"The family-operated Island Flavors Caribbean Cuisine opened in the former Nickel Diner in 2024. It’s rare to find Haitian food in Los Angeles, and Island Flavors executes classic dishes with great care, with tasso kabrit (fried goat), saucy and spicy oxtails, or the salmon plates with rice and beans, and plantains. The signature griot is a marinated and fried pork shoulder that regulars return for. Its classic location is only a bonus." - Mona Holmes, Matthew Kang, Nicole Adlman