Corner Store Chronicles

Can A 71-Year-Old Corner Store in San Antonio Survive This Pandemic?

The sisters who’ve carried on the store their parents built, Cardenas Grocery, adapt and adapt in a community that often forgets them

Omar L. Gallaga
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7 min readSep 21, 2020

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Illustration: Derrick Dent

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Omar L. Gallaga
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