Interesting: I only know the term “bodega” in its borrowed-into-English small-convenience-store sense, and since this …

Interesting: I only know the term “bodega” in its borrowed-into-English small-convenience-store sense, and since this clearly wasn't one, I looked up the actual Spanish meaning…

…and discovered that bodega, apothecary and boutique all come from the ancient Greek word for storehouse, ἀποθήκη.

https://pixelfed.social/p/bobfisherphoto/567679150312415191

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bodega

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