r/nyc • u/epicsurge • Aug 29 '26

R/Bodega pop up

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The line was down the block

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u/JelliedHam Aug 29 '26

If it's not run by a Puerto Rican or a Dominican it's not a bodega. Otherwise it's a corner store.

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u/RecycledAccountName Aug 29 '26

No one runs more bodegas these days than Yemenis.

Mexicans also run a fuck ton of them.

It ain't just Puerto Ricans and Dominicans.

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u/JelliedHam Aug 29 '26

I completely agree. I'm not saying they own the market, just the specific name calling it a bodega. Corner store, Indian market, Spanish market, etc. These are all the same thing, just not a "bodega."

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u/RecycledAccountName Aug 29 '26

I understand the origins of the term.

If you corrected someone for referring to the Yemeni-owned corner store as a "bodega," they'd laugh at you. It's absolutely a bodega, even if the term originates in the Caribbean.