street food
noun
plural street foods
: prepared food of a kind that is typically sold to customers on a street or sidewalk and that is often designed to be carried and eaten while walking
Pizza is quintessentially a street food: a quick lunch or a quick snack often eaten standing up or on the go.—
Don Lesser
Don LesserTraditionally eaten as street food, empanadas are ideal for snacking on the go but are just as satisfying to sit down to for a simple dinner.—Melissa Roberts and Maggie Ruggiero
Melissa Roberts and Maggie RuggieroSatays, which are skewered and grilled morsels of beef, fish, chicken, pork, or vegetables, are street food in Southeast Asia, devoured day and night with gusto.—Karen MacNeil
Karen MacNeilExamples of street food in a Sentence
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Options include several different iterations of Korean dogs, a popular street food, plus several different bubble waffles and chili crunch noodles served in a classic takeout box.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
In Eden Prairie, Asia Mall is an exciting mix of East Asian flavors, featuring an expansive grocery store, bubble tea shops, and restaurants specializing in favorites like dim sum, Korean barbecue, and Vietnamese street food.
—AFAR Media, 11 Mar. 2025
Affordable, spacious, modern villas and hotels are nearly everywhere, as is some of the world’s tastiest and most affordable street food.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
The festival’s Meet Street marketplace turned Port Royal into a buzzing culinary hotspot, where over 60 vendors served up a fusion of street food classics and cocktails with artisans selling their fare against the backdrop of pulsating rhythms at Jamaica’s historic Port Royal.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
In Eden Prairie, Asia Mall is an exciting mix of East Asian flavors, featuring an expansive grocery store, bubble tea shops, and restaurants specializing in favorites like dim sum, Korean barbecue, and Vietnamese street food.
—AFAR Media, 11 Mar. 2025
Affordable, spacious, modern villas and hotels are nearly everywhere, as is some of the world’s tastiest and most affordable street food.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
The festival’s Meet Street marketplace turned Port Royal into a buzzing culinary hotspot, where over 60 vendors served up a fusion of street food classics and cocktails with artisans selling their fare against the backdrop of pulsating rhythms at Jamaica’s historic Port Royal.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Street food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street%20food. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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