Junior Dacres's backyard cookouts gained popularity through word of mouth before social media upped its exposure.
Running an unofficial restaurant in his backyard wasn’t in Dacres’s plans. “When it started, it was just guys coming by, coming to my place. I just invited people to my house since I got a nice yard, and they used to come to my place and play dominoes, play cards,” he explains. “Everyone threw in $5, $10, and we used that to run a boat.”“Running a boat” is Jamaican vernacular for a group of friends, typically young men, gathering to cook food together.
It was only during his weekend boats that he got to cook the traditional Jamaican recipes he learned from his mother, like oxtail, jerk chicken, curry chicken, fried snapper, beef patties and more. “I don’t read no book, don't look at no recipe. I just do my thing, and the people just love the way I do it,” Dacres says.
Dacres, now 61 years old, isn't on social media; he doesn't even have an email address. He admits that he knew he was operating in the gray, but the growth of Sugar’s from cookouts with friends to Aurora’s hottest new restaurant was just so sudden and unexpected. In many ways, he still saw the venture as a hobby — a side project to earn a few extra bucks.
"The business did not have a City of Aurora business license. Also, a restaurant is not permitted at that location, as it is in a single-family residence in an OA-R1 zone district," explains Vaughn"The business was issued a notice of violation by the city on April 7, 2023, for operating without a license and operating in an un-permitted zone."
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