We have not been back to the Little Mexico section of East Harlem in some time but happen to noticed a
new specialty shop on 116th Street this past weekend. El Rodeo is located between 2nd and 3rd Avenue and might be Manhattan's only cowboy boutique from what we can gather. El Barrio used to be a Puerto Rican neighborhood when the demographics shifted by the 1960s but now Mexican groceries, taquerias, bakeries and retail shops signal another change in population that has been happening over the past decade.
I get that warm and fuzzy feeling every time I go by this place. It's exactly like the shops back home (Texas) when I was a kid in the 1950s. Total worm hole for BYC.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not new! Have been teaching around the corner for 12 years. I don't remember this store NOT being there.
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