The Best Caribbean Food in San Francisco
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The best Caribbean food in San Francisco, according to the experts: The Infatuation and the San Francisco Chronicle have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Cocobreeze Caribbean Restaurant and Bakery comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Oakland and San Rafael.
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JollyJolly Coffee & Kitchen and Lita hold the next two places. The San Francisco Chronicle shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The Infatuation next.
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The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In Oakland
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Rank 1. JollyJolly Coffee & Kitchen
Caribbean Coffee Shop
A West Oakland coffee shop where the jollof rice is serious business: sharply spiced Nigerian rice with heat that keeps building, served with caramelized plantains and your choice of stewed chicken, oxtail, or goat. Okra and egusi soups arrive with fufu. Seating is tight and the wait can stretch, so bring patience and a friend you want to impress with how good Oakland gets. The San Francisco Chronicle put it on their best Oakland restaurants list.
The awards
- San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle: Best restaurants in Oakland
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Rank 1. Lita
Modern Caribbean
A wall in the back pulses with colored light synced to the reggaeton, which tells you exactly what kind of restaurant this is. Lita does modern Caribbean in a Walnut Creek setting that leans hard into Miami energy, with a marble bar, gold trim, and ferns hanging over the dining room. Fish fritters, coconut curry chicken empanadas, and spit-roast jerk chicken shaved into tacos carry the menu. The cocktails keep up.
The awards
- San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle: Best restaurants in Walnut Creek
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Rank 1. Sol Food
Puerto Rican
The pressed French bread announces itself before you even bite down, cracking loud enough to turn heads. Sol Food is a casual Puerto Rican spot in San Rafael with outposts around Marin, built around hot-pressed sandwiches that pull serious lunch crowds. The Paraíso swaps the expected cheese-steak script by folding in ripe plantains, and the Cubano is one of the few worth seeking out in the county.
The awards
- San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle: Best restaurants in Marin County: Sausalito, Novato and San Rafael