Praveena Somasundram posted:

It’s a question that has stood the test of time — and one that fed a years-long legal battle in an Indiana city.

Are tacos considered sandwiches?

According to one judge in Fort Wayne, Ind., the answer is yes. And he says burritos are sandwiches, too.

Allen County Superior Court Judge Craig J. Bobay wrote in a ruling Monday that tacos and burritos are “Mexican-style sandwiches.” Bobay made the decision in a case reviewing whether a restaurant, “Famous Taco,” could open a new location at a Fort Wayne shopping center.

The zoning policy for the property prohibits fast food, but allows exceptions for restaurants whose primary business is to sell “made-to-order” or Subway-style sandwiches. A city commission denied the request.

But Famous Taco, Bobay ruled, is allowed at the shopping center because it would serve “Mexican-style sandwiches,” and the zoning policy “does not restrict potential restaurants to only American cuisine-style sandwiches.” Hypothetically, other restaurants that serve made-to-order items, including “Greek gyros, Indian naan wraps or Vietnamese banh mi,” would also be allowed, Bobay wrote in his decision.

Attorneys for the Fort Wayne Plan Commission and the resident trying to open the Famous Taco restaurant in the shopping center did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.

Wii Spawn Camper posted:

Mexican-style sandwiches exist and are called tortas. .

Wii Spawn Camper posted:

Mexican-style sandwiches exist and are called tortas. A judge from Indiana is not an authority on this topic, though I agree with the ruling to allow a taco shop to open.

numberoneposter posted:

Definitely need a supreme court ruling on the subject.

Buce posted:

that zoning was probably written specifically so subway, and only subway could ply their filthy trade

EorayMel posted:

Imagine Chinatown's and/or dad gay.so what's reaction to this

Edward Mass posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2024/05/16/indiana-taco-burrito-sandwich/

Wrap it up, hot dogailures (which also makes it a sandwich).

Buce posted:

that zoning was probably written specifically so subway, and only subway could ply their filthy trade

phosdex posted:

Finally some sanity in the courts.

fartknocker posted:

Bad Purchase posted:

what if you put pizza in a taco shell, i bet the idiot judge didn't even think of that

R.L. Stine posted:

tacos are pizzas. there's only one 'base' or bread-like component, it's just folded. a sandwich has 2 discrete breads. it's an assembly between two bread compenents. a hotdog is a pizza. a hamburger is a sandwich.

R.L. Stine posted:

tacos are pizzas. there's only one 'base' or bread-like component, it's just folded. a sandwich has 2 discrete breads. it's an assembly between two bread compenents. a hotdog is a pizza. a hamburger is a sandwich.

R.L. Stine posted:

tacos are pizzas. there's only one 'base' or bread-like component, it's just folded. a sandwich has 2 discrete breads. it's an assembly between two bread compenents. a hotdog is a pizza. a hamburger is a sandwich.

R.L. Stine posted:

tacos are pizzas. there's only one 'base' or bread-like component, it's just folded. a sandwich has 2 discrete breads. it's an assembly between two bread compenents. a hotdog is a pizza. a hamburger is a sandwich.

dr_rat posted:

I believe if it has a spine connecting the encompassing bread, it's classed as an edible book.

Just taste that delicious literature!

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

what corn based bread have you eaten?

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

you and I should talk about books

redshirt posted:

I don't recall the Taco being mentioned in THE CONSTITUTION