Posted on 05/20/2024 10:06:21 AM PDT by DallasBiff
That’s a wrap.
An Indiana judge has seemingly settled the highly-disputed sandwich definition debate after ruling that tacos and burritos fit the bill during a recent legal case.
“Tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches,” hero-ic Allen Superior Judge Craig J. Bobay declared in the ruling, per a court document blowing up online.
The wrap battle was sparked in 2022 after restaurateur Martin Quintana unveiled plans to open his restaurant The Famous Taco Mexican Grill in the 11,000-square-foot Quintana strip mall in Fort Wayne, CBS 4 reported.
The Allen County Planning commission rejected his bid based on a prior “written commitment” which Quintana had accepted with a neighborhood housing association
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I know now we can sleep tonight!
no lower court can ever settle this
only the US supreme court has enough authority to rule on this
I smell a new Constitutional Amendment cooking!
He was deciding within the context of a particular ‘prior written commitment’ as to what type of food venue would be established.
I don’t think it affects much beyond the parties concerned, so the world is safe...at least from dictatorial ‘sandwich decrees’.
The Earl of Sandwich was the origin of the name. Some British descendants should sue for reparations.
Predating him was “the Hillel Sandwich” as it is informally called.
In the Passover ritual they say Rabbi Hillel put charoset between two pieces of matzoh and ate them. Charoset is “a finely chopped mixture of nuts and fruits with wine added.” Variations of ingredients abound. Spices and honey are often added.
Hillel the Elder was a sage who lived around the 1st century, probably born a little earlier.
“Bitter herbs are sandwiched between two pieces of matza
taken from the lowermost matza.” is in the Haggadah telling the story.
This symbolizes the need to take the good with the bad, to acknowledge the suffering alongside the redemption.
Unless you leave the top tort off a quesadilla, it ain’t no pizza...man!
What is that? Wisconsin Mexican?
Well if a quesadilla is then a taco (quesadilla folded to have more stuff) and burritos (quesadilla diaper rolled to better containment) are too.
Really if you go all meta then anything with stuff in a container based on grain is a sandwich.
Of course pizzas are pies. And really pies are casseroles. So quesadillas are casseroles.
flour wrapper is same a unleavened bread made with flour. both are versions of sandwich.
how lacking in common sense are people they need a judge to decide that?
This is a “reversal” (different jurisdiction, actually) from a previous ruling from 2006:
A Massachusetts Panera Bread lost a suit to Qdoba Mexican Grill. The victory allows Qdoba to move into the same shopping mall as Panera.
Panera had a clause in its lease that prevents the White City Shopping Center in Shrewsbury, Mass., from renting to another sandwich shop.
A sandwich is not commonly understood to include burritos, tacos and quesadillas.
Source: Fast Casual dot com
I dunno, I like to dip it in bbq sauce....
If you look at the history of its creation, a sandwich is simply a easy to create meal that can be eaten with one hand, while leaving the other free to gamble. A peanut butter and jelly “sandwich” would not qualify under the original because it was roast beef slapped between some bread.
Should have never been in court. These HOA and neighborhood associations take themselves way too seriously.
“Quesadillas are PIZZA!”
Nope...calzones.
Sounds like a good investment considering all the new customers pouring across the border
Goodness... Ol’ Pancho is turning in his grave!!
Yet another recommendation.
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