This is an African/Caribbean type grocery store. The owners are from Ghana. They have canned/dried goods, fresh produce, frozen meat/produce, plus some sundries.
My favorite things to buy here are:
1. Jamaican ginger ale (non-alcoholic). Has a real gingery bite. American ginger ale will seem weak by comparison after trying this.
2. Plantains, very green, for slicing and deep-frying into chips.
3. Palm oil. This is a "bad" oil high in saturated fat, but I use it in moderation. One, for "seasoning" cast-iron skillets (instead of Crisco). And two, just a teaspoon added to "good oil" when cooking popcorn. (I cook regular non-microwave popcorn in a wok, using 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon of peanut oil or corn oil, plus 1 teaspoon of palm oil, plus 1/2 cup of popcorn kernals.) The palm oil gives it a movie-theater flavor and a little tint of orange.
4. Canned powdered (dry) whole milk. Most powdered milk you buy at American groceries is non-fat. This has all the cream. I don't like to buy fresh milk, because I don't drink much. So I keep this around for baking. Watch the expiration date, because it doesn't keep as long as non-fat milk, but it's still usually good for at least a year.
5. Various flours, like yam flour, cocoyam flour, plantain flour, rice flour, and corn starch.
6. Exotic bar soaps. They have various imported soap, some medicated some very fragrant. read more