{"id":47453,"date":"2014-06-02T12:44:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=47453"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:14:03","slug":"caribbean-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/47453\/caribbean-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cup of Co-conut: Where to Taste the Caribbean in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer has unofficially begun, and with it our thirst for cool, refreshing drinks. On your next lunch break or weekend about town, celebrate the season by sipping something sublime out of a coconut.<\/p>\n

If a trip to the Caribbean isn\u2019t on your calendar any time soon, these five places around NYC are sure to deliver a taste of the tropics and a delicious escape from the hustle-bustle of the city.<\/p>\n

Bedford Avenue Fruit and Vegetables<\/h3>\n

A fitting place to start your trail, Bedford Avenue Fruit and Vegetable is just off the Bedford Ave. stop in Williamsburg and offers the simple pleasure of a no-frills coconut, served with a straw. Take your coconut ($3.49) to go or enjoy it right on the street\u2014after several swipes of a machete. Like most coconuts you\u2019ll find in the city, these come freshly imported from Thailand.
\nHow to get there<\/b>: By subway, take the L to Bedford Av. Walk to 167 Bedford Ave.<\/p>\n

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Juice Generation<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Kingston Hall<\/a><\/h3>\n

This Jamaican-themed bar in the heart of the East Village is equipped with dusty wartime relics and paraphernalia typically reserved for the set of a 60s-era James Bond film. At Kingston Hall, you\u2019ll want to order the Drunken Coconut ($14) which, you\u2019ll be happy to know, lives up to its name.
\nHow to get there: <\/b>By subway, take the 4,6 to Astor Place or L to 3rd<\/sup> Av.<\/p>\n

ZZ\u2019s Clam Bar<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Photos: Juice Generation, Robin Scher<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer has unofficially begun, and with it our thirst for cool, refreshing drinks. On your next lunch break or weekend about town, celebrate the season by sipping something sublime out of a coconut. If a trip to the Caribbean isn\u2019t on your calendar any time soon, these five places around NYC are sure to deliver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":53245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[759,761,320,315,770,325,781,778,774],"tags":[31,108,15,293,145,226,175],"class_list":{"0":"post-47453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bar-activity-2","8":"category-beer-activity-2","9":"category-brooklyn-outer-boroughs-destination","10":"category-day-trips","11":"category-food-drink","12":"category-new-york","13":"category-outdoor-dining","14":"category-picnic-food-drink","15":"category-restaurants-food-drink","16":"tag-bar","17":"tag-beer","18":"tag-brooklyn","19":"tag-budget-friendly","20":"tag-dining","21":"tag-drink","22":"tag-subway"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":53245,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/slide-01-e1465183286193-300x168.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}