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Two women demonstrate how to make papusas.
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From left, Karen Colato and her mother Gloria Chavez demonstrate how to make pupusas. LatinA Flavor Café held a grand opening community celebration featuring pupusa-making demonstrations, complimentary aquas frescas, pupusas, and dessert samples inside the Anythink Wright Farms Library, Monday, Sept

Odila Colato prepares food samples at LatinA Café
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Odila Colato prepares food samples at LatinA Café. LatinA Flavor Café held a grand opening community celebration featuring pupsa-making demonstrations, complimentary aquas frescas, pupusas, and desert samples inside the Anythink Wright Farms Library, Monday, September 8, 2025, in Thornton, Colorado. (Jeremy Sparig for CPR News)

Melba Velazquez, left, and Odila Colato stand for a portrait
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Melba Velazquez, left, and Odila Colato stand for a portrait next to the LatinA Flavor Café.

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Enrique Orozco-Perez

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Ernesto Sagás

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Placards explaining pupasas and detailing pupusa-making ingredients stand on a table.
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Placards explaining pupasas and detailing pupusa-making ingredients stand on a table at LatinA Café. LatinA Flavor Café held a grand opening community celebration featuring pupsa-making demonstrations, complimentary aquas frescas, pupusas, and desert samples inside the Anythink Wright Farms Library, Monday, September 8, 2025, in Thornton, Colorado. (Jeremy Sparig for CPR News)