FIRST LOOK: New Jamaican-Inspired Restuarant Opens In BK This Weekend

BROOKLYN, NY — A new Jamaican-inspired restaurant is set to open inside the Hotel Indigo Williamsburg on Saturday.

Continent Brooklyn opens its doors to the public on June 1 and will feature a food and drink menu from Chef Scotley Innis and Aliya Huey.

The new Brooklyn location is an outpost of their successful Continent Restaurant & Cigar Lounge in Atlanta.

Innis, known for his television appearances on Hell's Kitchen, Chopped, and Late Night Eats, said the cuisine for the restaurant is based on his own Jamaican heritage.

"I’m excited to be back in my hometown and show the culmination of my work to this point through Continent Brooklyn,” said Innis. "I want to show people a slightly different part of myself as a New Yorker with Jamaican roots and offer an experience that is true to who I am but also feels authentic in its new home in Brooklyn.”

Continent Brooklyn will be able to seat 110 people. The restaurant will have two dining rooms with windows facing a garden, a full-service bar, an upstairs bar lounge with premium and rare spirits and a private terrace.

You can view the restaurant's extensive menu here.

The Continent Brooklyn will be open 5 p.m. to midnight on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday, and 5 p.m. – 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

"We are thrilled to have Chef Scotley open his second dining concept at our hotel,” Nicolas Daeppen, General Manager of Hotel Indigo Williamsburg, said. Chef Innis’ passion for creating community around unique flavors and the success he brings from Continent Atlanta will undoubtedly anchor his culinary presence in our vibrant neighborhood for all to enjoy.”