Photograph - Too Sweet Caribbean takeaway

Object

Photograph

Production date

10/2010

Object number

2023.11

Physical Description

Print of a photo of a man outside a Caribbean takeaway shop called 'Too Sweet'. He is looking sideways with his hands in his pockets. Part of a photo series by Colin O'Brien.

Object history

Kevin stands in front of the Caribbean takeaway shop he runs at 63 Chatsworth Road.

This photo is part of a series that featured in the exhibition ‘Last of the Real High Streets’ held in 2010 at Chats Palace, an arts centre and theatre in Hackney. The exhibition captured the changing shops and communities on Chatsworth Road, and included the stories of people written by travel writer Jane Egginton.

Associated Organisation

Chats Palace (Featured)

Associated Person

Colin O'Brien (Photographer)
Jane Egginton (Writer)

Associated Place

Chatsworth Road (Place)

Material

photo

Dimension

Length: 482mm
Width: 329mm

Exhibition Label

From the exhibition 'Last of the Real High Streets' at Chats Palace [8 October - 27 November 2010].

Too Sweet

This Caribbean takeaway, open every day from 11.30 to 10, does a brisk trade in patties, stewed chicken, oxtail, fried dumpling and chicken foot soup. Kevin, who is Jamaican, has owned this shop, which used to be opposite the funeral parlour, for ten years. ‘We have everyone coming here, not just Africans and West Indians. Even Vinny Jones comes here. There is a really nice community here and we are always very busy. We just want the market and to make people appreciate it.” One of Kevin’s customer comes here every day. He always orders ‘rasta man food like ackee and saltfish’ and Jamaican bun, which is a kind of cake, served with cheese, saying: “I wouldn’t come anywhere else; this place is the best. You get proper food and don’t ever get a belly ache”.