The daughter of a bodega owner makes a decision to abandon her college plans to help at the store.
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The facade of the A & I Convenience Store is the most bizarre I’ve encountered while doing The Bodega Project.
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Manuel Mariñez had a formula to get into the bodega business at the young age of 22. It meant making some sacrifices, but he was sure it would work. He was right.
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It doesn’t look like it belongs. Mama’s Ti Marche bodega sits just outside of Boston’s busy Mattapan Square. But from its quaint sign outside to…
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If anyone can be said to have bodegas in his blood, it’s Alexandro Tejeda of Las Americas Market in Dorchester. He’s owned the store since…
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At Diana Market in Hyde Park, MA, a young Bengali couple rapidly adapts to running a business in the United States.
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What makes one want to buy a broken-down bodega and transform it into a successful business–especially when you already have one? “It was a piece…
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7/31/2011: Jahangir and Rokeya Kabir, owners of Well Foods Plus, have been getting a lesson on how to fight for their livelihood. Their landlord, Jim…
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5/25/2010: Sanjay Patel and his wife Devyani have been in the United States for about twenty years. Originally they come from the state of Gujarat,…
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The first question that may occur to you as you enter Leo’s Grocery is: who’s Leo? “Leo is the friend of my father, Marcelino Moreno,”…
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