JAQCC'S BELLY

Chef Peta, as she is known, learned the art of authentic Jamaican cooking from her mother. Now, she's the chef and owner of JAQCC's Belly, a modern Afro-fusion restaurant that moved from Washington, D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood to Cleveland Park. With a unique melding of Jamaican, Nigerian and Cuban flavors adorning her menu, Leiba Demuren believes that Caribbean cuisine is rooted in dynamic spices, passion and the joy that arises from good memory... With the slow tempo of a Bob Marley-inspired reggae playlist in the background, Peta Leiba Demuren, is chopping garlic, crushing pimento, slicing onions and peppers, and marinating chicken for a busy night of fulfilling online food orders... "Caribbean food has highly impacted everything I know about existing, including every good memory," said Leiba Demuren, 38, a native-born Jamaican. "Our food has a lot of earthy flavors like coconut milk, jerk seasoning, curry, thyme and pimento, making our flavor wholesome, fresh, and tropical at..

Primary location: Nw Washington United States