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Circling back: Pearl Island’s Caribbean cuisine gets a boost from C’ville Builds
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Circling back: Pearl Island’s Caribbean cuisine gets a boost from C’ville Builds

If pigeon peas, plantains, and pikliz jumpstart a craving for you, you’re probably a fan of Pearl Island Foods. The Caribbean-centric food business launched with a booth at Charlottesville City Market in 2014, before moving into the Jefferson School City Center two years later. Sober Pierre, owner and operator of Pearl Island Foods, and Executive […]

jennygardiner | October 28, 2020

Culture Living

Circling back: Pearl Island’s Caribbean cuisine gets a boost from C’ville Builds

If pigeon peas, plantains, and pikliz jumpstart a craving for you, you’re probably a fan of Pearl Island Foods. The Caribbean-centric food business launched with a booth at Charlottesville City Market in 2014, before moving into the Jefferson School City Center two years later. Sober Pierre, owner and operator of Pearl Island Foods, and Executive […]

jennygardiner | October 28, 2020

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