1127 Nostrand 
1914 

In the late 1990s, McDonald Romain identified the need for authentic West Indian food products in the Little Caribbean neighborhood. These were widely available in his home country of Granada but there were few ways to bring them to the US. He then set out to establish Labay Market, which opened in 2005 at this three-story brick building at the corner of Nordstrand Avenue, offering a wide array of goods essential to prepare traditional dishes. Romain, also known as "Big Mac," imports many of the items from his family's 60- acre farm in Grenada. He also imports traditional utensils and spices from nearby islands.