Miss Lilys, SoHo, New York City


Miss Lily’s, a laidback eatery on an unassuming corner of SoHo, claims to be New York City’s most authentic Jamaican experience.

“We wanted to avoid the clichés of beach shacks or colonial mansions,” Becker says of the décor, which conjures up Caribbean idylls with its modern take on clapboard and Formica.

“Instead, we mined the look and feel of the humble patty bakeries and take-out restaurants of the more urban West Indian diaspora in Crown Heights and the Bronx,” explains Becker.

A soundtrack of Soca, Ska, Dancehall and Dub keeps diners feeling irie. The partners are planning an adjacent juice bar that will also offer a small selection of records, books and curios with a Caribbean theme. “Very curated, very limited,” explains Binn Jakupi. “We’re about West Indian and Caribbean culture. It’s an extension of this place.”

Read the original blog post here on Nowness.

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