Standup in the snack aisle: NYC comics turn bodegas into late-night stages

It’s a Friday night and people are lining the block of a bodega near Union Square at the corner of 14th Street and Seventh Avenue.

But the line isn’t for bacon-egg-and-cheeses or packs of cigarettes — it’s full of die-hard comedy fans.

Some regulars greet each other like old friends. Others, first-timers, nervously shuffle into the transformed space with bated breath, ready to partake in the madness.

Bodega Comedy has been hosting twice-monthly shows at bodegas in Brooklyn and Manhattan for nearly two years. Footage from its shows has routinely gone viral online, and on some nights, tickets are sold out days in advance.