Summerset Road - Our Neighborhood
Welcome to our neighborhood, this is part of our charm and Old Negril style. There are many good people who live and work on this road.
We invite you to walk down the road toward the main West End Road [formerly called The Lighthouse Road] and meet our neighbors. As Jamaicans say, "Walk Good". |
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IPOL our local historian and farmer. You will find Ipol riding on Summerset Road on his yellow bicycle. He has been living in this area for a long time – almost 30 years; “before Summerset,” he points out. Ipol can tell you the history of this area of Negril, including some pretty interesting and funny stories. He is a farmer -- selling fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. Feel free to stop Ipol and find out what is in season and available. |
Stony Gate owned by Jeannie and Kevin, Jamericans. Jeannie is originally from Indiana and Kevin is her Jamaican Rasta husband. They rent out a cottage that can sleep five for the day, week or month. |
Charlie - the bamboo bar and shoppe in a well-kept yard. Charlie sells colorful, fun T-shirts, luxurious beach towels, sarongs, dresses, skirts, blouses, swimsuits, jewelry, carvings, handbags and hats. While you’re shopping you can purchase a cold Red Stripe or soda. Charlie is a friendly, jocular man who enjoys chatting with our visitors. He also grows fever grass, cerasse, jack in the bush, wild basil, tuna, sinkle bible, scorn the earth, leaf of life – bush for medicine and for teas to drink. He can also make you mushroom tea and anything else your heart desires.
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Bella Donna - Bella is a beautiful woman who graces the neighborhood. She lived in Italy for some time and specializes in Italian and Jamaican cuisine. Carbonara, lasagna, pizza. Wednesday & Friday – special nights at Bella Donna. She offers a buffet dinner of Jamaican food and an Italian dish for $600 J. Live Reggae Show later in the evening on Wednesday & Friday, featuring neighborhood and local artists. There is a friendly and warm atmosphere here and beautiful new murals by artist King Pinto. Bella also has rooms for rent. |
One Stop at Mr. Culture Craft Shop – Mr. Culture has been on Summerset Road for 12 years. He sells carvings, jewelry, shells and towels. You can hang some of his colorful carvings on the wall and order a special carving (like a favorite animal) and get a unique piece. “Just give me the order” says Mr. Culture “and I’ll see that you get what you want.”
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Gladstone – on the corner of the main West End Road and Summerset Road. Gladstone Hall is originally from an area called Section, in the heart of the Blue Mountain, and he mainly sells coffee. His family grows approximately 300 different varieties of coffee (some of it brought originally from Martinique). Gladstone was Chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Industry Board. He also has jerk season mix (personally chopped and blended), exotic herb teas, honey and other spices. See our Activities Book for information on Gladstone’s Humming Bird Blue Mountain Eco-Tours, which will take you “forward to nature.” |
Doctor Quality & Fay’s Art & Craft – in on the main West End Road, right before DJs Supermarket. Dr. Quality and Fay have an incredibly large selection of carvings, paintings, t-shirts, sarongs, jewelry, straw items, hats, baskets, beach towels and custom made carvings and jewelry. This shoppe is a “must see.” |
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DJ’s MINI MART – also known as “Rosie’s,” in on the main West End Road, about 50 yards past Summerset Road. This market has a wide selection of goods, from milk to bug spray to phone cards. DJ’s is also the local gathering place for our neighborhood – and there’s often an active game of dominoes going on in the shade. Visit DJ’s for various items you may need to purchase while here in Negril. This is Rosie in front of the business she runs with her husband, Yello. |
| If you walk up the other direction on Summerset Road (uphill), you will pass another resort, Divine Destiny, on your left and further on your right (before the blue table) is Pally’s Shoppe: |
| PAlly – has a beautiful garden with some unusual Jamaican beans, gungoo peas, plants (like Joseph’s Coat of many different colours) and flowers. Have a cold Red Stripe or soda with Pally and talk with her about the food you want to eat. She will take your order, buy the ingredients and prepare you a unique Jamaican meal. Pally specializes in vegetarian, ital cooking. She can get you practically any kind of herb you need and as Pally says, “mek dem bush tea” from Cerasee, Jack in the Bush, black mint, leaf of life, tuna, etc. |
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You can swim off the cliffs at Negril Escape – just a short walk West on the Main Road. |
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