We wend somewhat dreamily through the Ciutat Vella (old town), landing on decidedly curious Bodegas Baviera (40 Calle Corregeria).
One student found her neighborhood's bodegas and hardware stores didn't have an online presence, so she created logos and websites for them.
Because the effort targets bodegas, restaurants, food carts, and movie theaters, but not convenience and grocery stores, critics say it is arbitrary.
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And the Grand Concourse resembles the spacious Parisian thoroughfare it was modeled after, with a few bodegas thrown in for good luck.
Alternatively, dark and dingy Danish bodegas are found everywhere in the city and they are an authentic experience and always serve cheap beer.
This means you can visit several bodegas within close proximity and taste completely different products, each with the unique signature of the winemaker.
He started out selling olives and olive oil to Spanish immigrants, first in his storefront and then distributing to bodegas throughout New York and New Jersey.
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The cheap Salvadoran bodegas in Columbia Heights are also mixing with upmarket wine bars, such as Maple, where hot young things eat delicate servings of pasta on a reclaimed wood bar.
Dukes said she supported tackling obesity by limiting unhealthy food and increasing opportunities for physical activity, but insisted it was wrong to "single out" bodegas which struggle to compete with large corporations.
The bulk of his current fortune comes from Jetro Holdings, which operates Jetro Cash and Carry stores and Restaurant Depots in the New York City area -- supplying wholesale goods to bodegas, small stores and restaurants.
"If Mayor Bloomberg is serious about taking this issue on, he cannot single out bodegas who will struggle to adapt and compete with corporate franchises, " Hazel Dukes, president of the NAACP New York state branch, said in a statement Friday.
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