From:    DRYCLEAN USA. Inc.
         290 NE 68th Street
         Miami, FL  33138
         Michael Steiner  (305) 754-4551
         Venerando Indelicato  (813) 814-0722

                    FOR RELEASE AT 9: 00AM ON March 24, 2005

DRYCLEAN USA, Inc. Declares Semi-Annual Dividend and Increases the Annual Rate
by 17%

Miami, FL - March 24, 2005 - DRYCLEAN USA, Inc. (AMEX:DCU), today announced that
the Board of Directors declared a $.035 semi-annual dividend, payable on May 2,
2005 to shareholders of record on April 15, 2005. The previous cash dividend
distributed on November 1, 2004 was an annual dividend of $.06 per share.

Venerando J. Indelicato, Chief Financial Officer of DRYCLEAN USA, stated that,
"Our cash flow continues to grow, strengthening the Company's financial
position. The Board has reaffirmed its policy of distributing extra cash to our
shareholders by increasing the Company's dividend rate and making the
distribution semi-annually."

DRYCLEAN USA, Inc. through its subsidiaries is one of the nation's leading
distributors of industrial laundry, dry cleaning machines and steam boilers. Its
subsidiary, DRYCLEAN USA License Corp, is one of the largest franchise and
license operations in the dry cleaning industry, currently consisting of over
400 franchised and licensed stores in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin
America.

This press release contains certain information that is subject to a number of
known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and
trends to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Information concerning such factors are discussed in
Company reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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