I'm guessing this is a New York thing, but what is a "Bodega"?

[fdub]

I hear a lot of New Yorkers say, I'm trying to go to "bodega". So, what is a Bodega, just curious.

 

[Based Jesus]

It's a cornerstore. One of those little supermarkets.

I thought they were called bodegas everywhere

You learn something new everyday.

 

[Comparison Ford]

 

[M. Fresh]

We just say we are going to the store or gas station.

 

[heliumclinton]

Only Spanish ppl say that, everybody call it a cornerstone

 

[waitwut]

I hear a lot of New Yorkers say, I'm trying to go to "bodega". So, what is a Bodega, just curious.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+a+bodega

 

[thug]

I never heard anyone call it a cornerstone


I hear deli used a lot more than bodega

 

[rell826]

Never heard corner store? Wow.

 

[goofy08]

They are called 'convenience stores' around my way.

 

[youngdoc]

I grew up in the burbs

We have convenience stores like CVS/Walgreens, gas stations and liquor stores

 

[ice city fc]

 

[tomdiginson]

I never called it bodega (lives in NYC). I refer to it as the corner store.

 

[dman14]

first time i heard of bodega was from that kid show "GHOSTWRITER" where one of the kid's family owned a bodega

 

[Bonafide]

A friend of mine from outside NYC thought a bodega was a type of food

 

[zipp 202]

 

[zipp 202]

first time i heard of bodega was from that kid show "GHOSTWRITER" where one of the kid's family owned a bodega

 

[solexsup]

I live in brooklyn, always called it a "deli"

 

[am1x90xnike]

From md. I always use bodega for the corner store the A Rabs owned, called the workers 'Habbibi'/ Habib. Then I say corner store for everywhere else, except the spots Asians owned, always called it 'the Chinese store' referring to all employees (regardless of race or gender) as 'the ********'

Ex.

Im bout to hit up Habbibi

Man, the ******** got me for 50 cent, ain't that bout a *****

Man, they ain't even got wraps at the corner store, Habib be taxing, but they got the right joints, The ******** bout to close.


Lol everyone always knew exactly which store I was talking bout.


I love my youth lol

 

[wayniac211]

Every time I hear bodega, I think of a turkey sandwich

 

[freeze]

Corner store nephew

 

[suberzat1]

This is the only spot I call Bodega.....everything else is a corner store

 

[tomdiginson]

I live in brooklyn, always called it a "deli"

That too.

 

[sarkastikbuchan]

I always related "bodega" to the sneaker store.

 

[shogun]

I call it bodega if it's owned by a Latino with Latin / South American employees.

Otherwise I just call it the convenience store.

 

[beh235]

Forgot Bodega's are unique to this region