HOT SPOT Jamaican American Cuisine

HOT SPOT Jamaican American Cuisine Menu

(518) 426-2938
244 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210

Island Quickies

American and Jamaican fast food specialties. Optional Sauces available
Jamaican Patty
$2.75
Jamaica’s #1 Fast food- filling is spiced and baked fresh daily.
Island Fish Fry
$5.50
Light, flaky and never greasy fish on bun.
Chicken Sandwich
$6.00
The classic chicken sandwich.
Chicken Wings (6 pcs)
$5.99
Crowd-pleasing chicken wings 6pc.
Jerk Chicken Only
7.00
Side of Jerk Chicken

$Soups, Salads & Vegetable Dishes


Chicken Soup
This Jamaican Soup is a delicious hearty, warming soup with authentic flavors.
Fish Tea Soup
Mixed Vege Salad
$5.50
Mannish Wata/Goat Soup (Fri-Sun)
A hearty Jamaican soup made with a goat’s head.
Cow Cod Soup
Ital (Rice & Peas w/Cabbage)
Ital, the diet of the Rastafari movement of Jamaica, is a vegetarian diet principally intended to improve health and energy.

Breakfast Menu


Magnum Porridge
Cornmeal and Banana Porridge
Oatmeal

Chicken Delights

Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice and a side of cooked cabbage or fried plantains.
Curried Chicken
Traditional Jamaican chicken curry is a bold, flavorful dish that’s cooked slowly over low heat.
Jerk Chicken
A Jamaican staple- chicken marinated in a spicy blend for hours and slow- grilled to perfection.
Fried Chicken
Authentic Jamaican fried chicken is infused with our unique mixture of seasonings.
Barbeque Chicken
Classic tender BBQ chicken, seasoned to the bone with Jamaican seasonings.
Stewed Chicken
Generously seasoned with aromatic spices, then braised in a rich and savory yard style gravy.
1/4 of Jerk Chicken with Bread
5.00

$Meaty Fares

Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice and a side of cooked cabbage or fried plantains.
Peppered Steak
Strips of beef cooked with onions and bell peppers.
Stewed Beef
Jamaican flavors with a base of onions, scallion, garlic, thyme, hot peppers, and ginger.
Slow-Cooked Oxtails
Flavorful, rich and falls off the bones tender with butter beans.
Curried Goat
Goat meat seasoned and cooked to perfection with Jamaican spices and seasonings.
Tripe and Beans
$16.00
Jamaican favorite stewed with broad beans.
Cow Foot
18.00
Centuries old recipe used to create this Jamaican delicacy.

$Hot Spot Specialties


Seafood Supreme

Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice and a side of cooked cabbage or fried plantains.
Escoveitch Red Snapper
Tart, spicy, and slightly sweet vinaigrette and vegetables topped on perfectly fried red snapper.
Brown Stew Fish
Fried Snapper stewed down on low heat in a sweet-savory sauce, flavored with Jamaican herbs.
Fried Fish and French Fries
$5.00
Steamed Snapper Fish (Served with Okra and Vegetables only)
A one pot dish with fresh Snapper fish and vegetables cooked down into a flavorful broth.
Escoveitch King Fish
$19.99
Tart, spicy, and slightly sweet sauce and vegetables topped on perfectly fried King Fish steak.
Salmon Entree (6 oz.)
$25.00
6oz Salmon- Available in Brown Stew and Creamy Alfedo Sauce
Ackee and Saltfish
Jamaica's National dish has a unique buttery taste, made with ackee fruit, salted cod fish and seasonings.
Callaloo and Saltfish
Callaloo is similar to spinach and is cooked with salted fish, onion, tomatoes, green onions.
Okra and Codfish
This okra recipe is very popular in Jamaican and is usually served for breakfast or dinner.
Saltfish and Tomato
Flaked salted Cod sauteed in Jamaican Seasoning and Spices and Tomatoes.
Mild Peppered Shrimp
This spicy shrimp recipe is true to its Jamaican heritage and has that classic Caribbean flavor and heat.
Curried Shrimp
Tender shrimp cooked in a reduced flavorful curried sauce.
Coconut Shrimp
Tender shrimp cooked in a reduced creamy coconut sauce.

Pastas & Wraps


Veggie Rasta Pasta
Oxtail Rasta Pasta
Rasta Pasta
Features a creamy and delicious sauce bursting with jerk seasoning flavor, sautéed bell peppers,
Caribbean Roti Wrap
Enjoy this flaky Caribbean Flatbread made with a filling that consists of crushed up split peas and seasoning. With your choice of protein.

Side Orders


Rice and Peas
$4.50
White Rice
$3.50
Fried Sweet Plantains
$4.00
Sweet plantains fried until golden brown.
French Fries
Mac and Cheese
$6.00
Coco Bread
$2.25
Jamaican coco bread is a buttery, subtly sweet, folded bread. It gets part of its name from the coconut milk used to impart tropical flavor. 
Boiled Dumplings (3)
$6.00
Fluffy boiled dumplings, made with flour, can be eaten with almost any meal.
Fried Dumplings (2)
$1.80
A popular comfort food- soft, sweet, fluffy and delicious fried dough.
Roti
$7.50
Enjoy this flaky Caribbean Flatbread made with a filling that consists of crushed up split peas and seasoning.
Fried Red Fruit
$5.00
Cabbage
Itel
Rice and Cabbage together

Lunch Special


Curry Chicken Lunch Special
$6.50
Stew Chicken Lunch Special
$6.50
Stew Beef Lunch Special
$6.50
Jerk Chicken Lunch Special
$6.50
Fried Chicken Lunch Special
$6.50
BBQ Chicken Lunch Special
6.50

$Desserts


Chocolate Cake
$4.00
Island Rum Cake
$5.50
This Jamaican dessert staple is made with raisins, cherries and other dried fruits soaked for weeks in Jamaican rum and wine.
Sweet Potato Pie
$4.00
Carrot Cake
$2.50
Lemon Cake
$2.50
Jamaican Sweet Potato Pudding
$4.00
Jamaican Sweet Potato Pudding is a traditional Jamaican dessert that is rich, amazingly spiced, moist and delectable.
Carrot Cake
$4.00
Lemon Pound Cake
4.00

$Beverages


D&G Soda
$2.50
The Original Jamaican Soft Drink, tasty and refreshing!
Can Soda
$1.25
Hot Spot Sorrel
$4.00
Sweetened infused Jamaican hibiscus with ginger and spices.
Hot Spot Carrot Juice
$5.00
Carrot juice mixed with Jamaican spices, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, vanilla extract and condensed milk.
Poland Spring Water
Nantucket
$2.50
Mistic
$2.50
Snapple
$2.50
Grace Coconut Water
$2.50
Supligen
$4.00
Small Coffee
$1.00
Large Coffee
$1.50
Nestle Nutrament
$3.00
Tropical Rhythms
$2.75
Grace Tropical Rhythms Variety Juice Drink is a delicious range of exotic Caribbean fruit and vegetable blends.
Ting
2.50
Ting is a carbonated beverage popular in the Caribbean. It is flavored with Jamaican grapefruit juice and is both tart and sweet.

$Lunch Box Special


Oxtail Box Lunch
$6.00
Curry Chicken Box Lunch
$5.00
BBQ Chicken Box Lunch
$5.00
Fried Chicken Box Lunch
$5.00
Jerk Chicken Box Lunch
$5.00
Stew Chicken Box Lunch
$5.00
Curried Goat Box Lunch
$5.00
Stew Beef Box Lunch
$6.00

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