Exclusive Jerk Bar & Grill

Exclusive Jerk Bar & Grill is Jermar Elliott’s authentic Jamaican restaurant in South KC’s Watts Mill Plaza — opened September 2024. Elliott was born and raised in Jamaica, opened restaurants there, then launched a Chicago location before bringing his jerk kitchen to Kansas City. Signature jerk chicken, stewed oxtails, tropical cocktails.

Description

Exclusive Jerk Bar & Grill is Jermar Elliott’s love letter to Jamaica — a Jamaican restaurant in South Kansas City’s Watts Mill Plaza that arrived in September 2024. Elliott grew up in Jamaica cooking in restaurants from a young age, eventually opening two restaurants there before expanding internationally. He launched the first Exclusive Jerk in Chicago in 2021 and, with family in the Kansas City area, made the decision to bring his concept here. The Watts Mill space — a former Panera — has been transformed into an island kitchen with serious credentials: Elliott’s jerk chicken is slow-cooked with traditional Jamaican wood smoke techniques, the stewed oxtails represent the soul of Caribbean home cooking, and the seafood menu reflects the full range of West Indian cuisine. Tropical cocktails, local and international beers, and handcrafted drinks complete the bar program. Elliott’s trajectory — Jamaica to the world, then to Kansas City — makes Exclusive Jerk a genuine cross-cultural immigrant story anchored in South KC.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-11 (light signature descs) · Source: exclusivejerkkcmo.com + food menu · URL(s): https://exclusivejerkkcmo.com/kansas-city-exclusive-jerk-bar-and-grill-food-menu · Confidence: High for prices (official menu); dish prose limited — official menu is mostly names; only site-signature lines annotated

Lunch Specials

• Jerk Chicken (White) — jerk-seasoned chicken (site signature) — $14.00¹
• Jerk Catfish — $13.50 · Escovitch Fried Catfish — $14.00¹
• Curry Goat — $15.00 · Curry Chicken — $13.50¹
• Oxtails — stewed oxtails (site signature) — $17.50¹

Dinner Specials

• Jerk Chicken — jerk-seasoned chicken (site signature) — $20.50¹
• Jerk Pork — $18.00 · Jerk Catfish — $21.50 · Escovitch Fried Catfish — $21.50¹
• Jerk Tilapia — $18.00 · Jerk Shrimp — $22.00 · Curry Shrimp — $22.00 · Stir Fry Shrimp — $22.00¹
• Ackee and Salt Fish — $24.00 · Jerk Salmon — $25.00 · Honey Garlic Salmon — $24.00¹
• Jerk Lobster — $26.00 · Curry Lobster — $26.00¹
• Oxtail — stewed oxtails (site signature) — $28.00¹
• Jerk Lamb Chops — $26.00 · Honey Garlic Lamb Chops — $28.00¹
• Veggie Plate — $14.00 · Combination Dinner — $24.00¹

Jerk Chicken (by portion) & Wings

• Whole — White $22.00 · Mixed $20.00 · Dark $20.00¹
• Half — White $11.00 · Mixed/Dark $10.00 · Quarter — White $5.50 / Dark $5.00¹
• Wings — 3 pc $5.00 · 6 pc $10.00 · 8 pc $12.00 · 10 pc $16.00 (Honey BBQ or Buffalo +$1.00)¹

Salads

• Jerk Chicken — jerk-seasoned chicken (site signature) — $14.00¹

Tacos, Burritos & Pasta

• Jerk Chicken Taco — jerk-seasoned chicken (site signature) — $3.00¹
• Jerk Chicken Burrito — jerk-seasoned chicken (site signature) — $12.00¹
• Jerk Chicken Alfredo — jerk-seasoned chicken (site signature) — $16.00¹

Sides

• Macaroni and Cheese / Candied Yams / Red Beans and Rice / Sweet Corn / Garlic Potato / Garden Salad / Plantains — $4.00 each¹
• Collard Greens / Callaloo / Mashed Potatoes / Steam Vegetables — $5.00 each¹

Desserts

• Caramel / Red Velvet / Lemon / German Chocolate Cake — $3.50 each¹
• Taffy Grapes — $3.99 · Cookies — $2.50¹

Bar & Cold Beverages

• Tropical Rhythm — $3.00 · Ting — $2.75 · Ginger Beer — $2.50¹
• Kola Champagne / Pineapple / Cream Soda / Calypso — $2.50 each · Mystics — $2.25¹
• Coconut Water / Water — $2.60 · Canned Pop — $1.00¹
• Tropical cocktails, local & international beers, and handcrafted drinks also available.²

Links

• Official site: https://exclusivejerkkcmo.com/

Sources

Footnotes

1. Exclusive Jerk Bar & Grill — official website food menu (exclusivejerkkcmo.com/kansas-city-exclusive-jerk-bar-and-grill-food-menu) and drink menu (…-drink-menu), SpotHopper — full priced menu rendered via Firecrawl and captured 2026-07-25. First-party prices (the only online-ordering link, DoorDash, was NOT used). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵ ↩²⁶

2. Martin City Telegraph — “Exclusive Jerk Restaurant and Bar Brings Savory Jamaican Cuisine to Watts Mill Plaza” (January 10, 2025) — Confirms: Jermar Elliott (owner-chef); born and raised in Jamaica; opened restaurants in Jamaica before expanding; Chicago location opened 2021; KC location September 2024; Watts Mill Plaza (former Panera); jerk chicken and stewed oxtails as signatures; family in KC area as reason for expansion; “Bold, smoky flavors that capture the essence of Jamaica.” ↩