Agrikol

This cozy Haitian restaurant downtown is always buzzing at night with cheerful customers and staff with great food and wine. A note for veggies the Legume dish on the menu is figurative and has meat with it Ask instead for l'assiette végétarienne  which is vegetarian and very tasty. As the lighting was very low, the accompanying picture is of the impressive vertical bar

Wow! Really delicious food with a wonderful ambiance. The restaurant is quaint and a bit cozy but the food is unreal. The restaurant offer some of the most flavourful Haitian food I’ve ever tried. The jerk chicken and plantain chips are incredible

Agrikol is Régine Chassagne's baby. If you don't know who this is, I can't talk to you. Haha. Just kidding. But really not. She's only the singer/head girl of Arcade Fire, one of my all time fave bands. You can see why I HAD to try Agrikol. Well, also because I've been dying to eat Haitian food. So, on a Sunday a couple weeks back, i headed there with Dan (the owner of my fave Barcola Bistro) and Vino (one of my faves I hadn't seen in way too long).

I have to admit having some sticker shock when first seeing the menu, but the food and rum cocktails were excellent. I had the chicken and cashews flavourful and juicy. My friend had the griot and fried plantains we're still talking about it. We sat at the bar and liked the friendly service. They have some privately imported rums available that I haven't seen anywhere else in town. I am definitely returning.

Incredible experience. We sat outside in the beautiful backyard, and ordered almost everything on the menu (note that the menus are different inside vs outside). The food was amazing, definitely order the fried plantain. The only caveat is the wait after ordering, which is fine because it gives you time to enjoy a nice glass (or bottle) of ti ponch. Will come back!