Vee Vee
American restaurant · Jamaica Plain ·
Afro-Caribbean and New American fare with craft beer
Afro-Caribbean and New American fare with craft beer
"Vee Vee, a longstanding neighborhood favorite in Jamaica Plain, boasts a brick-lined patio tucked back behind the building, removed from the restaurant’s bustling Centre Street entrance. As the weather warms up, find a seat at covered and uncovered tables under string lights and kick back with a tasty New England craft beer alongside dishes like seared tuna and steak frites." - Tanya Edwards
"A longtime neighborhood mainstay on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, this modest restaurant built a loyal following with staples like seared tuna steaks, a tucked-away back patio, and a convivial local vibe. Recently it has been reinvented as the temporary home for a popular pop-up, which has refreshed the kitchen with bolder, globally influenced flavors while preserving the intimate, small-restaurant feel." - Erika Adams
"Everything about Vee Vee is tiny. It seats fewer people than you need to get a pick-up soccer game going, the wine list fits on an index card, and if you went two or three times you’d probably feel like you ate your way through the entire menu. The effect is that it feels like a friend’s living room, but the menu changes with the seasons to keep you interested with things like potato-crusted pollock and crispy mushrooms with sriracha soy sauce. There are a lot of JP restaurants that love to use the word “farm” a ton, and while Vee Vee can sometimes get lost in the crowd, we never regret coming here." - dan secatore
"A neighborhood mainstay known for its tucked-away back patio, Vee Vee recently shook things up and invited in acclaimed chef Valentine Howell to stay for awhile and run the kitchen with his Afro-Latin Caribbean pop-up Black Cat Eatery. That means diners can now chow down on Jamaican jackfruit empanadas and crispy fish tacos, slurp coconut shrimp ceviche with plantain chips, and finish off with soursop ice cream for dessert." - Terrence Doyle
"For a special dinner I try Vee Vee, where James Beard finalist Valentine Howell’s Caribbean-leaning takeover of the kitchen brings inventive, island-inspired flavors." - Erika Adams
