cantina

Example Sentences

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“I can sit here and tell you my entire fire story,” he said over lunch at a cantina in downtown Santa Rosa, “and you’ll empathize with it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

The opening scene in “The Acolyte” takes place in an eatery crowded with colorful aliens, a callback to the Mos Eisley cantina from the first “Star Wars” movie, in 1977.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

Martinez ran the cantina from 2000 to 2019.

From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023

Timmons and business partner Graham Ayers conceived of this cantina, which showcases Jack’s BBQ’s signature smoked, fatty briskets along with the cheesy, sour cream Tex-Mex staples.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2022

An old woman emerges from a shack behind the cantina, buttoning up a torn housedress.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez