New York Street Food

I was over by Grand Central for a late morning meeting, and when I got out, I had a hankering for some Jamaican food.  The Jerk Pan truck is only a few blocks north of Grand Central, on the SE corner of 48th St & Park Ave, and I really enjoyed their fried chicken earlier this year.

Perusing the main courses on their menu, the brown stew chicken looked interesting.  I got a medium size ($8) for Today’s Lunch.  They also have a large size for $10.50, but judging from past experience, I knew the medium size to be plenty.

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We got a frantic email yesterday from Tim, a NYSF reader.  He read our review of the wonderful fried chicken at Jerk Pan on the SE corner of 48th St & Park Ave, and headed over to get some.

His email said: “It’s not there!  My partner just went there.  Are they still in business?”

We contacted Andrew from the Jerk Pan, and without going into specifics, he told us “if all goes well I will be back to work on Monday”.

Check out the fried chicken below.  It tastes as good as it looks.

As they say in Jamaica, no worries mon!

I had only been to the Jerk Pan on the SE corner of 48th St and Park Ave once before, and it was close to a year ago.  I wanted some fried chicken that day, but they were sold out by 1:15.  I ended up getting their jerk chicken, and really enjoyed it.

I was in the mood for fried chicken again today, so I got to the Jerk Pan earlier.  There was plenty of chicken left – in fact, they were just taking fresh pieces of fried chicken out of the fryer when I walked up to the window…and they were still sizzling.

Today’s Lunch is a “small” fried chicken platter ($7.50) from the Jerk Pan truck , which comes with 2 side dishes.  They also have a “large” platter for $9.50.

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I haven’t had chicken for lunch yet this week, so I decided to try the Jerk Pan’s fried chicken.  If you want to try the Jerk Pan truck, which I recommend, they are easy to spot.  Just look for the Jamaican flag with Bob Marley on it flying off the back of the truck, which is parked on the SE corner of 48th St and Park Ave.

Unfortunately, by the time I arrived at the Jerk Pan today, they were out of fried chicken, and it was only 1:15.  Since they were out of fried chicken, I invoked an old standby rule – when a food vendor has the name of a dish within their name, it’s usually one of their better dishes.  Based on this unwritten rule, I had the jerk chicken for Today’s Lunch ($8), even though I had a jerk chicken sandwich from the Jamaican Dutchy cart last week.  Let’s call it the Jerk Challenge.

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