The Best Trinidadian Restaurants in NYC: Roti, Doubles, and Pelau (2026)
Trinidadian food in New York lives in two boroughs. In Queens, Richmond Hill’s Liberty Avenue is one of the most important Indo-Caribbean food corridors in the Americas — the place where the Trinidadian doubles, roti, pelau, and aloo pie that evolved in Port of Spain and Chaguanas took root in the United States. In Brooklyn, a newer wave of Trini-owned kitchens line Nostrand Avenue, Fulton Street, and Utica Avenue, feeding the Afro-Trinidadian and broader Caribbean community that has made Crown Heights and Flatbush home.
Below: eight Trinidadian restaurants and takeout counters across NYC that are worth knowing by name. Each is a verified listing on IslandVibes.nyc with full address, neighborhood, and notes.
1. A&A Bake and Doubles Shop
Where: 124-14 Liberty Ave, Richmond Hill
The doubles shrine of New York. A James Beard America’s Classic award-winner serving the soft bara-and-channa combo that started as a Port of Spain street food and became a Queens institution.
2. Singh’s Roti Shop
Where: 131-18 Liberty Ave, Richmond Hill
Two blocks from A&A and just as essential — a Liberty Ave institution for dhalpuri roti, curry goat, and pelau. If Trinidad has a Richmond Hill embassy, this is it.
3. Ali’s Trinbago Roti Shop
Where: 1267 Fulton St, Bed-Stuy
Brooklyn’s answer to the Queens roti corridor. Fresh-wrapped buss-up-shut and curry on Fulton Street — no compromises on the dhalpuri.
4. Ali’s Roti Shop
Where: 337 Utica Ave, Crown Heights
The Crown Heights roti counter — curry chicken, goat, and shrimp, plus a proper channa and aloo doubles for breakfast.
5. Trinidad Golden Place
Where: 788 Nostrand Ave, Crown Heights
Nostrand Avenue Trini staple with a full menu beyond roti — pelau, stew chicken, and a Saturday cow-heel soup that draws a line.
6. Gloria’s Caribbean Cuisine
Where: 764 Nostrand Ave, Crown Heights
Trini home cooking on Nostrand. The oxtail and the macaroni pie are the reason regulars keep the takeout bags warm for the train ride home.
7. Trini Breakfast Shed
Where: 3209 Church Ave, Flatbush
Breakfast is the point. Saltfish buljol, smoked herring, bake and shark when they can get the fish in — a Flatbush morning ritual.
8. Healthy as a Motha
Where: 234 Union Ave, Williamsburg
A Trinidadian vegan kitchen in Williamsburg. Plant-based curry, doubles, and pelau from a chef who’s cooked for the West Indian diaspora and the Whole Foods crowd alike.
Trinidadian food beyond the restaurant
Richmond Hill and Crown Heights are the obvious neighborhoods, but Trinidadian catering, DJs, and pop-ups run all over the city — especially around Trinidad & Tobago Independence Day (August 31) and West Indian American Day on Labor Day Weekend. Browse the full Trinidadian cuisine page, or check upcoming events on the Events & Fetes page.
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