Janice Clarke opened a Jamaican restaurant Elliment in downtown Louisville earlier this year, and it’s already become a gathering spot and resource for Louisville’s Jamaican community.

Last month, Clarke’s native country of Jamaica was devastated by Hurricane Melissa, the strongest recorded hurricane to ever hit the island country. I talked with her about how she came to start the restaurant, and how she is raising money and collecting nonperishable food and new and gently used clothes to send to Jamaica amidst the recovery.

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Janice Clarke: I have an authentic Jamaican restaurant located on the corner of Third and Broadway. So if you're looking for oxtail and curry goat and jerk chicken and rice and peas and all the good stuff tha

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