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Taquerias, corner stores and fondas — small, family-run lunch spots — are being replaced by Pilates studios, coworking spaces and sleek cafes advertising oat-milk lattes and avocado toast.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

Over time, comida corrida menus have evolved and become a mainstay of restaurants across the city, offered at eateries from high-end fondas to the cheapest comida comunitarias.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2021

I would walk around, reading the handwritten menus at mom-and-pop fondas, and dine at whatever restaurants' menu caught my eye.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2021

Like other urban creatures, I found the fondas I liked the best.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2021

On either side of him were ranged the low one-storied, deep-windowed adobe fondas and artisans' dwellings, with low-pitched roofs of dull red pipe-like tiles.

From The Crusade of the Excelsior by Harte, Bret