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[Barretts Mail]

The movie “La La Land” is broken up by season. A few seconds after summer starts, about an hour into the movie, there are a couple of quick shots of restaurants. One of them has a neon sign that says “pupuseria” (possibly “pupusería” with an accent on the “i", but the shot is from the side and it’s not clear) directly above Ryan Gosling’s head.

Although the online Oxford Dictionaries (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/pupusa <https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/pupusa>) and Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pupusa <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pupusa>) define “pupusa”, neither has the English word pupuseria (Wiktionary has it as a Spanish word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pupuser%C3%ADa <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pupuser%C3%ADa>). 

Pupuserias seem to be all over Anglo-America:

Portland, OR: https://www.yelp.ca/biz/pupuseria-la-miguele%C3%B1a-portland-4 <https://www.yelp.ca/biz/pupuseria-la-miguele%C3%B1a-portland-4>
Toronto, ON: https://www.yelp.ca/biz/restaurante-las-san-sivar-pupuser%C3%ADa-toronto <https://www.yelp.ca/biz/restaurante-las-san-sivar-pupuser%C3%ADa-toronto>
The Bronx, NY: https://www.yelp.ca/biz/pupuseria-salvadorenia-bronx <https://www.yelp.ca/biz/pupuseria-salvadorenia-bronx>

and Franco-America:

Montreal, QC: https://www.yelp.ca/biz/los-planes-montr%C3%A9al-2?osq=pupuseria <https://www.yelp.ca/biz/los-planes-montr%C3%A9al-2?osq=pupuseria> 
New Orleans, LA: https://www.yelp.ca/biz/la-macarena-pupuseria-and-latin-cafe-new-orleans-2 <https://www.yelp.ca/biz/la-macarena-pupuseria-and-latin-cafe-new-orleans-2>

I will assume they are also aplenty in Texas and California.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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