"Maureen’s represents the platonic ideal of a restaurant to many people in that it is, quite simply, just a home. Everyone is welcome in this Caribbean jerk-smoking backyard in Brixton. Orders are made in the kitchen, carrots are methodically peeled by a bloke at the dining room table watching BBC News behind you and, in warmer weather, patrons pop a squat and eat jagged fried chicken in the garden. Although it’s a home catering setup, this food is restaurant quality. The curry goat is succulent and warmly spiced, and the jerk chicken rightly smoky." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing