taqueria
noun
ta·que·ria
ˌtä-kə-ˈrē-ə 
variants
or less commonly taquería
: a Mexican restaurant specializing especially in tacos and burritos
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Downtown Cancun also has a vibrant street art scene, sprawling parks, hole-in-the-wall taquerias, and local markets selling handicrafts and souvenirs.
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Explore the nearby small towns.
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Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024
What started in 2013 as a hobby shooting images of La Virgen de Guadalupe on his phone has turned into an obsession with documenting murals and mosaics of Mexico’s brown-skinned patron saint outside laundromats, liquor stores, markets, churches, bakeries, taquerias and tire shops.
—Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The Aventura and Wynwood locations will be taquerias only, because Aventura is more residential and less nightlife-oriented than South Beach and Wynwood is already saturated with nightlife options, Galbut said.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Food Villa’s Tacos is the essential taqueria that only L.A. could dream up
Aug. 10, 2023
Moreover, Alejandro emphasizes a cup of atole alone can serve as a complete breakfast.
—Andrea Aliseda, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
The office is within walking distance of his Noe Valley apartment and only steps away from some of the city’s best taquerias and cocktail bars.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
The text messages related to a 2022 shooting incident in which the officer shot a college football player who had wrestled a gun from a perpetrator during a fight in a local taqueria.
—Davi Merchan, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
Excellent Eats From upscale dining with sweeping lakeside views to authentic Mexican taquerias, the South Shore of Lake Tahoe’s food scene has something for everyone, including healthful, vegan, and gluten-free options, too.
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sunset, Sunset Magazine, 1 Mar. 2023
The result has been an unusual but also distinctly Texan sort of boomtown — row after row of affordable homes and trailers, taquerias and pickup trucks — emerging where not long before there had been nothing.
—J. David Goodman Danielle Villasana, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024
What started in 2013 as a hobby shooting images of La Virgen de Guadalupe on his phone has turned into an obsession with documenting murals and mosaics of Mexico’s brown-skinned patron saint outside laundromats, liquor stores, markets, churches, bakeries, taquerias and tire shops.
—Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The Aventura and Wynwood locations will be taquerias only, because Aventura is more residential and less nightlife-oriented than South Beach and Wynwood is already saturated with nightlife options, Galbut said.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Food Villa’s Tacos is the essential taqueria that only L.A. could dream up
Aug. 10, 2023
Moreover, Alejandro emphasizes a cup of atole alone can serve as a complete breakfast.
—Andrea Aliseda, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
The office is within walking distance of his Noe Valley apartment and only steps away from some of the city’s best taquerias and cocktail bars.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
The text messages related to a 2022 shooting incident in which the officer shot a college football player who had wrestled a gun from a perpetrator during a fight in a local taqueria.
—Davi Merchan, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
Excellent Eats From upscale dining with sweeping lakeside views to authentic Mexican taquerias, the South Shore of Lake Tahoe’s food scene has something for everyone, including healthful, vegan, and gluten-free options, too.
—By
sunset, Sunset Magazine, 1 Mar. 2023
The result has been an unusual but also distinctly Texan sort of boomtown — row after row of affordable homes and trailers, taquerias and pickup trucks — emerging where not long before there had been nothing.
—J. David Goodman Danielle Villasana, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
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