A styrofoam container with white rice, cabbage, and a serving of stewed meat in brown sauce, set on a gray surface with a yellow background.
Large jerk chicken entree with rice and peas and cabbage (Photo by Alexis Johnson)

🍽️ Restaurant: Fireside Caribbean
📍 Location: 796 Penn Ave., Wilkinsburg
⏱️ Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon-Sat | noon-7 p.m. Sun
🌐 Links: https://firesidecaribbeanrestaurant.shop/

❤️ Best $15ish meal(s): Brown Stew Chicken, Jerk Chicken, Curried Shrimp

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Why go?

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Fireside Caribbean Restaurant is a staple in the Wilkinsburg community. Known for turning the heat up on their spices, Fireside offers classics like jerk and curry chicken but also pepper steak and oxtail. They also offer wings, shrimp and tilapia with your choice of their signature flavors.

What to order 

We tried the large jerk chicken entree with rice and peas and cabbage for $13. I chose to get white rice with the milder brown stew chicken, and that small meal came to just $10. The curried shrimp meal comes with about a dozen pieces of shrimp mixed in with cooked vegetables over rice and cabbage for $17.95.

Takeout container with rice and peas, stewed cabbage, and pieces of dark, sauced jerk chicken on a wooden surface.
Takeout container with shrimp stew, yellow rice, carrots, bell peppers, potatoes, a portion of cabbage, and a serving of rice and peas on a dark wooden surface.

Brown Mild Stew (left) and Curried Shrimp Stew (right) (Photo by Alexis Johnson)

Good to know before you go

  • No online ordering. Call ahead or order in person.
  • Six booths or countertop seating.
  • Street parking only.
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Fireside Caribbean Restaurant (Photo by Alexis Johnson)

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