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The bodega nearest me in Baltimore is Hispanic, not sure if its Dominican or Dominican/Central American.
At work I get sandwiches from one in North Avenue and he’s is VERY Dominican. They do exist in Baltimore. There are also many Puerto Rican flags on the cars around my neighborhood.
Yes Hartford is exceptionally Puerto Rican but there are a small number of Dominicans with barbershops salons and bodegas. But ultimately I’m sure I’ve misinterpreted a bodega or two as Dominican or Puerto Rican where it wasn’t.
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I'm not sure of Dominican bodegas in Baltimore. Most of the stores in Baltimore from what I've seen are mainly run by Koreans, so it's a completely different ballgame south of the Mason Dixon Line as far as corner stores are concerned.
I've familiar with Hartford and it's a mostly Puerto Rican city, with smaller groups of Dominicans, Peruvians, Colombians, and Mexicans. It's so small, I've been in bodegas that were ran by Puerto Ricans, which I haven't seen in a long time. It seems like the bigger cities of NYC, Boston, and Philadelphia have bodegas that are ran by Dominicans.
The Arab and Dominican ran stores operate on the same premise: to serve general items such as soda, chips, cigarettes, and other paraphenalia to the neighborhoods they operate from. And the only reason Dominican food is less well known than Mexican food is because Dominicans only make up slightly less than 1% of the US population and are only concentrated in the Northeast and Florida. Mexicans make up about 10% of the population here and are practically in every corner of this country.
I'd argue that even in NYC, Mexican food is more popular than Dominican food. Yes there are a lot of Dominican restaurants within the Dominican neighborhoods, but Mexican food is broadly popular and I've been seeing more and more taco trucks pop up.
Yeah when I lived in NYC all of my Bodegas were Dominican or Puerto Rican. They had the Deli with the infamous Bacon Egg and Cheese on a Bagel. Some were meh, some were the ones you went too. You knew which one you went too. Everyone had their Bodega.
Jersey has a little more of an upscale version of Bodega's imo, but the quality isn't as good. Its not the same. I found a lot of the equivalents in New Brunswick and Jersey City.
Florida didn't have any. 7-Elevens and Wawas were the most similar.
Yeah when I lived in NYC all of my Bodegas were Dominican or Puerto Rican. They had the Deli with the infamous Bacon Egg and Cheese on a Bagel. Some were meh, some were the ones you went too. You knew which one you went too. Everyone had their Bodega.
Jersey has a little more of an upscale version of Bodega's imo, but the quality isn't as good. Its not the same. I found a lot of the equivalents in New Brunswick and Jersey City.
Florida didn't have any. 7-Elevens and Wawas were the most similar.
I think that New England doesn’t have many Mexicans. Anyone who knows better can feel free to correct me. I didn’t think Florida had many either. I associate it so much more with the Caribbean.
Yeah when I lived in NYC all of my Bodegas were Dominican or Puerto Rican. They had the Deli with the infamous Bacon Egg and Cheese on a Bagel. Some were meh, some were the ones you went too. You knew which one you went too. Everyone had their Bodega.
Jersey has a little more of an upscale version of Bodega's imo, but the quality isn't as good. Its not the same. I found a lot of the equivalents in New Brunswick and Jersey City.
Florida didn't have any. 7-Elevens and Wawas were the most similar.
I dont remember what they call them in Boston. I think I just remember saying the corner store? Or, Tedeschi's ... even though it wasnt a Tedeschi. However, I do remember growing up they lacked the Deli sections. Delis and Corner Stores were separate. Unlike NY.
I think that New England doesn’t have many Mexicans. Anyone who knows better can feel free to correct me. I didn’t think Florida had many either. I associate it so much more with the Caribbean.
It doesn’t CT has more but it’s not many. MA and points north essentially have none.
I dont remember what they call them in Boston. I think I just remember saying the corner store? Or, Tedeschi's ... even though it wasnt a Tedeschi. However, I do remember growing up they lacked the Deli sections. Delis and Corner Stores were separate. Unlike NY.
Yea they don’t typically have delis. just prepare food often from home and a microwave sometimes -my one in Hyde park always had a microwave. But some do have delis or takeouts it’s just rare. The one I showed on blue hill ave near franklin field is one. This is one also https://goo.gl/maps/nZcpfPQAFXjHUhoT8
People call them corner stores usually but I’ve heard bodegas as well. ‘ Papi store’ is another one. Might depend on the ethnicity of the owner when you hear festive Dominican music (all the one I showed are “Spanish”) one thinks ‘bodega’
But some do have delis or takeouts it’s just rare.
There are a few places near me in Lawrence that are “takeout-buffet“ style restaurants that don’t also function as convenience/corner stores. Do the same exist in NYC, and if so would they be called “delis” or “bodegas”?
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