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    Jerk Chicken News

    Island Spot restaurant brings Dallas more Jamaican joy with new location

    Luciana Gomez
    Apr 21, 2023 | 2:22 pm
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    Island Spot is famous for its fine Jamaican food.

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    If you're of the belief that Dallas-Fort Worth does not have enough places to get jerk chicken, then there's good news from The Island Spot: This Jamaican restaurant concept with locations in Carrollton and Oak Cliff is expanding, with a new location in the works for Farmers Branch, at 12900 Josey Ln.

    Their goal is to open on Jamaican Independence Day, August 6, depending on construction and permitting.

    Island Spot specializes in Jamaican food and tropical cocktails, particularly those made with Jamaica's trademark spirit, rum. Jerk chicken is the star of the menu but they also offer oxtail, coconut shrimp, BBQ ribs, and plantains, as well as a variety of curry plates including shrimp, goat, tilapia, chicken, and tofu — a result of a strong Indian influence on the island, says owner Richard Thomas.

    A native of Jamaica and former consultant for McKinsey, Thomas opened the first Island Spot in Carrollton, at 2661 Midway Rd. #105, in 2010, followed by a second location in Oak Cliff, at 309 W. Jefferson Blvd. in 2016.

    "The first time I came to Dallas, I visited a Jamaican restaurant, no longer open," he says. "The food and space were so underwhelming. I realized there was an opportunity to do good, authentic Jamaican food here. I wanted to change the way people experience our food and our culture."

    That includes creating an immersive decor, with a colorful design that replicates the feeling of a restaurant in Jamaica, featuring elements such as corrugated zinc, bamboo columns, and wooden walls.

    Placemats include an explanation of key words that are part of the menu, some in Patois, the language spoken preponderantly in Jamaica.

    The bar is two-fold, incorporating a regular bar with a full drink menu, as well as a rum bar with 40-plus rum brands from the Caribbean. Rum is served solo, in rum flights, and in signature rum-punch cocktails, often in beautifully exotic colors. Of course, there is Red Stripe beer, brewed in Kingston, Jamaica.

    Thomas grew up in a modest neighborhood in Jamaica, and his mom did all the cooking. To recreate that childhood experience, he put her together with a consulting chef to create a menu and bring it to life. All locations have a "mom Joyce’s kitchen" sign, to honor her influence.

    Some of their dishes boast a fun twist, like their jerk version of salmon topped with a mango-red pepper chutney, or their "Jamaican fried chicken," highly spiced and with a golden brown crust. They're open for lunch and dinner, and also do a festive weekend brunch with mango mimosas.

    But the experience is about more than flavorful food. "My intention is to create a true cultural immersion that makes a visit fun and exciting," Thomas says.

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    Ice Cream News

    Maya Creamery unrolls ice cream and Indian treats in Las Colinas

    Raven Jordan
    Jul 18, 2025 | 11:30 am
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    An ice cream shop specializing in rolled ice cream is coming to Las Colinas: Called Maya Creamery, it’s part of a small but international chain, and is set to open in late July at 3341 Regent Blvd. #140, in the Stampede Crossing shopping center near I-635 and Belt Line Road.

    Maya Creamery is owned by Sukhi Singh Anand and his family, who previously owned seven locations in Phoenix, Arizona; his grandfather opened the first location in Mumbai in 1979.

    Anand opened the first Texas shop in McKinney in 2024, and they opened shops in Frisco in April, and Little Elm in May.

    “We chose to continue my grandfather’s legacy and expand in the U.S.,” Anand says.

    They specialize in rolled ice cream, which is made by pouring the ice cream mixture onto a freezing metal plate, mixing in toppings, then rolling it with a slicer, and arranging the rolls in cups. The trend first surfaced in the U.S. about a decade ago; according to Anand, they were pioneers in the rolled ice cream community in the U.S.

    "We were the first one to introduce rolls and Maya special plates, which became very popular among the Indian community," Anand says.

    Maya Creamery also offers Indian desserts such as falooda, mango lychee rolls, and rabdi, which are similar to a milkshake. There’s a rabdi gulab jamun plate with sweet fried dumplings on top of rabdi; and rabdi kulfi, which is like an ice pop.

    Other desserts include macarons, crepes, boba tea, and cassata, which is slices of ice cream on top of sponge cake. Most items on the menu are under $10.

    Irving is their fourth location in Texas, and Anand says they're in the process of opening six more across within the next year.

    "We chose this location due to its visibility from the highway and due to a high demand from people in Irving who were requesting Maya to bring a location more accessible to them," Anand says.

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