Where to get the best oxtail in NYC
Slow-braised, falling off the bone, butter beans soaking up the gravy. Oxtail is the Jamaican comfort plate, and these are the rooms where it's worth the 90-minute lunch break.
Footprints Cafe
Park Slope Jamaican that locals send oxtail-skeptics to first. Falls-off-the-bone benchmark.
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Likkle Jamaican Dumpling House
Crown Heights Jamaican dumpling house. Oxtail with spinners and butter beans done right.
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Meritta's Restaurant
Cambria Heights Queens institution. Brown-stew oxtail with rice & peas, the Sunday plate.
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Feeding Tree
Bronx Gerard Ave anchor. Oxtail you order before you walk in — they sell out by 2pm.
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Jam-Rock Cuisine
White Plains Rd Bronx Jamaican kitchen. Oxtail, curry goat, jerk — the full meat plate.
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Jamaica Breeze Restaurant
Laurelton pay-by-the-pound Jamaican. Heap the oxtail on, don't be shy.
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Pattie Hut
Flatbush Jamaican counter. Beef patty famous, but the oxtail is the move at lunch.
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Labay Market & Grill
Brooklyn Jamaican grill. Oxtail, curry goat, brown stew chicken — the brown-gravy trinity.
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Looking for something else? See all Caribbean NYC guides or this month’s Hit List.