Jerk Chicken
Scotch bonnet hot
Pimento smoke, scotch bonnet rub, char off the drum. The plate people cross town for.
from $12 sm · $15 lg
Dev’s Jamaican Cuisine, jerk kitchen in Bloomfield, New Jersey
Jerk kitchen · Bloomfield Ave
Jerk chicken off the drum. Oxtail braised until it lets go of the bone. A family kitchen from Jamaica, cooking at the Six Points for more than a decade.
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The craft
THIRTY YEARS
OVER COALS.
Dev’s is a family kitchen, Black-owned, holding down the corner where Bloomfield Ave meets the Six Points. The chef came up in Jamaica with thirty years of cooking behind him, and you can taste every one of them.
Jerk was born in pimento smoke. Done right, it is slow heat, scotch bonnet, and patience. The oxtail gets browned down hard and braised until the gravy coats the spoon. That is the long way. It is the only way this kitchen knows.
Cooked over real heatBraised, never rushedSeasoned from home
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Go read them yourselfThe menu
From the drum.
From the pot.
Mains come with rice and peas or white rice, with cabbage or fried plantains. Prices are from the kitchen’s last printed menu. Call or text for today’s.
Oxtail
Low and slow
Browned down hard, braised low until it lets go of the bone. Gravy that coats the spoon.
from $18 sm · $25 lg
Curry Goat
Steady heat
Bone-in and slow, in a brown-gold curry that does not cut corners.
from $15 sm · $19 lg
Rice and peas that pull their weight
Coconut milk, thyme, a sweet undertone. Reviewers say the rice is good enough that the gravy is optional. Get the gravy anyway.
From the drum
- Jerk Chicken$12 / 15
- Jerk Pork$12 / 15
- BBQ Chicken$12 / 15
From the pot
- Oxtail$18 / 25
- Curry Goat$15 / 19
- Brown Stew Chicken$12 / 15
- Curry Chicken$12 / 15
- Stew Beef$15 / 19
- Ackee & Cod Fish$15 / 19
- Callaloo$12 / 15
From the sea
- Red Snapper, stew or escovitch$25
- Tilapia, curry or garlic$25
- Curry Shrimp over rice$25
- Shrimp, garlic sauce$25
- Shrimp Alfredo pasta$25
The counter
- Patties, beef · chicken · veg$2.50
- Roti, vegetable$8
- Roti, curry chicken$12
- Roti, goat$15
- Buffalo Wings$8.50
- Chicken Fingers$8.50
Sides
- Mac & Cheese$4
- Fried Plantains$3
- Callaloo$6.50
Cold drinks
- Ting$2.50
- Ginger Beer$2.50
- D&G Jamaican Soda$2
- Sorrel Drink$5
- Tropical Rhythms$2.50
Mind the bonnet
Scotch bonnet is the engine of the jerk. Ask for it easy if you need to. Nobody here will judge you.
Why it takes a minuteThe wait is
The wait is
the cook.
Nothing here sits under a heat lamp. Your plate goes on when you order it. Call it in and skip the longest part.
Find us
At the Six Points.
597 Bloomfield Ave, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 · metered parking on the Ave
Hours
- Monday11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Tuesday11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Wednesday11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Thursday11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Friday11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Saturday11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- SundayClosed
The pit runs on its own clock. Call before you ride out.