About Us

The Dutch Pot Jamaican Restaurant began in 1998 after a friend and I were laid off from our jobs. While we were home figuring out what to do next, the idea came to us: why not start cooking and delivering meals to people we knew? We began by delivering food to my sister Jean, who is a cosmetologist, my other sisters, and a few friends who worked at nursing homes.

With support from our husbands, we set up a small cooking station in the backyard. My husband, Mr. Marshall, went to a local swap shop and found a single-burner stove and a gas cylinder, then brought them home and built a sturdy stand from metal studs to hold the stove. That backyard setup became the start of it all. What began as home-cooked deliveries quickly took off, and orders grew so fast we could hardly keep up. As demand continued to rise, we realized it was time to open a restaurant, and we made the decision to do so.

Without hesitation my husband started searching for spaces and saw a space in the West Gate Plaza on 441 and Broward Boulevard and approached the property manager about renting the space, which was done.

We had placed a down payment on the space, and my friend and partner at the time got cold feet and backed out. I wasn't sure what to do at first but I quickly made the decision to call my sister, Melony Gregory, and asked her if she wanted to be in business with me.

Without hesitation she said "yes"! During the process of getting the space ready we were trying to find the right name for the restaurant when a friend of mine from Chicago told us to call it The Dutch Pot in recognition of the type of pot we used back home in Jamaica.

The first Dutch Pot Jamaican Restaurant was opened in May 2000 at 111 North State Road 7 on Broward Boulevard in Plantation. The second Dutch Pot Jamaican Restaurant was opened in May 2005 at 6029 Kimberly Boulevard. The third location was opened in 2006 on Ives Dairy Road in Miami, which we sold in 2007. We then opened our forth location at Sunset Strip and 64th Avenue in Sunrise in August 2012.

To date we have proudly been doing business and running our services for fourteen years. Thanks to the heavenly father, the hard work of my family, employees, and most of all our valuable customers.

We greatly appreciate our loyal customers for trying our food and continuing to come back for more. We are grateful for everyone's support, which allows us to do what we love, which is provide the South Florida community with delicious Jamaican cuisine."