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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) \u2014 An Indiana judge who declared that \u201ctacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches\u201d has cleared the way for the opening of a new restaurant, delighting a restauranteur following a legal battle.<\/p>\n

Martin Quintana, 53, has been trying for about three years to open his second The Famous Taco location in Fort Wayne, a city about 120 miles (190 kilometers) northeast of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

But the initial written commitment for the development at a plaza Quintana owns limits the business to \u201ca sandwich bar-style restaurant whose primary business is to sell \u2018made-to-order\u2019 or \u2018subway-style\u2019 sandwiches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quintana said the nearby Covington Creek Association contacted him to say that his The Famous Taco proposal \u201csomehow ran afoul\u201d to that commitment.<\/p>\n

He sued the Fort Wayne Plan Commission in December 2022 after it denied his proposed amendment that would specifically allow his restaurant to offer made-to-order tacos, burritos and other Mexican-style food items, The Journal Gazette<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Allen Superior Court Judge Craig Bobay ruled Monday that the plan commission acted correctly when it denied Quintan’s proposed amendment. But the judge also found that his request was not needed and he found that the original commitment allows restaurants like the proposed The Famous Taco.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court agrees with Quintana that tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches, and the original Written Commitment does not restrict potential restaurants to only American cuisine-style sandwiches,\u201d Bobay wrote.<\/p>\n

Quintana said Thursday he is relieved the legal fight is over, and he is looking forward to opening his second The Famous Taco restaurant in Fort Wayne, which is Indiana’s second-most populous city with about 270,000 residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad this thing is over. We are happy. When you have a decision like this the only thing you can be is happy. We\u2019re excited,\u201d he told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Quintana said he came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1988, working first as a farm worker in California picking grapes, olives and kiwi fruit before entering the restaurant business in Michigan before moving to Chicago and finally Fort Wayne in 2001. He also operates a second restaurant in the city.<\/p>\n

Quintana said his new family-owned The Famous Taco restaurant should open in two or three months. He said that like his other The Famous Taco location that opened nearly seven years ago, customers will be able choose their favored toppings for tacos, burritos or tortas assembled by eatery staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, that\u2019s a sandwich, that\u2019s bread. That\u2019s a sandwich,\u201d he said of tortas. \u201cWe go through a lot of those.\u201d<\/p>\n

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