Bodega

[nq:1]The dictionary defines 'bodega' as 'a small grocery store, sometimes combined with a wineshop, in certain Hispanic communities'. I've never ... sells beer and cigarettes. Is it really a wineshop? Does it often have a butchery, or is that something else?[/nq]
Many of the small, independently-owned, grocery stores in the Hispanic areas of this town have signs out in front that label them a

[nq:1]The dictionary defines 'bodega' as 'a small grocery store, sometimes combined with a wineshop, in certain Hispanic communities'. I've never seen one - I imagine a Mom and Pop grocery on the corner which also sells beer and cigarettes.[/nq]
That's what a bodega is in New York City. (R.F. will be along shortly to add details.)
[nq:1]Is it really a wineshop? Does it often have a butcher

[nq:2]The dictionary defines 'bodega' as 'a small grocery store, sometimes ... it often have a butchery, or is that something else?[/nq]
[nq:1]Many of the small, independently-owned, grocery stores in the Hispanic areas of this town have signs out in front that label them as a Bodega. They may sell wine, but wine is not the main product sold.[/nq]
"This town"? Coop, I'm confused I thought

[nq:1]The dictionary defines 'bodega' as 'a small grocery store, sometimes combined with a wineshop, in certain Hispanic communities'. I've never ... sells beer and cigarettes. Is it really a wineshop? Does it often have a butchery, or is that something else?[/nq]
In Jerez, a bodega is where sherry is manufactured and stored. I spent several happy days there last year touring the bodegas. The

In our last episode,
, the lovely and talented Sara Moffat Lorimer
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:2]The dictionary defines 'bodega' as 'a small grocery store, sometimes ... grocery on the corner which also sells beer and cigarettes.[/nq]
[nq:1]That's what a bodega is in New York City. (R.F. will be along shortly to add details.)[/nq]
Does that differ in any significant way

I first met the word "bodega" in London, in 1973. It was the name of a pub down the street from where I worked. I looked up the word, and it meant something like " place where wine is matured". I thought it had something to do with the production of sherry.
The NYC usage - meaning a little grocery store - was quite new to me.

Frances Kemmish
Production Manager
East Coast Youth

[nq:1]In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Sara Moffat Lorimer broadcast on alt.usage.english:[/nq]
[nq:2]That's what a bodega is in New York City. (R.F. will be along shortly to add details.)[/nq]
[nq:1]Does that differ in any significant way from a New York "candy store"?[/nq]
The categories overlap.

[nq:1]The dictionary defines 'bodega' as 'a small grocery store, sometimes combined with a wineshop, in certain Hispanic communities'. I've never ... sells beer and cigarettes. Is it really a wineshop? Does it often have a butchery, or is that something else?[/nq]
In Catalan Spain, a bodega is a wine shop (at least I've never noticed them selling anything other than alcohol).

David

[nq:1]The dictionary defines 'bodega' as 'a small grocery store, sometimes combined with a wineshop, in certain Hispanic communities'. I've never seen one - I imagine a Mom and Pop grocery on the corner which also sells beer and cigarettes. Is it really a wineshop?[/nq]
It depends on where the bodega is located. In some Hispanic countries, as Colombia, Venezuela and others in tropical areas, w

[nq:1]In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Sara Moffat Lorimer broadcast on alt.usage.english:[/nq]
[nq:2]That's what a bodega is in New York City. (R.F. will be along shortly to add details.)[/nq]
[nq:1]Does that differ in any significant way from a New York "candy store"?[/nq]
Candy stores are extinct. We have delis and Koreans, except in Spanish- speaking areas. Tnere we h