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But pizza and delis are just as cheap if not cheaper in many cases.
What about for fried chicken?
I don't eat fried chicken.
I eat everything whole grain. Whole Foods is my favorite grocery store, so that gives you an idea how I eat. Not really a fast food or a fried food person. I'm a skinny guy and I make sure I stay that way.
Ethnic restaurants generally have good portions of vegetables and meats, along with rice. In Manhattan I can even get brown rice at these places. At Subways I always get the whole grain buns.
So now I'm not really a fan of any pizza joint, or any deli.
I think your nostalgia for an earlier era of NY manifests in your preference for all these things that some would claim are quintessentially NY. I don't care about these things. I eat pizza so rarely if every pizza joint in the city disappeared, I would not care. I don't like fast food either.
All the places that I would eat out in tend to be either aimed at immigrants, or gentrifiers so this gives you an ideas what kinds of businesses I like. Not a fan of old school New York businesses and as they get gentrified out or forced to change to the times I'm usually happy.
When I see old school videos of New York, the bodegas seemed to have a low key but neat appearance.
Nowadays, most of them are fugly! Stock images of various food on the windows, and really ugly signs, often with the color changing lights. It's almost like the owners go out of their way to make them ugly as possible!
Those images were sanitized. Most bodegas in The Bronx today are no nastier than than the bodegas in most of Manhattan and the rest of the city in the 70's and 80's... and I was here so I know.
Those images were sanitized. Most bodegas in The Bronx today are no nastier than than the bodegas in most of Manhattan and the rest of the city in the 70's and 80's... and I was here so I know.
I was only talking about the awnings. They look a lot tackier now.
I know what you mean.....thats because the Arabic bodega owners found out they can double their profits by combining their Crown Fried Chickens and bodegas in the same space, its like having 2 stores in 1, and now they dont have to break the law by selling lucys because they're making more legal money. So I guess it's the new way of attracting business with the flashy signs and what-not. Evolving business model.
Do you mean like a Crown Fried Chicken that also sells bodega stuff? So far I haven't seen one.
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I think we need some pics on this thread, or at least some Google street view shots.
When I see old school videos of New York, the bodegas seemed to have a low key but neat appearance.
Nowadays, most of them are fugly! Stock images of various food on the windows, and really ugly signs, often with the color changing lights. It's almost like the owners go out of their way to make them ugly as possible!
Because they are the losers of the lot. The old school Bodega is a dinosaur. Those that had the chance or ability to remodeled their stores into nicer delis or sold their business.
Because they are the losers of the lot. The old school Bodega is a dinosaur. Those that had the chance or ability to remodeled their stores into nicer delis or sold their business.
I'm not talking about what they sell inside, just the exterior appearance
It's true I seen several shut down to to this or drug dealings.
It's why bodegas are typically cash only. Many (not all) are just fronts for money laundering and other illicit activities such as drug dealing.
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