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a Black-owned Jamaican/Caribbean restaurant at 5535 Troost Ave on Kansas City’s emerging Troost restaurant row, Tier 1 as an independent, owner-operated diaspora kitchen serving scratch-made Jamaican fare.

Description

Reggae Kitchen is a Jamaican/Caribbean restaurant at 5535 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64110, in the cluster of new eateries that has formed around 55th and Troost — described by KCUR as Kansas City’s emerging “new restaurant row” — across the street from Barbacoa and near Blackhole Bakery and The Littlest Bake Shop.12 The restaurant offers dine-in, takeout, and delivery service.3

The kitchen serves a scratch Jamaican menu. Frequently noted dishes include jerk chicken, oxtail, curry goat, curry chicken, curry shrimp, rice and peas, cocoa bread, and rum cake; curry goat is served with a choice of white rice or rice and peas plus steamed cabbage.34 Reviewers describe it as “authentic Jamaican food found right in the midwest” with a lively Caribbean atmosphere.4

Reggae Kitchen is listed as a Black-owned business on EatOkra, the Black-owned-business directory.5

Ownership and history

Reggae Kitchen is independently owned and operated and is identified as a Black-owned business on EatOkra.5 The owner’s full name, origin/story, and the restaurant’s founding/opening year were not available in published sources at time of compilation and are marked **** pending direct confirmation (owner interview, business filing, or restaurant statement).

The restaurant sits within the Troost Avenue corridor’s recent revitalization. KCUR’s March 2024 reporting framed the 55th-and-Troost stretch — including Reggae Kitchen and nearby Wah Gwan — as part of a new dining cluster on what residents call “the backbone of the city.”1

Sources

Disputes

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Footnotes

  1. KCUR — “Along Troost Avenue, Kansas City’s new restaurant row emerges: ‘The backbone of the city.’” Published 2024-03-10. https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2024-03-10/troost-avenue-kansas-city-new-restaurant-row — asserts: Reggae Kitchen is part of a new dining cluster around 55th & Troost; serves Caribbean fare; Troost revitalization context. ↩ ↩2

  2. Explore Troost — Reggae Kitchen business listing. https://exploretroost.com/business/reggae-kitchen/ — asserts: Reggae Kitchen as a Troost corridor business. ↩

  3. Reggae Kitchen official site. https://www.reggaekitchenmo.com/ — asserts: address 5535 Troost Ave; Jamaican/Caribbean menu (jerk chicken, oxtail, curry goat, curry shrimp, rice and peas); dine-in/takeout/delivery. ↩ ↩2

  4. Yelp — “Reggae Kitchen,” updated May 2026. https://www.yelp.com/biz/reggae-kitchen-kansas-city — asserts: 5535 Troost address; phone (816) 492-6191; hours; open status; menu (jerk chicken, oxtail, curry shrimp, curry chicken, rice and peas, cocoa bread, rum cake). ↩ ↩2

  5. EatOkra — Reggae Kitchen listing. https://www.eatokra.com/businesses/reggae-kitchen-mo — asserts: Black-owned status; 5535 Troost address; Jamaican Caribbean cuisine; hours. ↩ ↩2

See also

  • Registry
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
Categories
  • Locally owned
  • Caribbean
  • Troost