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JERK'D: Seasoned Jamaican Restaurateur Brings 30 Years Experience To Hackensack JERK'D: Seasoned Jamaican Restaurateur Brings 30 Years Experience To Hackensack
Jerk'D: Seasoned Jamaican Restaurateur Brings 30 Years Experience To Hackensack Marva Layne knows a thing or two about Caribbean cooking. The Jamaican-born restaurateur recently opened Jerk'D Kitchen on Essex Street in Hackensack but has 30 years of experience to boot. Layne got her start in the late 1980s with a Jamaican bakery in New York. Although that closed after four years, Layne opened two other Caribbean restaurants. It wasn't until she opened Negril Villages -- in Atlanta and New York City -- alongside husband Carlton Hayle, and son Sim Walker that things truly started falling into place. JERKD, 363 Essex St., Hackensack.JERKD Hackensack's David Sims …

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