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NOW OPEN: Mango Bush

POSTED: Monday, April 20, 2009, 9:31 PM
Filed Under: Menu Time | Openings
Photos | Drew Lazor



Open for a week, Mango Bush (524 S.� Fourth St., 215-625-2410) is serving up irie island cuisine in the former A Peace of Sole off Fourth and South. Husband and wife Trevor and Patsy Rainford and Stratford Campbell cook up specialties from Jamaica � gotta-have-it jerk and curry chickens, stewed oxtail, steamed red snapper, chicken foot soup and more. (Full menu below.) Their signature items so far seem to be the mango shrimp, saut�ed up with slices of the fruit and Caribbean seasonings, and the ackee and saltfish, a breakfast staple that's the national dish of Jamaica. Platters come with sides like mixed vegetables, rice and beans, steamed cabbage and fried plantains. (The Rainfords previously ran a Caribbean restaurant in Olney.) They deliver in a small radius in the neighborhood.

Mango Bush is open Monday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Friday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

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Andrew
Posted 2009-04-21 00:15:38
I love this restaurant!!! 

By  far the best Jamaican place in the city.

The employees are so friendly and give the place such a welcoming island feel.

Sheena
Posted 2009-06-10 19:08:16
The jerk chicken and the mango shrimp is the best!!! I have never taste jamaican food so well done! whoever is cooking up the food can really throw down!!!
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