Just got a tip from a reader that Sonya’s Market, the corner store/bodega at 11th and Harvard, has added some new, fancier items: things like prosciutto, artichoke hearts, and soy milk. The reader notes they are more expensive than Giant on most things, but then you’re paying for convenience.
This is an interesting phenomenon though, the usually mostly identical corner stores starting to change their selections to reflect the neighborhood. I would guess we’ll continue to see more of this sort of specialization and adaptation. This sort of thing happened on U Street too, where the Best DC Supermarket went from being your average, drab independent supermarket to getting refurbished and selling fancier items as the clientele in the area changed.
I wrote about Sonya’s before in my Beer Run series, where I check out the beer selection of corner stores. They were a bit high then too.
