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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Tourists will get to try everything from customary street food and slow-roasted pork to handcrafted chocolates and other sweet treats.
—Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Bodega Taqueria y Tequila, founded in South Beach, serves Mexican street food and cocktails.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
The food trucks, which had been coming and going amid the frenzy of contractors and visits from politicos including President Donald Trump, included Mexican street food truck Elote Lovers, Venezuelan sweet treats franchise Churro Mania and Argentinian meat from Che Grill.
—Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
More than 100 vendors will offer a variety of authentic Asian street food from Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan and elsewhere, along with live music and other cultural performances.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2025
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Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Bodega Taqueria y Tequila, founded in South Beach, serves Mexican street food and cocktails.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
The food trucks, which had been coming and going amid the frenzy of contractors and visits from politicos including President Donald Trump, included Mexican street food truck Elote Lovers, Venezuelan sweet treats franchise Churro Mania and Argentinian meat from Che Grill.
—Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
More than 100 vendors will offer a variety of authentic Asian street food from Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan and elsewhere, along with live music and other cultural performances.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2025
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“Street food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street%20food. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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