I tried these spots between Gaitlin and Kaley on South Orange today at late lunch. The first is in a strip mall at Gaitlin that has Brazas Chicken. Aside (but not same strip mall as) the Food Hall. The second is next door. The third is more north (towards downtown) where Hangry Pants was. The last is near Pulse other side of the street.
That Wing Spot I had ten wings for $10. Order at a terminal. Choose number and sauce and dip. Wait. I chose no sauce and no dip. It was extra. Still wound up with blue cheese. Wings were good. Half drums. Half flats. No breading. I guess a buck a wing is a bargain now. Brazas wanted $17 for 10 and $10 for 1/4 chicken. One table outside. Small store. No design. Three workers. Opened recently. Too limited to be a Fav.
Smith's Homemade Ice Cream Fudge Chocolate - I grabbed a $6.50 root beer float. Small. Couldn't really tell if ice cream had quality. They would have included two scoops had I wanted them. Around twelve flavors. A kid scoop was $5. Didn't feel like asking about fudge. Small store. Opened two years ago.
Palm Beach Meats - Just opened this weekend. Soft for two weeks. Specializes in Waygu everything. Prices were too rich for my blood, so, I just had two waygu barbacoa (brisket) tacos for $14. Good. The meat was very shredded. Warm spices (cumin/cinnamon). Soft. Nice flavor. Raw onion. Cilantro. Aged cotija. Seemingly homemade soft blue corn tortillas. Took a bit to long to assemble. They have a fairly large menu. $11 entry snacks like lumpia, emapanadas, wontons. $14 hot dogs (looked small). Cheesesteaks, rice bowl, burrito, pb and j with marrow, sundaes with marrow, burgers, etc. And a few katsu sandwiches. Not sure why you would fry waygu. A 4oz (1/4 lb) of steak was $90! They use the parts of the cow that they don't sell as prime cuts for the items on the menu. The meat comes from Australia and New Zealand (?). They also sell retail cheese, charcuterie, etc. A Vermont goat cheese that you can get anywhere for $5 or less was $10 there. They turned the inside black and brown. Similar layout. Bar at right rear. Meat counter on the left. Order at a counter. Had a waitress or two. Maybe cocktails? It was about what I was hoping for. May be a Fav. Just don't love those prices. I'll have to think on it. They have a store on South Dixie in Palm Beach. Parking may be an issue.
Jamaican Express - Open for a week. I had a Van mini cake (lemon/coconut) for $5. Good value. Like four cupcakes big. Ok. Vanilla icing wasn't great. Not very lemony either. Three tiers of yellow cake with lemon "marmalade" in between. Sweet. Twinkie like. They have seven or eight other flavors of cake. They sell more pastry than I can ever recall associating with a Caribbean restaurant. Macaroons, pastry, brownies, tarts, cookies, etc. They also sell Express Bowls. $15 for curry chicken or stew chicken or curry goat. $16 for oxtail or jerk pork chops or jerk pork ribs. Comes with rice and peas or jasmine white rice or steamed cabbage and pumpkin or shredded cabbage and carrots. In hindsight, I should have buckled down and had one of those. I just wasn't expecting them to be open and had even more food in the car than I have written about. Order at a counter. One employee. Long, narrow, white space. Don't think they had any seats. Parking in back. Open until 2am. Has potential.
*I tried to see if there was any movement on the Shaq chicken place on Michigan. It went by too fast. I may have seen some other (new) restaurant name on the outside. Chen or something. If it wasn't clear, I didn't get anything from Brazas Chicken. I may be around for the next two weeks. So, you could be in for an avalanche of reviews.
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