Restaurateur Adeline Alexander Balances Business, Community, and Cricket With Vision and Grit

Adeline Alexander, known for her two Tuck Shop locations and decades of service in cricket and food sales, is now developing a business masterclass and teen finance program while navigating inflation, bureaucracy, and the cost of doing business in STT.

Adeline Alexander, a fixture on the food service and cricket scenes, recently opened up and shared insights into her life as a restaurateur deeply involved in serving her community.

Ms. Alexander was speaking to Laura Forbes, whose latest episode of Live With Laura aired on Sunday on the Consortium's social media platforms. The 34-year St. Thomas resident disclosed that her journey in the food industry began out of necessity.

She was at work one day when hunger struck and Ms. Alexander realized she would have to leave the office and go to either Red Hook or Havensight for lunch. Not wanting to interrupt her work, she realized that “we need to have something nearby where we can get a little something to eat. That was the inspiration for the first location” for the Tuck Shop, next to Caribbean Food Service, where Ms. Alexander works as sales manager.

Her second location came about by chance. “We live downtown, and it so happened that a restaurant right next to where we live became vacant,” Ms. Alexander told Laura. “The landlord approached me and asked if I would be interested in taking over, and I took the leap.”