Takeout container with stewed chicken, rice and beans, and cooked cabbage with carrots on a yellow background.
876 Spice Island's jerk chicken entree (Photo by Alexis Johnson)

🍽️ Restaurant: 876 Island Spice
📍 Location: 7930 Frankstown Ave., Homewood
⏱️ Hours: Noon-8 p.m. Mon-Thurs | noon-9 p.m. Fri-Sat | Closed Sun
🌐 Links: Instagram, Facebook

❤️ Best $15ish meal(s): Curry Chicken Entree

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Why go?

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876 Island Spice is one of the few authentic Jamaican and Caribbean food places in Pittsburgh. The to-go service is quick and offers all of the traditional Jamaican meals like Jerk Chicken, curry goat, brown stew chicken and fried plantains.

What to order 

The entrees include huge portions with two sides and the curry chicken, fried chicken and brown stew chicken are the least costly menu items for just $16. 876 also offers lunch portions of those same items for $11 every day until 5 p.m. The jerk chicken entree is a few dollars more at $18. Sides options include rice & peas, white rice, yellow rice, macaroni salad and steamed cabbage. Add on some sweet fried plantains for just $4.

A takeout container with stewed chicken, seasoned rice with vegetables, and a side of cooked cabbage and mixed vegetables.
876 Spice Island’s curry chicken entree (Photo by Alexis Johnson)

Good to know before you go

  • There are two high-top tables inside but it is primarily a to-go restaurant and the food is pre-made and packed upon ordering. 
  • Street parking can be tricky to find along Frankstown Avenue on a busy day, but Wheeler Street usually has places to park and run in. 
  • The restaurant is closed on Sundays.
A small restaurant with green and yellow trim and palm tree window art is on a sunny street, with a barbecue smoker outside and signs above the entrance.
876 Island Spice (Photo by Alexis Johnson)

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