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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
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
Or maybe it’s buying a cup of agua de horchata at your favorite taqueria or opening up a new pair of kicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
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
I imagined a long loaf of pan de agua, the kind the baker made with a coconut frond down the center of its crunchy crust.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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
Before the pandemic, La Tilma served a full Mexican menu, including plates with huevos rancheros, burritos and aguas frescas, for under $5 to the public on the weekends.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
The next evening, the sky turned the color of her nectarines and peaches, and she served pineapple-cucumber-melon and strawberry-watermelon aguas frescas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
Many were replaced by their pricier, hipster counterparts: Cold-pressed juice instead of aguas frescas; hand-scooped $1 ice cream edged out by a Santa Barbara creamery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 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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