Jamaican Roadside Bar – Steaka-Ville

On our way back from Nine Mile we decided to stop at a friend’s roadside bar in Coultart, near Claremont in the parish of St Ann. The girl I was traveling with used to live in this area and the bar was owned by her friend, nicknamed “Steaka”.

Picture of Steaka
Picture of Steaka

Steaka has quite the little village in this spot – there’s a little bar, a shop and several other little buildings that I didn’t know if they were in use. But every structure standing within the area was definitely Steaka’s because his tag was on ALL of them! I thought it was amusing and we quickly named the area “Steaka-Ville”.

steaka force sign

steaka bar
Steaka's bar
Side of Steaka's shop
Side of Steaka's shop

 

One of the funniest things I noticed at Steaka-Ville was the bar license….it’s ACTUALLY licensed!  There are SO many establishments in Jamaica that have signs reading “Notice of intent to obtain a license” but I’ve never actually seen a real licensed place!  But in the middle of nowhere, in little old Steaka-Ville, there WAS in fact a license to serve liquor!

steaka license

We hung around at Steaka’s for a while just chatting and patronizing his little shop.  Whenever we know someone in the area we like to “keep it in the family” and support their businesses.   

And the scenery around this place was great!  Pure Jamaican countryside!  Way off in the distance on a hillside, he pointed out and informed us there was a pig slaughter house LOL!  When we looked over we saw a man following a pig around and knew that was the next dinner being served!

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