Re:A depanneur is an all-night convenience store. You know, those mom 'n pop grocerylets that sell staples (bread & milk), snack foods and cigarettes. Depanneur is French word that means "something or someone that helps you out of a bind" (like needing chips at 3:00 o'clock

In NYC, they are called Bodega's which come from PR spanish, but now days, they are often run by Koreans..at least in manhattan. in the outer boroughs, they are still often run bun latinos.

deli's are something different, they come in Italian, Jewish and German.


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