{"id":509,"date":"2006-05-14T17:47:43","date_gmt":"2006-05-14T21:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=509"},"modified":"2006-05-14T17:47:43","modified_gmt":"2006-05-14T21:47:43","slug":"the-islander-caribbean-restaurant-and-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/the-islander-caribbean-restaurant-and-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Islander Caribbean Restaurant and Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Islander Caribbean Restaurant and Lounge<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?oi=map&#038;q=1201+U+St+Nw,+Washington,+DC\">1201 U Street NW, Washington, DC<\/a>, 202-234-4971  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Trip Planner<\/a> &#8211; opens in new window)  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/wp-dyn?node=cityguide\/profile&#038;id=792256\">WaPo<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/restaurants.washingtoncitypaper.com\/restaurant.php?rID=54\">City Paper<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openlist.com\/restaurants-view-2022344955-the_islander_caribbean_restaurant_and_bar-washington-dc.htm\">openlist<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/x8ojxnrEGfuJf-Xx8IkZEQ\">Yelp<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openlist.com\/restaurants-view-2022344955-the_islander_caribbean_restaurant_and_bar-washington-dc.htm\">Gayot<\/a>]<br \/>\nOriginal, good prices, truly spicy, terminally slow, and I am never sure whether I find it tasty.  While I love the culture of Trinidad, is their food really so good?  It combines Indian and Jamaican spices, and wraps the whole thing into a big bread called a Roti.  I always wonder what the bread adds.  Your opinion on this one is welcome.  I need to be talked into trying it again.<\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Islander Caribbean Restaurant and Lounge, 1201 U Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-234-4971 (Metro Trip Planner &#8211; opens in new window) [WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Yelp | Gayot] Original, good prices, truly spicy, terminally slow, and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/the-islander-caribbean-restaurant-and-lounge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trinidadian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}