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It's surprising that these tiny grocery stores still exist in my mom's neighborhood.

She prefers shopping here than walking a couple more blocks to the supermarket.

The shopkeepers remember what she usually buys.

Bernie

Atony hardware store and "mesticheria"... which doesn't have a direct equivalent in English.

Turns out "mesticheria" is a Tuscan word for small shops selling detergents, home maintenance tools, etc.

The term derives from the Latin "mixtus", therefore it's a "miscellaneous store".
it.wiktionary.org/wiki/mestich

@codewiz Is that kind of like a drugstore, like Walgreens?