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1082 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11225

718-940-4122

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Best Barbadian
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Caribbean
Features: Takeout

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2011 | Best Barbadian

Don't you dare call them Barbadians! Former residents of this gentile Caribbean island prefer to be called Bajans, and Culpeppers is one of their most commodious outposts. The national dish of okra-flecked porridge called coo-coo plus steamed flying fish (sometimes they jump right into the boat!) is always available--unless it's not, when kingfish is substituted. Other delightful dishes include small sandwiches called cutters, pan-Caribbean rotis, and the usual nexus of stewed and... More »
2008 | Bajan

The apex of Barbadian cooking is cou-cou--a cornmeal porridge laced with okra for extra slipperiness. Get it with flying fish at Crown Heights old-timer Culpepper's, where you can chase it with the pastry called "lead pipe." More »
2000 | Friendliest Restaurant

The Bajan community behaves like one big family, and Culpepper's is their clubhouse, where you--though probably not born in Barbados--will be made very welcome, too. The pastries illustrate the British heritage of the island, but the rest of the food proudly shows its African roots. Check out cou-cou, a cornmeal-and-okra porridge usually eaten with a steamed or fried flying fish. More »

Cuckoo for Cou-Cou

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, April 13, 1999

Sporting an electric-blue awning, Culpepper's is a brand-new Bajan café a few blocks south of Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn's Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, home to Haitians, Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians, and Barbadians, who call themselves Bajan... More »

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thevillagevoicebestof | New York, NY | 84 Reviews

| Sun, May 10, 2009

The apex of Barbadian cooking is cou-cou - a cornmeal porridge laced with okra for extra slipperiness. Get it with flying fish at Crown Heights old-timer Culpepper's, where you can chase it with the pastry called "lead pipe."

Main Menu

Soups

$3.00
$5.50

Chicken

$3.00
$5.50

Beef

$3.00
$5.50

Fish

$3.00
$5.50

Cow Heel

Cutters & Sandwiches

$4.00

Cheese Cutters

$5.00

Ham Cutters

1 Fish $4.00
2 Fish $6.00

Flying Fish Cutters

King Fish Cutters

Roti

$5.00

Vegetable

$6.00

Chicken

$7.00

Beef

$7.00

Goat

Meat Dinners
. Served With Peas & Rice, Split Peas & Rice, White Rice Or Black-eyed Peas & Vegetables And Plantains With Macaroni Pie Add $0.50. Dinners With All Macaroni Pie (no Rice) Add $1.00

Mini $6.00
Small $9.00
Large $11.00

Oxtail

Mini $6.00
Small $8.00
Large $10.00

Stew Beef

Mini $6.00
Small $8.00
Large $10.00

Curry Goat

Lg $10.00

Pork Chops

Lg $10.00

Lamb

Chicken Dinners
Try Over Combination Dinners (rice, Pie) Add $1.00

Mini $5.00
Small $7.00
Large $9.00

Stewed Chicken

Mini $5.00
Small $7.00
Large $9.00

Curried Chicken

Mini $5.00
Small $7.00
Large $9.00

Fried Chicken

Mini $5.00
Small $7.00
Large $9.00

Baked Chicken

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Culpepper's - CLOSED

1082 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11225

718-940-4122

Description

2011 | Best Barbadian

2008 | Bajan

2000 | Friendliest Restaurant

Cuckoo for Cou-Cou

By Robert Sietsema | Tue, April 13, 1999

thevillagevoicebestof | New York, NY | 84 Reviews

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