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.
2 CommentsManuel 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.
3 CommentsIt 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…
2 CommentsIf 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…
One CommentAt Diana Market in Hyde Park, MA, a young Bengali couple rapidly adapts to running a business in the United States.
4 CommentsWhat 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…
Leave a Comment7/31/2011: Jahangir and Rokeya Kabir, owners of Well Foods Plus, have been getting a lesson on how to fight for their livelihood. Their landlord, Jim…
Leave a Comment5/25/2010: Sanjay Patel and his wife Devyani have been in the United States for about twenty years. Originally they come from the state of Gujarat,…
Leave a CommentThe 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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