Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant

1802 Nereid Ave, Bronx
(718) 324-7484

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Jerk Chicken with Rice and Peas and Steamed Cabbage
Grilled Chicken Pasta
Macaroni and Cheese
Brown Stew Chicken
Escovitch Fish Meal
Sweet Chili Salmon
Fried Dumplings
Goat Head Soup
Fried Shrimp
Mac & Cheese

Menu

Breakfast Porridges
Banana Porridge
Cornmeal Porridge

Breakfast Meals
Ackee and Saltfish
Ackee Sandwich
Calalloo and Saltfish
Calalloo sandwich
Cook up Saltfish
Codfish Fritters
Okra and Saltfish
Brown Stew Chicken Back
Kidney
Banana Fritters
Callaloo (plain)
Seasoned and steamed callaloo that is served with either boiled food (dumplings, banana, and yam) , fried dumplings, or rice.

Lunch and Dinner
Oxtail
Curry Goat
Curry Chicken
Fried Chicken
Chili Wings
Chicken and Waffles
Chicken patty
Fish Platters
Large platter of fish meal, Prepared in escovitch or as brown stewed Red Snapper Fish

Desserts, Snacks, Breads
Hardo Bread
Loaf.
Pinch Bread
Jamaican Black Cake
moist traditional fruit cake.
Sweet Potato Pudding
carrot cake
freshly baked with all natural ingredients (no nuts/raisins)
Banana Bread
per slice
Peanut Drops
Bulla Cake
Freshly baked bulla made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg,(3 in a pack)
Cheese Krunchies
popular Jamaican snack: small pieces of cheese biscuits
Banana Chips
large bag of Chippies Banana Chips from Jamaica
Shirley Biscuits
Water Crackers
Nutmeg Bread
Regular Bun Loaf
Easter Bun
traditional spiced bun
Bun and Cheese
Coco Bread
Big Foot Snack chips
popular Jamaican cheese snack
Shirley Biscuits
original or coconut flavored biscuit packs
Toto cake
a spiced coconut flavored cake
Rough Top Biscuits
delicious biscuits, slightly sweet with a rough exterior and are baked using real cinnamon, and nutmeg for an authentic taste.
Cheeze Stiks Snack
delicious cheddar cheese snack made in Jamaica (Holiday Brand)
Cinnamon Bun (4 pack)
A delicious pastry of sweet baked dough filled with cinnamon sugar filling. Soft and delicious and always fresh!
Butter bread loaf
Red Velvet Cake
Sweet Bread
A package of 6 mini rolls that are soft and sweet, flavored with coconut!

Side Orders
Fried Dumplings
Festivals
Baked Macaroni and cheese
Roti Skins
Whole Fried chicken
Golden fried chicken (4 large Quarters) chopped and served by itself (no rice/no sides)
1/4 Fried Chicken
Golden fried chicken (served by itself as a Quarter of meat)- leg and thigh or breast and wing
1/4 Jerk Chicken
Savory grilled chicken (served by itself as a Quarter of meat)- leg and thigh or breast and wing
Sweet Chili Wings (1 piece)
Golden fried chicken wings in a sweet chili sauce glaze
Just Rice
Choices: White rice or Rice and peas (served alone)
Extra Rice
French Fries
Golden French Fries
Codfish Fritters
Extra Gravy
Jerk Sauce
Macaroni salad
Banana Fritters

Seafood Items
Brown Stew Red Snapper Fish Meal
Escovitch Fish Meal
Fried red snapper fish pickled with onions and peppers served with festivals/fried dumplings or Rice and peas/white rice (your choice)
Whole Red snapper Fish (sold by itself)
Fried or brown stew fish (no sides included)
Fish platter
A large platter of 1 escovitch fish, served with rice and peas, festival or fried dumpling
Fried Whiting Fish
deep-fried whiting Fish fillet

Beverages
Pineapple Soda
Kola Champagne
Orange Soda
Grape Soda
Can Soda
Choices: Grape, Sprite, Coke, Pepsi, Orange, or Ginger ale
Coconut Water
Bottled Water
Arizona Juice Drink
Bigga Soda
choices are: fruit punch, Kola, ginger beer, and cream
Vita Malt
Ginger Beer D & G Soda
Arizona Ice Tea
Flavor choices are: Ginseng Honey, Mango, Fruit Punch, Iced tea, Peach tea, Watermelon, Rx Energy, and much more
Ting Grapefruit soda

Juices
Cooler Runnings Natural Juice
Cucumber Lime, Carrot/milk, Beet/Carrot, Super Green Juice, Ginger beer, Fruit Punch, Sorrel ginger, and Pineapple/Ginger Juices
Power Punch
A delicious blend of: peanuts, oatmeal, suppligen, stout, condensed milk, and other spices.
Carrot Juice
Tropical Rhythms Juice
assorted flavors: pineapple guava, pineapple ginger, sorrel ginger, mango carrot, guava carrot, Island mango, Reggae Medley, Fruit punch, and much more
Snapple Juice
snapple apple, kiwi strawberry, Fruit punch
Squeez'r Juice
Flavors: Guava, Fruit punch, orange carrot, sorrel ginger, Pineapple ginger, tropical mango, and much more.
Coconut Water
Bottled all-natural coconut water
Caribbean Blend Roots Drink
ingredients include: Chainy Roots – High in iron content. * Mentha – Stimulates the stomach and liver. * Sarsapilla – Promotes good circulation. * Hug-Mi-Tight-Protects brain and skin cells. * Dandelion-Protects and detoxifies the liver, etc.
Suppligen Drink
Tru Juice Cherry Juice
Peanut Punch
CRAN-WATA
Refreshing cranberry flavored water product from Jamaica
Carrot Punch
Natural Lemonade
All natural juice of lime, sugar, and water. Refreshing to drink all year round!

Hot Beverage
Assorted Teas
Honey ginger, ginger, cerasee ,bissy, guinea hen, lemongrass, Peppermint, Lipton, Earl gray Black tea, chamomile, and other herbal teas.
Ovaltine
Coffee
Horlicks
Milo
Hot chocolate

Sauces
Cooler Runnings Famous Jerk Sauce
the spicy jerk sauce that consists of a proprietary blend of spices (5 ounce bottle)

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Recent Reviews

One of the best restaurants in the bronx,the food is very delicious , well prepared fingerlicking staff are very friendly and welcoming clean environment i love cooler runnings restaurant this is the only place that makes me feel at home
March 2026
Serena provided excellent Customer service with a great Smile, the staff in general seemed very polite and professional, great establishment and I definitely recommend people to try the Food and Pastry...POTATO PUDDING NICE !!!
March 2026
I went on a wim on a Friday night wasn’t in the mood to cook so I figured I’d grab something quick and fast for dinner. I wasn’t impressed with the food, I e had much better, maybe it was late and food tends to dry out. And at night fast food places tend not to cook fresh food because of the time. So in all fairness, try to go earlier than 8:00 pm. But for me., I wasn’t a fan of the food. Maybe I’ll go early next time. But they had a nice crowd of people waiting for...
October 2025

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Cooler Runnings Jamaican Restaurant

1802 Nereid Ave, Bronx, NY 10466
(718) 324-7484