[Lgpolicy] USA - Judge declares ‘tacos are Mexican-style sandwiches’

[Hornberger, Nancy H. via Lgpolicy]

Reminds me of Richard Ruiz’ wonderful essay on The Ontological Status of Burritos (2008), that starts out:
“A few months ago, a judge in Massachusetts declared that a burrito was not a sandwich.”


https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.21832/9781783096701-017/html?lang=en

Nancy H. Hornberger<https://www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/hornberger>, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
University of Pennsylvania


On 5/14/24, 4:09 PM, "Lgpolicy" <lgpolicy-bounces at lists.mail.umbc.edu> wrote:

WANE

‘Tacos are Mexican-style sandwiches’: Local judge clears path for new Famous Taco

An Allen Superior Court judge’s ruling that “tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches” in a civil case Monday may have opened the door for a second Famous Taco location to finally open on Fort Wayne’s southwest side...“The original Written Commitment would also permit a restaurant that serves made-to-order Greek gyros, Indian naan wraps, or Vietnamese Banh mi if these restaurants complied with the other enumerated conditions,” Bobay continued in his written opinion.

Full story:
https://www.wane.com/top-stories/tacos-are-mexican-style-sandwiches-local-judge-clears-path-for-new-famous-taco/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.wane.com/top-stories/tacos-are-mexican-style-sandwiches-local-judge-clears-path-for-new-famous-taco/__;!!IBzWLUs!WAeknTbMSzzLUWr30MEaJQkkJzwNmKtOVIc70E-jb1Jh_LpTYnjy4q18ucZqfkVFKY0FbjWHEiwS8n6r-pCmC58VvGM$>
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