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Monday 7:30am - 8:30pm Tuesday 7:30am - 8:30pm Wednesday 7:30am - 8:30pm Thursday 7:30am - 8:30pm Friday 7:30am - 8:30pm Saturday 7:30am - 8:30pm

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Caribbean Food Rochester

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You don't need a vacation to taste the tropical sensations. Just Cruise right over to D&L's Tropical Sensation Groceries. Are you in the mood for Jamaican food?

We stock the biggest selection of exotic fruits, vegetables, sizzling spices and other wonderful Caribbean and African specialties. D&L Groceries is a family oriented Rochester-based company. The food we provide is part of a growing trend towards unique, healthy, flavorful, and ethnic food choices that our guests are craving. Our products are not easy to source, and are authentic, satisfying the r

equirements of the customers that eat them as staples, and also exciting the taste buds of adventurous home cooks throughout Rochester. D&L’s Tropical Sensations Restaurant serves classic Jamaican cuisine, dinners, soups and Jamaican Style Patties. Other services include catering for special events and shipping.

Payment Options: Amex Cash Discover Mastercard Visa

Price Range: $

General Manager: Linford Hamilton

Culinary Team: Deloris Hamilton, Anthony Ricketts

Attire: Casual

Address

1005 Genessee Streets
Rochester, NY
14611

Along RTS bus route 4, 6, 24 or 19

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 8:30pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 8:30pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 8:30pm
Thursday	7:30am - 8:30pm
Friday	7:30am - 8:30pm
Saturday	7:30am - 8:30pm

Telephone

(585) 436-0460

Website

dandlgroceries.com

Services

Delivery
Catering
Takeout
Walkins

Specialties

Breakfast
Coffee
Dinner
Drinks
Lunch

Products

African and Jamaican Snacks, Caribbean food items, Caribbean Juices, Tonics, Produce, African Meats

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Want your business to be the top-listed Grocery Store in Rochester?

Black business owners pursue American dream

When Linford Hamilton and his wife, Deloris, opened their grocery store 32 years ago, Rochester looked very different.

Kodak and Xerox were expanding. Crime rates were lower. And in a small neighborhood on Genesee Street, they began D&L Grocery. Their store currently sells Caribbean and African foods, including tropical produce.

Since then, Hamilton services local repeat customers in what he calls the "food desert" of the 19th Ward.

"We got started as a store just to fill a need for Caribbean food in the area," he said. "Because of our location and there's no [nearby] markets, our inventory has shifted to a lot of local needs."

He plans to open another, larger Caribbean and African market in the Rochester area next year.

The National Black Chamber of Commerce records indicate that there are 2.1 million African-American business owners in the U.S. In Rochester, the U.S. Census Bureau survey estimates about 20 percent of businesses are owned by African-Americans. These New York state businesses make up the largest number of black-owned firms in the country at 204,032, with receipts of $12.8 billion, according to the census.

Ebony Miller, program manager at the Saunders College of Business Center for Urban Entrepreneurship at RIT, works to triage businesses that are either based in urban areas or do work out of urban areas in Rochester.

The organization provides a variety of resources including educational workshops and facilitates networking opportunities.

Miller finds financial challenges are the biggest difficulty with small businesses. Many business owners didn't learn proper procedures before starting their own enterprise, she says.

"Their support happens when they enter our classes," Miller said. "What most businesses don't realize is that their struggles mirror one another."

Craig Carson of Greece has been practicing law in Rochester for almost four years, and makes up the 5 percent of African-American lawyers in the nation, according to census statistics published by the American Bar Association. Carson believes Rochester's small job market as well as a lack of diversity in the field contributed to his personal self-doubt in running his own business.

Ebony Miller (Photo: Provided)