15 bodegas we love in New York right now (2014, neighborhood)

[Aeran]

FYI...though some on the list aren't really, technically bodegas (I remember that bodega debate thread a few years back).

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/bode...-118--74808760

A New York neighborhood is only as strong as its best bodega, and lucky for New Yorkers, the boroughs are full of excellent, oft-open corner stores...

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by Aeran

FYI...though some on the list aren't really, technically bodegas (I remember that bodega debate thread a few years back).

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/bode...-118--74808760

A New York neighborhood is only as strong as its best bodega, and lucky for New Yorkers, the boroughs are full of excellent, oft-open corner stores...

This is blasphemy

[Foamposite]

Bodegas aren't supposed to be noteworthy.

[Mr. Ryu]

Timeout is running out of ideas. Bodegas we love???

[pierrepont7731]

Bodegas? Dirty, overpriced... Did I mention dirty? No thanks.

[prospectheightsresident]

Originally Posted by pierrepont7731

Bodegas? Dirty, overpriced... Did I mention dirty? No thanks.

The post gentrification bodegas are actually pretty nice

It's amazing what a more affluent neighborhood demographic makes bodega owners do to fix their stores up to appeal to the newcomers.

[90sSitcom]

Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident

The post gentrification bodegas are actually pretty nice

It's amazing what a more affluent neighborhood demographic makes bodega owners do to fix their stores up to appeal to the newcomers.

They get those flashy lights but they still are dirty!

[prospectheightsresident]

Originally Posted by 90sSitcom

They get those flashy lights but they still are dirty!

The lights blind those who are unaware of what to look for to the dirt

[90sSitcom]

I remember many years ago I was staying with a friend and the nearest bodega never had any items on the shelf. They never restocked. I said something going on there. A few months later I was at my own place in a different neighborhood and she calls to tell me I was right. The place was busted. It was a front store

[prospectheightsresident]

The thing that I loved most about NYC bodegas were the subs. They were always among the best of the best in my experience.