agua
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Standouts include the carnitas tacos and tamarind agua fresca at El Taco Torro, creative pies at Pizza Luna, house-smoked barbecue from Rollin Nolen’s BBQ, and Indian and Nepalese street food from Momo Dosa.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Amid brightly colored stands selling spices, candies and imitation Labubus in all shades, the mono-monikered actor Tonatiuh sips on a hibiscus agua fresca at El Mercadito in Boyle Heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Live Más Café’s menu items include specialty drinks like Coffee and Churro Chillers, agua frescas, coffees and other cult-favorite foods.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024
In the days since, the grilled-meat stands and jugs of agua fresca have been replaced with protest signs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
And then, I do what I always do after a hard day, I wash my face and arms in agua florida.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
They sell grilled meats, aguas frescas and dishes from their native lands in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
But if you’re at a Latin American taqueria, it’s probably that most ubiquitous of aguas frescas, agua de Jamaica, gleaming from a plastic drink dispenser on the edge of the counter.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
It is barefoot and tanned just outside the gate, wearing a favorite cotton skirt, the scent of sizzling bacon-wrapped hot dogs and street corn slathered in mayonnaise blending with shouts of “tacos, tortas, aguas frescas!”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2020
This grocery-restaurant has all kinds of appetizers, tacos, tostadas, tortas, cemitas including tongue and salted beef, cochinita, enchiladas, mole poblano, and aguas frescas and soft drinks.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2020
We stopped in Allende for some aguas frescas at a puesticito, but other than that, we stayed on the road.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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