D.C. Chef Jeffeary Miskiri is opening a Caribbean-influenced Southern restaurant in the Shoppes at Arts District Hyattsville.
Miskiri, who is behind Po Boy Jim in the Atlas District and Creole on 14th in Columbia Heights, will blend his Southern roots with his wife Shatorya’s West Indian home cooking at the new restaurant.
Located at 5557 Baltimore Ave., next to Chipotle, Suga & Spice does not yet have an opening date.
The Miskiri Hospitality Group describes the new restaurant as “a vibrant and casual, Southern cuisine restaurant with a sprinkle of Caribbean flair.”
A native of Takoma Park who grew up working in his family’s restaurants, Miskiri is expanding in other ways, also opening a new cajun restaurant in the Shops at Penn Branch, on the southern side of the Anacostia River.
Although the pandemic hurt the restaurant industry, Miskiri told the Washington Business Journal last year that he was buoyed by efforts to support Black-owned businesses in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
He also said he hoped to expand to Maryland and Virginia with the eventual goal of becoming “a national brand.”
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Why do people have to bring race and George Floyd and creating more division; makes me not want to try this restaurant. As a person of Latin and Native background I clearly see racism!
What?! I alsolutely did a double-take and had to go re-read the article when I saw this comment.
Where is the racism and creation of division?
The owner simply observed that despite the challenges faced by the restaurant industry during the pandemic, the upswell in support for black-owned businesses – which WAS/IS a thing – helped to tide them over. (IMHO that’s a good thing. It is not racist to support your community and it’s not done to the exclusion of ALL other businesses.)
So, if it weren’t for that support, a concerted effort which resulted from the protests that came about due to that SPECIFIC event (which apparently it is racist to even mention), they would not have fared so well. That’s all.
What is there in that observation to offend that much as to discourage from patronizing the establishment? Sheesh.
This is a definite twist on the usual “you’re clearly seeing racism where there’s none to be seen” schtick. Smh.
We all need to relax and go add some ‘Suga & Spice’ to life.
@Tina, I concur with your emtire comment. There are zero racial undertones in this article, simply a statement of fact reflecting the extermely difficult events we have endured as a nation over the past couple of years. If anything it was a nod of recognition and appreciation to all who patronized his business in spite of the racial tension. This hatred of each other must stop because we are playing into the hands of the devil.