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    Oakland: Nieves Cinco de Mayo - hot tip on cool hand-churned Mexican Ice cream, nieves artisanales de garrafa

    that seems to generate its own humid breath. Simple, but the effect is hyperlush.' I don' know, I’m kind of interested in trying the Jaimaica raspado at El Oasis.

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    San Pablo - Duro con cueritos hombre (pickled pig skin guy) - tastes like calamari

    http://static.flickr.com/54/142347979_0449b44a52_b.jpg I’m using Melanie’s picture of this snack. Outside of La Loma #11 (not #$) there was a vendor selling the ususal elote (corn), raspados and bags of chips and...

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    snow cones?

    One of my favorites in the genre is Raspados Zachateca (422 N. Ford Blvd., East LA, (323) 264-7651). They use crushed rather than shaved ice, but they make their own syrups, which are splendid, with chunks of sugar saturated...

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    La Colonia area, Oxnard

    I was in Oxnard this morning and strayed off my path into La Colonia (Colonia Rd & Cooper Rd. off Oxnard Blvd) and dang if I wasn’t suddenly in....Mexico!! My heart leapt with delight to see the signs – Nieves!...

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    Snow Cones

    Search on the word "raspados."

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    Paletas (Popsicles) at El Charco de Las Ranas in SSF

    how to make them in Mexico City. It sounds like he sells them somewhere in the Mission in SF too but I couldn’t figure out where exactly since the woman didn’t know. They also sell "raspados" (shaved ice) but I...

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    gallo's grill-good filet mignon

    street parking nearby. Gallo’s Grill 4533 Cesar Chavez Blvd. (about 3 blocks east of the 710) East LA If you’re still hungry afterwards, there’s the raspados (mexican snow cone) place or the live chicken place around...

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    Cholados - a cool Colombian combo

    I think I have some sort of postarrhea lately, but I do want to urge you all to try this interesting and refreshing Colombian take-off on the snowcone or raspado. I had heard someone mention them on this board once but...

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    Mexican Snowcones

    am happy to report that Raspados Zacatecas is still just as good as ever. This place (located at 422 N. Ford Blvd., in East LA, 323/264-7651) makes a sort of snow cone out of crushed ice and their own, homemade syrups, which have...

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    Sonoma Back Roads Chow

    . They were the flattish and elongated type wrapped with only one husk and little sauce inside, like homemade. The masa was firm and tasty, easy to eat out of hand, and spiced with a medium heat. Also for sale is raspado –...

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    Maya Restaurant

    2 Discussions (707) 935-3500 - 101 E Napa St, Sonoma, CA 95476

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    Ice: A Forgotten History

    There are upwards of 100 vendors of “shaved ice” in the city. Depending on the neighborhood, it might be known by the Mexican name of raspados, or as the Puerto-Rican piragua (in Humboldt Park), or as...

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    National Ave. Recon. SD

    This is another interesting strip of interest to Mex cuisine devotees. Though it is short in length there are a few spots to check out. I checked out one - Raspados Acapulco – a mexican snow cone, fruit and snack...

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    Fruitvale Día de los Muertos festival recs

    nostrils, where it induced mild burning and some uncontrollable sneezing), and a mango raspado and elote ice cream from Nieves de Cinco de Mayo. The raspado was ok – tasted more like mango nectar than fresh mangoes –...

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    Day of the Dead Festival in Fruitvale on Sunday

    You definately want to try the raspados at Nieves Cinco de Mayo especially the jamaica or the pineapple with chile.

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