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

[SC kid]

@bodegacat

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

Bodega = Latinos
Deli = habibi/ Mo/ ahki

 

[debso]

I'm from queens. A bodega is a bodega. If someone said corner store I'd know what they mean but yeah it's a bodega to me.

 

[tay1]

L.A. =the liquor store.

This.

 

[ksteezy]

Bodega is more of a Bronx/uptown/Harlem thing, specifically where there is a large population of Hispanics.

 

[JetsfanQ]

Bodega is more of a Bronx/uptown/Harlem thing, specifically where there is a large population of Hispanics.

i dont know.,..i dont really know alotta heads from bx or harlem who says bodega ( even spanish heads) its a word that pops up every now & then....ive heard heads in queens & bk also say bodega though

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Bodega is a dated term

 

[aNYone]

i dont know.,..i dont really know alotta heads from bx or harlem who says bodega ( even spanish heads) its a word that pops up every now & then....ive heard heads in queens & bk also say bodega though

Everyone said cornerstore growing up. If someone used the term bodega tho we knew exactly what they were talking about.

 

[jordman23]

Bodega : a place you go to get bacon, egg, cheese special. Get loosies, get white owls

 

[Xennial]

Bodegas are owned by the dominicans, Delis are owned by the Yemenese

 

[Bert.]

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

Feel like bodega is a NY thing

I lived in urban areas with a ton of corner stores liquor stores whatever

Never heard anyone actually use it

 

[biggie62]

Bodega is more of a Hispanic name for it amongst the Hispanic population. A deli is what we called it on my side of the neighborhood. But when I would go to the Hispanic side as a kid it was a bodega. Overall it was fairly interchangeable depending where you were. And yes a deli had to make sandwiches on the spot. But I’ve never ran into one in the 5 boroughs that didn’t.

 

[JetsfanQ]

Everyone said cornerstore growing up. If someone used the term bodega tho we knew exactly what they were talking about.

yeah thats what im saying @ we all was saying corner store or store

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Are there Bodegas in the DR?

brendasdeadbaby ninjahood

 

[ninjahood]

Bodega is a dated term

la bodega? dated?

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

Bodega is a dated term

they are called bodegas in most Spanish speaking countries. It’s not some street slang created in nyc.

 

[you go boy]

i always use the term corner store... when i go to NYC though i call them bodegas...

 

[ninjahood]

Are there Bodegas in the DR?

brendasdeadbaby ninjahood

they're called "colmados" in DR, usually cuz you can also dine in. they'll have one or 2 plastic tables & chair sets where u can eat what you bought on da spot.

 

[debso]

Bodega is more of a Bronx/uptown/Harlem thing, specifically where there is a large population of Hispanics.

I'm from queens and say bodega.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

la bodega? dated?

they are called bodegas in most Spanish speaking countries. It’s not some street slang created in nyc.

Pardon me i didn't mean globally or any large scale

Corner store & Deli are use more often FACTS

 

[|A-Man|]

I don't know why but the thread title got me laughing hard. I dunno why

 

[fluid hips]

Deli or bodega

 

[pr0phecy718]

Deli or bodega

It’s interchangeable for me

 

[sparklecity sc]

In the south we say we're going to the Sto (store)

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Bodegas have a cat on the counter delis do not.