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[Big Blue]

Bodega, from NY

 

[Stallion Dan]

In UK they're generally called newsagents.

 

[sphagnum]

I call it by a different word when I'm in a different place for some reason. Don't know why. Just happens naturally.

So if I'm in Edison it's a convenience store but if I'm in Trenton it's a corner store but if I'm in Jersey City it's a bodega.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Convenience store or bodega, but where I grew up the only real convenience stores were 7/11s (and now in NY there's of course five million of them, seems like). Interesting to learn exactly how "bodega" came to be used. And yeah I rarely use them, considering the markups (you can get off-brand ice cream for dirt cheap though at the ones near me.)

 

[PantherLotus]

We don't have those in the suburbs. We have gas stations, which are functionally the exact same.

Something you didn't know: The nicest suburbs and subdivisions are really far from gas stations.

 

[Jakeh111]

Depends, if it's nice then the corner store if it's kinda ratty then bodega.

St. Louis

 

[How About No]

Gas station or convenience store. We don't have them on corners, they're surrounded on all four corners by concrete

I visited a corner store in St. Paul once and felt threatened by the giant bags of tobacco behind the counter. Threatened.

We don't have those in the suburbs. We have gas stations, which are functionally the exact same.

Something you didn't know: The nicest suburbs and subdivisions are really far from gas stations.

But then how can you truly call them the nicest

 

[sycam0re]

liquor store, unless its a 711

bay area

 

[Pankratous]

Called it the "paki shop" growing up - still very common here to hear that, because most corner shops here are owned by someone of Middle Eastern origin and regardless of where they actually came from, the people of Glasgow deemed them "Paki".

Now I just call it the corner shop.

 

[User 479360]

A convenience store

 

[muteki]

No corners in the suburbs, only gas stations.

 

[sir_kevith]

little store

 

[Septimus Prime]

There is a convenience store in my city called The Convenient Store.

Spoiler

But I just say and go to 7/11 anyway.

 

[Crispy75]

London: Corner shop, but I wouldn't call it that if it wasn't on a corner. Id probably just call it The Shop otherwise. If it sold nothing but booze and cigarettes I'd call it an Offy.

My review:

Liquor choice : extensive
Wine choice : poor, but cheap
Beer choice : lager,lager,lager or Guinness
Snack choice : Good. Excellent Bombay Mix
Groceries: Expensive, but good range for such a small shop. Citrus fruit, garlic, potatoes and other long-life veg. Every spice known to man.
Staff : Two brothers. One very friendly, always says how are you with a smile. One grumpy faced who never says anything except the amount of money you owe him.
Entertainments: Rolling Pakistani news (friendly brother) and soap operas (grumpy brother)
Opening hours : Closes at 9pm having always previously had a 24h shop available, its a bit of a downer.

Score: 7/10

 

[teruterubozu]

The dollar store

 

[Tom Nook]

liquor store, unless its a 711

bay area

This

 

[DrFunk]

Convenience Store here in Atlanta. 7/11's nor bodega's exist down here y'all

 

[gutshot]

Such magical places. Why only PA?

They're spreading. PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA and FL all have them now. Don't know why they aren't heading up north yet though. Too expensive up there, maybe?

 

[terencecah]

socal here

gas station store

 

[Skellig Gra]

bodega

 

[justjustin]

mostly lived in US suburbs my whole life. we have no word for this.

 

[Minus_Me]

Dépanneur

My two favourite in Montreal are probably Le Pick Up and Le Petit Dep.

 

[SMG]

The Spar or the Co op.

"Just poppin' down the Spar."

 

[Takuan]

Convenience store / variety store.

 

[AwesomePossum]

used to call it bodega when I lived in Queens, I call it a deli now that I live in Manhattan.

 

[The Boom Camel]

Mostly grew up in Michigan, but have lived in Texas and California last couple years.

I have always just called these places by their actual names, but if I had to pick a general term, I would probably go with convenience store.

 

[Dennis]

A bodega is a pub. You go to drink alcohol.

The type of store talked about in OP is of course a kiosk.

 

[Glass Shark]

We don't really have this concept here, instead of stopping at a market like this we would go to a gas station. So we just call it "gas station"

 

[CHC]

Bodega.

I'm in NYC.

 

[Pankratous]

A bodega is a pub. You go to drink alcohol.

The type of store talked about in OP is of course a kiosk.

What? A kiosk is the front desk in a supermarket that sells only a few items like cigarettes and lottery tickets.

 

[Herne]

A shop.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

It's simply called a shop

 

[Pein]

corner store and I'm from nyc.

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

Corner store or bodega

 

[Beer Monkey]

Pony Keg (Cincinnati).

 

[flkraven]

Convenience Store, which is typically 7-11 or Avondale

 

[openrob]

Corner shop, offie (if it sells alcohol) or newsagent (if it doesn't). Or, the random ones in the area that you specifically name like 24hr shop, dopeys, turks, bobs, etc.

P.s. offie = off license, I.e. allowed to sell alcohol

 

[rrs]

a convenience store, most gas stations got one inside

 

[898]

Growing up most of these types were chain stores, 7/11, Circle K... but the one independent store we called the 'drive-thru dairy', because it also had a drive-thru (So-cal). I'm guessing it had been there a while because I looked it up and it's name is ____(city) Dairy.

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

UK here.

Newsagents or Garage (petrol station) mainly. Unless the closest is like a Co-op or Spar or something, then we'd just call it that.

 

[gatling]

Weirdly my group of friends calls each store by its owner's name. So we'll go to Poppy's or Reggie's. The stores have their own names but the owners are like family with locals.

Other than that its "corner store".

 

[Revolutionary]

Bodega

 

[Viewt]

To me, they're corner stores or bodegas. I love my corner store. I've been going there for like 3+ years, and they all know me by name now.

EDIT: I'm from Miami and now live in Chicago.

 

[Revolver]

Convenience store. But there's one on my street called Kwik Stop so I usually just call it by that name when I'm going there for something.

 

[Big-E]

From Vancouver, Canada and it is a corner store here.

 

[Social]

I'll just leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOsLZ0lSqpg

 

[Goose_Se7en]

I'ma Brooklyn boy and over here we call them bodegas.

So bodegas it is.

 

[JCX]

Party store or corner store.

 

[jooey]

pop

wait what was the question

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Shop.