local bodega<\/a> \u2014 Santos Grocery on South 2nd Street.<\/p>\n\u201cHe always told me about how his dad and his buddies would go to the bodega. It was like a hang-out. They would have their beer in the brown paper bag. They\u2019d be sitting outside, sometimes playing dominoes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She even made sure to misspell the word \u201csandwich.\u201d Courtesy of Kristen Duverge<\/p>\n
The creative hostess was inspired by stories Joel told her about growing up in Williamsburg. Courtesy of Kristen Duverge<\/p>\n
Many online picked up on all of Duverge\u2019s details, praising her with accolades like, \u201cDrink in the paper bag is classic,\u201d \u201cCat on the bread sealed the deal!\u201d and \u201cYou had me at \u201cSANWICH.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others said it made them miss NYC.<\/p>\n
\u201cOmg, why this makes me emotional and touches me deep. This was my childhood in Brooklyn, NY. The corner store was everything. I can\u2019t love this enough,\u201d one gushed.<\/p>\n
\u201cUgh I\u2019m now homesick,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoel got emotional too,\u201d Duverge said. \u201cWhen we sang \u2018Happy Birthday,\u2019 he teared up, which he never does.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the couple returns to Williamsburg, Joel always finds a reason to run to the bodega. noahandjules<\/p>\n
Some pointed out some things they would have added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe blue coffee cups was the only things that was missing,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy only beef with this is: mija those BEC shoulda been on a roll not a bagel,\u201d one observed.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrowing up it was always on a roll, but we did bagels because that\u2019s what he loves,\u201d Duverge explained.<\/p>\n
Duverge seems to have started a trend \u2014 as many commented on her post, saying they plan to throw bodega baby showers or kids\u2019 birthday parties.<\/p>\n
\u201cA couple people wanted to throw a bodega summer party. I was like, \u2018Do it in the front and turn the pump on if you can,’\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The family now lives in Austin, where they still get bacon, egg and cheeses. \u201cI mean, are they the same? Absolutely not,\u201d Kristen said. Courtesy of Kristen Duverge<\/p>\n
Duverge, a native of Las Vegas with Puerto Rican roots, moved to Bushwick in 2011, and met Joel, of Dominican heritage, at a Fourth of July barbecue at McCarren Park the following year.<\/p>\n
They moved to Texas in 2018 \u2014 and do try to replicate their NYC experience by ordering bacon, egg and cheeses there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, are they the same? Absolutely not,\u201d she said. \u201cCan you go to the corner store and get them? No. So we make a lot of them at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whenever they return to Williamsburg, Joel always finds an excuse to visit the bodega.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s always like, \u2018I\u2019m going to the store. What do you need?’\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas man didn\u2019t have to go far to get a taste of his beloved Brooklyn bodega. An…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[275,98,22157,68,4686,3956,57,9,197,56,63,65,64,8368,1777,9740,58,1688,1424],"class_list":{"0":"post-193344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-bodega","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brunch","11":"tag-exclusive","12":"tag-influencers","13":"tag-instagram","14":"tag-metro","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city-life","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-nyc-headlines","20":"tag-nyc-news","21":"tag-parties","22":"tag-texas","23":"tag-tiktok","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-viral-videos","26":"tag-williamsburg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}