Located at 3252 Silas Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem, Irie Rhythms serves Jamaican cuisine for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday. Lunch specials rotate daily, and vegetarian options are available.
Billed as
Winston meets Kinston, this smallish eatery is easy to overlook. But if you
should venture to the plaza across from Hanes Mall, you’ll find plenty of
tantalizing options. Ire Rhythms offers both the familiar Jamaican hallmarks
(oxtail, jerk chicken, beef patties) as well as a few dishes I haven’t seen (or
at least seen prepared this way) elsewhere.
During a lunch
visit, I opted for a BBQ Jerk Pork Sandwich. Though the menu lists fries or
rice and peas as available sides, be forewarned that the latter is an upcharge.
The sandwich was huge, sloppy, and very tasty. It combined the best of
tomato-based BBQ (a dark sauce slathered on) and traditional jerk seasonings
(an appropriately spicy zing). The fries were so-so, but the small portion of
tropical coleslaw (sweetened with orange, pineapple, and coconut) was
incredible. Get an extra side of this, and you won’t regret it.
For the
quantity and quality of the food, the $8 charged for the sandwich was plenty
reasonable. Many of the entrees and lunch specials run in that range though a
few (such as curry goat or escovitch fish) are priced in the teens.
Irie Rhythms
is sparsely appointed and perhaps for that reason, does brisk take-out
business. Despite the volume of customers in and out, the efficient and patient
staff had no problem keeping up with the pace of orders.
A pleasing
menu, generous portions, and minimal waiting make Irie Rhythms well worth a
return visit.
8/10
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