st. andrew

Where the Blue Mountains begin and the coffee costs more than the view.

SignatureBlue Mountain Coffee & Breakfast

Food Culture

St. Andrew wraps around Kingston like an older sibling who moved to the hills. The parish runs from the suburban sprawl of Half Way Tree up into the Blue Mountains, and the food changes with the altitude. Down low, it's Kingston overflow. Patty shops, jerk pans, the same beautiful chaos. But climb into the hills and the air cools, the soil changes, and you're in coffee country. Irish Town and the Blue Mountain communities grow some of the most expensive coffee on earth, and the restaurants up here know it. Strawberry Hill takes traditional Jamaican food and treats it like it always deserved.

Signature Dishes

Blue Mountain Coffee & Breakfast

★

A proper Blue Mountain breakfast: ackee, callaloo, fried plantain, and coffee that costs more per pound than most spirits.

Curry Goat

St. Andrew's version tends toward the refined. Slow-cooked, tender, the curry sauce thick enough to stand a spoon in.

Must-Visit Spots

Strawberry Hill

restaurant

3,100 feet up in the Blue Mountains. Chris Blackwell's hotel restaurant serves 'New Jamaican' cuisine with views that make you forget to eat.

Irish Town

The Gap Cafe

restaurant

Roadside stop in the Blue Mountains. Simple food, extraordinary coffee, and a view that drops into Kingston below.

Hardware Gap

Local Ingredients

Blue Mountain Coffee

September - March

Among the most prized coffees in the world. Grown between 3,000-5,500 feet. Smooth, no bitterness, worth every dollar.

Callaloo

Jamaica's spinach. Grows everywhere in the hills. Steamed with saltfish for breakfast.

Kingston

St. Thomas

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