{"id":167727,"date":"2026-03-18T22:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/167727\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:00:42","slug":"german-tourist-sues-nycs-los-tacos-no-1-over-salsa-being-too-spicy-the-morning-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/167727\/","title":{"rendered":"German tourist sues NYC\u2019s Los Tacos No. 1 over salsa being too spicy \u2013 The Morning Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A German tourist sued New York City\u2019s famous taqueria<\/a> Los Tacos No. 1 over salsa he said was so spicy he was left suffering \u201cnonstop pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faycal Manz was visiting NYC in August 2024 when he stopped in at the taco joint in Times Square<\/a>, opting to top his trio of tacos with Los Tacos\u2019 green salsa. According to his lawsuit, he \u201chad no idea how dangerous these sauces could be\u201d so he loaded up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I had no idea about the components of the sauce<\/a>, no experience before and no warning information was mentioned on the sauce cup, I put a lot of sauces in the taco,\u201d he wrote in the lawsuit, adding he almost instantly learned that the green salsa is \u201ca very hot spicy one.\u201d<\/p>\n

After his meal, Manz said he suffered \u201cdiarrhea, nausea\u201d and \u201cmouth\/tongue blisters which cause nonstop pain. He also claimed his Apple Watch registered a higher pulse \u201cautomatically while eating\u201d his meal.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor someone like me living in Germany and eating nothing spicy, it was a very big shock physically and mentally,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\"FaycalFaycal Manz is pictured after having his tacos with Los Tacos’ green salsa. (United States District Court \/ Southern District of New York)<\/p>\n

Despite his lack of knowledge, Manz admitted he did not go out of his way to ask staff at the taqueria about the spiciness of the salsa. He believes instead that the restaurant should have warned him about the potential harm.<\/p>\n

Manz also noted that he generally has an adverse reaction to spiciness, as found through a colonoscopy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is practically forbidden for me to eat such a very hot spicy food,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Manz requested that the restaurant shell out $100,000 to compensate him for medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional distress and lost enjoyment of his New York City trip.<\/p>\n

\"LosLos Tacos’ tacos are pictured in a handout court photo. (United States District Court \/ Southern District of New York)<\/p>\n

Judge Dale Ho denied Manz\u2019s request and tossed the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to salsa, the spice is often the point,\u201d Ho said. The judge also noted that the complainant continued with his visit to the city including attending the U.S. Open \u201cwithout issue,\u201d seemingly undercutting the distress he professed in his suit.<\/p>\n

\u201cA quick google search for \u2018Mexican food,\u2019 \u2018salsa,\u2019 or even Los Tacos reviews likely would have revealed that salsa can be quite spicy,\u201d Ho added.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, Los Tacos\u2019 No. 1 green salsa is labeled \u201cmedium.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A German tourist sued New York City\u2019s famous taqueria Los Tacos No. 1 over salsa he said was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,7299,607,9,24,12,63],"class_list":["post-167727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-nation","tag-national-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}