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Does anyone know what became of Luke's Spicy Take-Out? It served Jamaican food - some of the best jerk and fried chicken, not to mention roti, fish, patties, etc. It was located on Alta Vista near Bank Street (in a strip mall) but a Lebanese bakery now stands in its place. And, sadly, the Island Jerk, which is very close by, simply doesn't compare.

So if anyone knows where I can find Luke, please drop me a line.

Cheers and thanks,

E.

Luke move to Alta Vista and Bank 15 years ago. Then no hide nor hair of him for over 11 years. He must have retired. A real shame he made the best patties not that yellow flaky awful pastry but the same stuff he made his roti's with. I miss Luke.

I Miss him too.
I remember when he was on Prince of Wales by Meadowlands in the round
building what was it called "Canadian Chef" ???

He made patties with chapati? That sounds awesome. This is giving me a hankering for some island food... will have to hit Mugena this week.

He also had the best fried chicken.

Mmmmm. His fried chicken was absolutely to die for. I think that maybe what I miss the most. I heard that Luke as doing some volunteer work - teaching immigrants to cook healthy. Boy, I wish that he would offer cooking classes more broadly - I'd line up to learn how to mak his roti AND his fried chicken.

I was addicted to his jerk chicken and rice with beans. We also used to get fried plantain on the side. I have not had jamaican food since he left. He even used to deliver!

Last I heard when he closed up shop was that he would continue catering.

His patties were wonderful; I don't think he used quite the same dough as for the roti, but I suppose it's possible, in retrospect. I really miss the non-flaky crust, though; I used to buy sacks of the patties on Friday nights, eat one in the car immediately, and share the remainder with friends later on. So good.