A small grocery store, often situated in a city neighborhood. "Bodega" is a Spanish word meaning "cellar" or "wine cellar." If we're out of milk, it's not a big deal—I'll just run down to the bodega on the corner.
bodega
n. a corner store; a local shop. (From a Spanish term for a wineshop, or simply borrowed from Hispanic speakers in the U.S.) I picked this little thing up at my local bodega.