And now for something completely different! We're here in Roxbury, MA, an unincorporated community in Boston. Tropical Foods (El Platanero) is here in this brand-new, ultra-modern building. This new-build supermarket opened in 2015 and is really nice. Here's some history from Tropical Foods' website . . . "In 1961, Pastor Medina was forced out of his supermarket business and ultimately out of his home country - Cuba - by Fidel Castro. "Coming to the United States with his wife, two daughters and literally just the clothes on their back; Pastor worked many jobs and saved for his dream of one day owning a supermarket again. "In 1974, Pastor rented a small corner of a building on Washington Street in Boston’s Dudley Square selling just plantains – earning the store the name that most of its Spanish clientele still call it today: “El Platanero” (The Banana Man). Pastor’s brother Andres soon joined the company and together, over the next 14 years, t...