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James W. Sperman

FYI -- I just moved the story of the original Pink Taco to my personal blog athttp://jameswsperman.blogspot....

James W. Sperman

Hi there,

I created the Pink Taco restaurant & bar concept and opened the original in May 1998 -- a year before the Mortons opened theirs.

The controversy and community response to their version is tame compared to what I faced in ultra-conservative Manhattan, Kansas. We had aggressive picketers, petitioners, hate letters, anonymous threats, an onslaught of negative letters-to-the-editor, and police discrimination.

There were many stories in the local papers. The ABC affiliate out of Topeka came to Manhattan and did an on-site story that ran state-wide on the evening news, and the CBS affiliate invited us to join them in-studio for their half-hour morning show (which we declined since things were spiraling out of control).

I would do Internet searches at the time that would call up page after page of hits about me and my store. My Pink Taco dominated the regional news and spread nationwide through online postings and reprinted stories in towns across the country.

Anyway, I have written an article recounting the history of the original Pink Taco and the intense controversy it caused (complete with pictures and links to about a dozen of the news stories). You can read it on my blog if you're interested: http://helpmestartauniversity....

James W. Sperman

Miguel A

great article could not agree with you more....I don't get all the hype about the name.

Miguel A.

Edward R

I can tell you why the food is no good at the place. I know someone who works in the company and he told me that Mr. Slattery was actually the worst chef in the company and the reason he left was because he was on his way out. Maybe someone at Pink Taco should have done their homework.

eddie r.

Alex

�There�s no good Mexican here.�.. little to Harry know we was actually speaking of his own restaurant!

Great write up, you have much more courage then myself! Living less then a mile away have never had the cojones to brave the crowd of large fake boobs. Watching them share a single tortilla chip then complaining to be full.. *sigh*.. if only I were from Scottsdale I would probably get it.