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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

3/15/2026, 1:29:56 PM

Public

German tourist sued a New York taqueria for salsa that was too spicy. Judge says ‘the spice is often the point’

He should keep this up and keep suing people, he will become American in no time

I hope he never goes to Thailand

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2026/03/12/spicy-salsa-lawsuit-los-tacos-no-1-new-york/89117060007/

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Spicy salsa was 'a very big shock,' German tourist says In the complaint, Manz said he wanted to eat tacos while on vacation in New York in August 2024 because "there is no possibility for me to eat tacos in my small German hometown." After finding the restaurant online, he went to Los Tacos No. 1 and purchased three tacos. Manz said he then added two types of salsas from the restaurant's self-service area to his tacos.

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Upon eating the food topped with salsa, Manz said his tongue and mouth began "burning immediately," and his Apple Watch registered an elevated pulse. "For someone like me living in Germany and eating nothing spicy, it was a very big shock physically and mentally," Manz said in the complaint.

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The spice is often the point,' judge says Ho sided with Los Tacos No. 1 in part because Manz failed to prove that the restaurant acted negligently. Additionally, he did not provide any evidence of other customers being injured by the salsa, according to the judge's opinion. The judge also wrote that the restaurant is not responsible for injuries stemming from a consumer's "idiosyncratic characteristic" of the salsa.

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