cantina
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Supergirl would rather spend her time intergalactic bar-hopping between 10 different versions of the “Star Wars” cantina.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
“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
Finally I come upon a garbage heap, outside of a cantina.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
English speakers pour out of cafes and, on Sundays, cantinas are packed with young people in sports jerseys, the televisions switched from soccer to American football.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
In 1970 he wrote the seminal Latin American love song “Yolanda,” which is still an enduring favorite everywhere from Old Havana’s tourist cafes to Mexico City cantinas.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Adorned with bright lights, it’s also home to a number of cantinas and restaurants.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
One thing I've heard from friends who have found themselves suddenly at home is how much they miss their neighborhood cantinas and restaurantes.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2020
The mochila had four pockets called cantinas in each of its corners one in front and one behind each of the rider's legs.
From The Story of the Pony Express by Glenn D. (Glenn Danford) Bradley
