Where to Eat Jamaican Breakfast Near Fort Greene

For Jamaican breakfast near Fort Greene, Buff Patty Restaurant & Bakery at 376 Myrtle Avenue is the neighborhood counter that opens at 7 AM Monday to Saturday, cooks until 10 PM, and puts hominy porridge on the counter every Saturday. The same kitchen carries the rest of the day as well: curry goat, jerk chicken, stewed oxtail in a sweet-and-spicy sauce, soups and saltfish plates, with a bakery counter running alongside the hot line.

That early opening is the reason to plan around this address rather than drop in. Breakfast and lunch overlap for hours here, so a plate of saltfish at nine and a lunch order at noon come off the same menu. Saturdays add hominy porridge, the corn-based Jamaican breakfast staple, to what is already on the counter.

One honest caveat before you travel. The asset behind this page records 3.9 out of 5 from 965 reviews, and the reviews frequently pair praise for the Caribbean flavors with uneven quality and uneven counter service. A quiet weekday morning is the safer bet than a weekend rush, and the hours and porridge question below are worth reading first.

Address: 376 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205, near Fort Greene
Hours: Monday–Saturday 7 AM–10 PM · Sunday 8 AM–9 PM
Phone: (718) 855-3266
Rating: 3.9 out of 5 from 965 reviews
Price: $$, a moderate counter-service spend
Known for: curry goat, jerk chicken, oxtail, saltfish options, soups, bakery counter
Saturday only: hominy porridge, no serving hour published
Online: buffpatty.com lists an order-online option

Hominy porridge is the reason many people pick this Myrtle Avenue counter over a plain takeout shop. Hominy is dried corn treated with an alkali and cooked down until the kernels soften and the pot turns thick and starchy, so the Jamaican version lands somewhere between a porridge and a stew and is served hot as a breakfast bowl.

The asset behind this page records hominy porridge only on Saturdays, added to a menu that otherwise runs saltfish plates, soups, curry goat, jerk chicken and oxtail. What the asset does not publish is a serving hour. The kitchen opens at 7 AM Monday to Saturday, so any Saturday trip has to start from that opening, and a pot that has to cook down can land later in the morning than the door does.

Call (718) 855-3266 before a Saturday journey made only for porridge. Sunday is a different schedule entirely, opening at 8 AM and running to 9 PM, and the porridge is listed for Saturday rather than the whole weekend. If the pot is finished when you arrive, saltfish and the oxtail plate are the fallback.

The first decision is plate or bakery counter, because the two halves of the name run side by side. On the plate side the asset lists curry goat, jerk chicken and a slow-cooked oxtail that arrives drenched in a rich, sweet-and-spicy sauce, along with saltfish options and soups that stretch the breakfast and lunch menu past main plates. Those are the dishes the kitchen is known for, and the oxtail and saltfish are the ones reviewers keep returning to.

On the counter side, patties and baked goods sell to people who are not sitting down at all, which makes a ten-minute stop workable if you are already moving along Myrtle Avenue. Order and collect at the counter rather than waiting for a table to be set for you.

Expect a moderate spend, filed as $$ on the asset, and a menu led by breakfast and lunch rather than a formal dinner. One caution comes from the review data: quality is reported as uneven, so keep a first visit to the dishes the kitchen is known for and ask what came out of the kitchen most recently.

The hours are the most useful planning fact on this page: Monday to Saturday 7 AM to 10 PM, Sunday 8 AM to 9 PM. A fifteen-hour weekday window means there is no single breakfast rush to avoid, so the real trade-off is room and counter attention rather than availability. A weekday opening is almost always the quietest version of this room.

The Sunday shift is the one people miss. The kitchen opens at 8 AM, an hour later than the rest of the week, and closes at 9 PM, an hour earlier, so a Saturday plan cannot simply slide to Sunday without moving both ends of the day.

Timing also works as a hedge against the inconsistency the reviews describe. A quieter hour usually means more attention at the counter and a fresher plate. Call (718) 855-3266 ahead for anything time-sensitive, whether that is porridge, a large order for a group, or a pickup you want ready when you walk in.

Where is Buff Patty Restaurant & Bakery?
376 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205, on the Myrtle Avenue strip close to Fort Greene.

What are the opening hours?
Monday to Saturday 7 AM to 10 PM, and Sunday 8 AM to 9 PM, so Sunday opens later and closes earlier than the rest of the week.

How is Buff Patty rated?
3.9 out of 5 from 965 reviews. Reviewers regularly praise the Caribbean flavors of dishes such as oxtail and jerk pork while noting uneven quality and counter service.

What is Buff Patty known for?
Jamaican and Caribbean cooking: curry goat, jerk chicken, stewed oxtail in a sweet-and-spicy sauce, saltfish options and soups, plus a bakery counter and Saturday hominy porridge.

When can I get hominy porridge?
Saturdays, according to the asset behind this page. No serving hour is published, so call (718) 855-3266 before travelling specifically for a bowl of it.

Is breakfast served all day?
The menu is described as a breakfast and lunch menu. The asset does not publish a breakfast cutoff time, so treat the 7 AM opening as the reliable start and ask at the counter.

Can I order ahead?
The asset links buffpatty.com, which lists an order-online option for this Brooklyn location. Pickup and delivery windows are not published in the asset, so confirm the time when you order.

How much will a meal cost?
The asset files prices as $$, so expect a moderate counter-service spend rather than a fine-dining bill, with portions built for a full plate.

Five pages to keep the Jamaican cooking going. Where Brooklyn Eats Jamaican and Trini Food covers a Jamaican buffet with patties and juice, oxtail plates and Trini doubles. Jamaican Breakfasts That Sell Out Early in Brooklyn runs daily Caribbean cooking on Ralph Avenue, and its whole point is to arrive before the trays empty. Jamaican Food Nostrand Avenue With Jerk And Oxtail pairs jerk with Sunday corn soup and an early opening. Closer to this block, four Fort Greene restaurants around DeKalb Avenue handle dinner and sandwiches, and a Fort Greene coffee bar built for lingering offers a café counter, communal tables and exposed brick for the hours in between.