Jrk!

"This casual Jamaican spot has one of the best lunch deals in Downtown. For $15, you’ll shuffle down an assembly line and act as the creative director of your very own bowl. Pick a protein like jerk chicken with satisfying heat, curry chicken, pepper steak, shrimp, or oxtail. Then it's on to bases: rice and peas, jerk fried rice, jerk quinoa, or mixed greens. There are more toppings, but forgo anything that doesn’t sound that exciting and ask for an extra serving of pineapple plantains." - mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo

"With locations in Downtown Miami and the Aventura Mall, Jrk serves chef Wayne Sharpe’s mod Caribbean cuisine. The food is fragrant, boasting a straightforward menu of Jamaican patties, crispy cassava sticks, and inventive vegan and meat-based bowls of jerk, oxtail, Jamrock pepper steak, and Blue Mountain curry. Sides of jerk mac and cheese and crispy cassava yucca sticks offer extra layers of flavor, and the pineapple or chocolate cake (rum-laced, of course) makes for the perfect sweet ending." - Juliana Accioly

"Jrk! is everything Chipotle (which is actually just 100 yards away) wishes it was. This isn’t your typical tasteless food court chicken. The Treats Food Hall vendor is making good Jamaican jerk chicken. It’s smokey, spicy, and a little sweet. You can have it in a signature bowl, like the classic jerk with rice and peas, cabbage slaw, and pineapple plantains. Or you can build your own. We never expected to find such a good Jamaican spot inside the Aventura mall, but the oxtail, pepper steak, jerk chicken, and patties here almost make the parking lot traffic worth it." - Virginia Otazo

"Quick counter service Jamaican cuisine found its place in Aventura when Jrk! debuted inside Aventura Mall’s Treats Food Hall. Build-your-own bowls are the star of the menu with bases like like rice and peas or jerk fried rice that are piled high with toppings like jerk chicken, pepper steak, cabbage slaw, and pineapple mango salsa. There are six varieties of sauces to choose from, along with beverages such as DG Pineapple Kola and Mexican Coca-Cola. The 305 Rum Cake, offered in chocolate or pineapple iterations, is not to be missed." - Juliana Accioly

"Jamaican-born chef Wayne Sharpe adds extra flare and aroma to this sweet-and-spicy bowl with a special house blend. The shrimp carries enough heat and depth for a full-body experience, and the accompaniments of rice and peas, pineapple mango salsa, and plantains bathed in a pineapple-cinnamon sauce round out the island flavors." - Juliana Accioly