US judge dismisses $100,000 suit over spiciness of New York taqueria’s sauce

Customers eat at a Los Tacos No 1 Mexican taqueria in New York in 2019. Photograph: Bloomberg

A German tourist’s attempt to pursue $100,000 in damages from a New York City taqueria whose salsa he found to be too spicy has failed after a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit.

In a complaint filed in October 2024, German national Faycal Manz said he was visiting New York City two months earlier when he stopped at the Times Square location of Los Tacos No 1.