Restaurant Name Gets City's Panties In A Wad

(From The Associated Press)

The name of a new restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona is stirring up trouble.

The Las Vegas-based PINK TACO MEXICAN RESTAURANT is scheduled to open its second location in downtown Scottsdale in June.

Nearly half a dozen people in the upscale city recently expressed their objection to the name, claiming it's a derogatory slang term for a portion of the female anatomy.

In late April, the city received four emails, three of which bore no names, objecting to the restaurant's name.

One of those emails stated, "The City of Scottsdale has a very fine reputation around the world. Let's keep the standards high. Let's let what plays in Vegas stay in Vegas."

Scottsdale Mayor MARY MANROSS has said she is offended by the name and went so far as to ask the owner to change it, although he refused.

Restaurant spokeswoman LISA PEREZ said the company's name comes from one of its menu items.

Perez said the company has not received any complaints or objections about its name.

The original Pink Taco is inside THE HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO in Las Vegas.

The Scottsdale City Council was scheduled to decide Monday whether to recommend the restaurant get a liquor license.
If granted, the restaurant's application would then be sent to the state liquor board for review. There was no word yet on the council's decision.

Scott O'Leary, thanks for the post.