Chapter 7: What’s the Future for Bodegas?

The Red Apple Deli comes to a close. And so after the day we begin to wonder about the future of bodegas. As the city’s demographics change, and gentrification becomes the norm, the role and nature of the bodegas are sure to change with it. But what will bodegas of the future look like? Store owner Ramon Murphy has his own ideas for surviving the 21st century. Photo by Marlon Bishop