Bodeguita

Bodeguita, comes from the Spanish language. it means "small store" or "small warehouse". Traditionally, Bodeguitas existed selling general merchandise, they where replaced slowly by the chain store, same way large US chains have partically eliminated the "mon and pop" store.

The Bodeguita existed primarily in Latin America, in many small towns, they still exist! They are like smaller versions of a General Store.

In the USA we do find several Bars and Resturants, mainly serving Cuban food, they come from a famous "La Bodeguita del Medio" Bar in Cuba.

Recently, a Web store called http://www.Bodeguita.com has started offering hard to find products from Latin America in the US, they are based in Florida.