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In Ridgewood, you can find many things in abundance: MTA buses, traffic jams, low-key bars, delicious restaurants, art galleries, as well as bodegas and their ever-popular egg sandwiches.
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El-Gamasy regularly appears on Egyptian news, commenting on U.S. politics, broadcasting from the back of his bodega.

El-Gamasy regularly appears on Egyptian news, commenting on U.S. politics, broadcasting from the back of his bodega.

Andrew Tobia
Contributing Editor
In Ridgewood, you can find many things in abundance: MTA buses, traffic jams, low-key bars, delicious restaurants, art galleries, as well as bodegas and their ever-popular egg sandwiches.
Cover image via Google Maps.
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