Coldinvenice t1_j9rhwpb wrote on February 24, 2023 at 1:08 AM Reply to comment by zebravoyager in TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict This is something that never really made sense to me but I suppose it does if you think of it as a "milk bar". We always just referred to them as a little shop. Permalink Parent 8
Coldinvenice t1_j9rhwpb wrote
Reply to comment by zebravoyager in TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict
This is something that never really made sense to me but I suppose it does if you think of it as a "milk bar".
We always just referred to them as a little shop.