Bodegas are literally just gas stations without the gas, IDK why NYC thinks they're the only city in America where you can go to a convenience store at 2 a.m
Also the thing where they'll talk about how "diverse" the staff at Bodegas are and how that makes them special, as if every 7/11 outside the North East is exclusively staffed by white coal miners.
Brooklyn delenda est
It's the same phenomenon as "western cuisine" where they make up 230489203948 different names for the same combination of meat/thyme/butter in order to feel special about themselves and provide an illusion of uniqueness and diversity where there is none.