Bodegas: Living the American Dream

Diana is beautiful

What I got out of this is Michael, the young customer, has a fantastic mom. He refers to Diane and Miss Diane.

nice story :)

leaving by foot hinge pressure cloat ain't traditional

I’m calling ICE😂

Before the Bodegas, there were the Jewish/Italian luncheonettes. NYC is always changing.

Dumb parents worried about a college degree when they've already built the perfect American dream for their daughter to inherit & she wants it & appreciates it. Stop living like it's the 70s people. Information is free & accessible colleges are toxic assets go build a business with your family

They scare me

in Philippines, those are called "sari-sari store"
"sari-sari" roughly translates to "variety"

looking up Kyo Kusanagi specials and strategies brought me here.

Now explain how it's a front for drugs and criminal enterprises

I wonder if a big name convenience store came in like 7-Eleven etc. would it change the demographics of the people coming in there?
Every time I hear of a bodega it’s because something bad has happened there.

Bodega is a warehouse not a convenience store. Just another example of Puerto Ricans messing up the Spanish language and the east coast following suit.

Thank you TACO 🌮 people.

Bodegas provided a link to Puerto Rico everything from the products they
carried to the towns in Puerto Rico from which they derived their
names. There are leadership roles the owners of these businesses hold in
the community. Bodegas are places where friends and
neighbors would meet up to socialize. In the past. it was the social
fabric of the Puerto Rican community in addition to serving the Hispanic
population of New York City.

Jose Alba is innocent

LatinAmerican backwardness imported into the US.

Bodegas are nice but i cant imagine living off the food there. It's all sodium laden junk food. I know they gotta sell what makes money but where's the grocery store?

Looks like a convenience store to me.

In Cal, the stereotype is the convenience store, like 7-11, owned and operated by Indian, Korean, Middle-Eastern men, that are often hit on by gangstas.

Bodegas were begun by the first Puerto Ricans that arrived in NYC almost 100 years ago. At that early time, there weren't many, if any people who spoke Spanish, let alone somewhere where they could find their food staples, spices and ingredients. They opened food stores that catered only to them selling food products they consumed. They called these stores Bodega which is a Spanish word for Cellar because this was the place where their food was stored and sold to their communities. In the early to mid 70's most of these Bodegas were sold and bought by Dominicans who were then beginning to arrive en masse to NYC.

That's why when I visit NYC, I usually get a deli sandwich at any local bodega than the known tourist trap delis around Manhattan;

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Which block do i find Dyana tho

Bodega sandwiches are awesome and cheap.

Chop cheese baby !!!!!!

I live in PA and we got bodegas on every single corner . They got the best hot food coffee snacks etc

The best coffe 😂🤣🤣🤣

I’m here after watching in the heights

HE AND HIS BROTHERS OWN 12 OF THEM, LOL SO THATS WHERE ALL THE DRUG PROFITS ARE GOING

that young girl is beautiful

My family has owned restaurants for over 35 years and my husband and I have run them for about 20 years ... my family said the same thing about doing something different... we wouldn’t change anything we love our restaurants and our patrons...keep your dream alive girlfriend... it’s ALL WORTH IT ... would love to visit after COVID is stomped out ✌️😌

Bodegas are a staple in NYC. If you took away the bodegas or changed them, the city wouldn’t be the same.

How do you run a news-segment about bodegas, but leave out the bodega cat?

Working since she was six isn't that ilegl

This channel keeps deleting my comments cuz I'm telling the truth they don't want u to hear about NY corner stores and why B ppl don't run any of em 🤷🏿‍♀️

so its 711 but owned and ran by a local

New York City gang know the vibe at a bodega

bodega for Northern mexico means warehouse. but went i hear bodega with caribian accent i know what they are talking about

Here on the west coast we just call them convenience stores

Woooo😋

OMG bacon egg and cheese

It’s called a deli

I understand how Diana feels. My father did not want me to run our small business so now I do what the reporter does and it’s hard work too.

his daughter has a B-O-D-Y

Thirty years in America and still can’t speak English

Bodega actually means "storage" liears

So these men are just Money laundering. Just making everything community legit. Hats off too you

In the Philippines, bodega is where we store old and broken things. So expect cobwebs, rats, spiders and roaches together with old memories when you go to our bodega. 😂😂😂

These places loan out money to shady people. That's how they make most of their money.