Update: New Caribbean Restaurant a Work in Progress

The a new downtown Jamaican restaurant was originally slated to begin interior work to the Park Street location in May with an opening some time in the summer, but work to the old building has been delayed.

The restaurant, which will be located at 15 Park St., still needs to undergo interior renovations to meet the original plans by its owner, Lisa Palmer. She had planned the interior to feature dark, bamboo floors, window treatments, tropical plants reminiscent of Jamaican florals and reclaimed plantation shutters.

The permit for interior renovations for site was approved on July 1, according the Attleboro Building Department.

The delay is renovations is due to issues regarding the permit that
the contractor, Cobalt Construction of Warwick, needed to submit. The
application that was originally submitted in February was found to
have issues regarding the proposed occupant loads. Information
prepared using the guidelines from the seventh edition of the
state building codes rather than the eighth edition, which is currently
in effect. Additionally, the Attleboro Fire Department needed to first approve work that was planned to be done on the sprinkler system.

Both of the issues persisted on two resubmitted applications in June
before ultimately being corrected. The application was approved in
July. According to building inspector Doug Semple, Palmer was very
understanding about the delays.  "She was great through the whole
process."

The restaurant, which was received $76,000 in federal grant money through the City of Attleboro, is the first such endeavor for the longtime Attleboro resident who was previously working as a nurse before deciding to open her own business serving traditional dishes such as jerk chicken and escovitch fish.