M.V. Dems) elected its officers for 2021–23. The incoming officers are Steve Power, chair; Nicola Blake, vice chair; Susanna J. Sturgis, secretary; Carla Cooper, treasurer; and Holly MacKenzie, immediate past president. All five officers are longtime Vineyarders who have been active in Democratic and other community activities in recent years.
“First, let me thank Holly MacKenzie for an excellent job as our chair for two years,” incoming chair Steve Power said in a press release. “Rather than a change, I see my tenure as an extension of the great work Holly and her team have done. We are overjoyed and relieved to have a Democratic president and the first-ever woman vice president in Washington, and look forward to supporting them in any way we can.”
This taco combines some of San Antonio s best flavors - here s how to get it
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The Jerk Shack s testing out new menu items for its second location.Courtesy of The Jerk Shack
It s hard to consider The Jerk Shack an underdog at this point. The wee spot, that s quite literally a shack, opened in San Antonio s West Side in 2018 has been lauded by several national sites and newspapers, and even won over local hearts. So when they unleash a new menu item, the city s collective head snaps to attention.
That s what they did last week with the drop of their new hold on to something because this is a mouthful jerk-n-mac birria taco.
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Both houses of Congress need to impeach
To the Editor:
On Wednesday, Jan. 6, Vineyard activists woke up to the welcome news that the Rev. Raphael Warnock had won his special election, and was now a U.S. senator-elect from Georgia. Warnock has a close relationship with the Vineyard. He has preached at the First Congregational Church in West Tisbury, where his longtime friend and former classmate, the Rev. Cathlin Baker, is the pastor; she has reciprocated at his church, Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta. This past summer, many of us attended a Zoom fundraiser for Warnock, and many more of us have made phone calls, texted, written postcards, and donated to support his campaign.