Bodeguita

Bodeguita comes from the Spanish language. It means "small store" or "small warehouse". Traditionally, Bodeguita existed selling general merchandise, they where replaced slowly by the chain store, same way large US chains have practically eliminated the "mom 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 Restaurants, 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.

In many ways, Bodeguita, as we know them today, will eventually disappear, hopefully, http://www.bodeguita.com will help preserve all that Bodeguita means to may of us.