When Charlie first came to Canada, he couldn’t find groceries from back home so he decided to open his own store. More than two decades later, Charlie’s is a full family operation that feels like a second home for anyone looking for a taste of the Caribbean in #Mississauga.

“When I go get my haircut I go to Trinbagos. It’s not like going to Magic Cuts… you’re going to get a real barber there.” – Randy Chiasson, Mississauga, ON

“And it had the big white sign that said ‘Fire Pit’, and it always had something spelt wrong on the board.”-Andrew Motyliwski, Mississauga, ON

“We call it plantain. There are many kinds of plantain, but here you only call it banana. BAH-NAH-NA.”- Sinappu Santhiapallai, Mississauga, ON

“We have original dish, Arabic dish, but when Canadian people try it, they like it so much .”- Ali Fallaha, Mississauga, ON