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Aspiring Bodega Owner #1: Hey, Partner, let’s start a bodega.
Aspiring Bodega Owner #2: Great idea, buddy. Where?
Aspiring Bodega Owner #1: How about four doors down from an existing deli?
Aspiring Bodega Owner #2: Great idea! We can’t lose! GMAP
Update: The 713 Deli has actually been closed for a while so maybe the folks opening the new place at 707 Fulton are actually business geniuses and it’s our commentary that’s superfluous!


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  1. “Anyone remember the Radio District?”

    Before my time, but many of those store were forced out of business (actually through eminent domain) in order to build the World Trade Center. Heartbreaking stories about families who never financially recovered…

  2. Is Brownstoner still the same guy? Hard to imagine that such a change in editorial tone could occur in just the last two days.

    Mr. B- if you are still Mr. B. hope you’re OK. You sound like you’re blogging from a place of frustration.

  3. WBer – I dont know if that theory holds for ‘bodegas’ that have a generalized product mix. People arent cross shopping beer and pretzels the way they might jewelry, electronics or even restaurants –

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