Caribbean Vibes brings flavors of Trinidad to downtown Acworth – Cobb Courier

By Mark Woolsey A touch of the Caribbean has come to downtown Acworth, with the opening of a restaurant and bar devoted to tropical cuisine. The aptly named Caribbean Vibes opened its doors in early April, taking over a space that formerly housed a craft cocktail bar. An April 9 ribbon cutting drew city officials, the chamber, and the business community.  Owner and Trinidad native Susan Flynn is pleased at the response to date, but says she’s still scrambling to fully flesh out her staff and pin down entertainment options. The approach is firmly Caribbean, but a number of dishes hail from Trinidad and ultimately derive from past Indian subcontinent migration to the country. And Flynn knows it all well. “I grew up in an old-fashioned Indian home,” she says. “I had to start cooking at a very young age. My mom started teaching me cooking at 13 or 14 years old.” Flynn says she emigrated to New York in 1995 and started several business ventures before selling them in 2019 and following her brother to metro Atlanta. She weighed unretiring, thinking about a healthy drink stand or a sports bar venture, but ultimately settled on a restaurant to capitalize
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