But out in Somers Point, a town with a proud bar and taco tradition, they’re lining up, second and third generations even, sombreros and all, for another Taco Tuesday®.
“CMON LEBRON!” the Gregory’s sign reads out on Shore Road, a salsa-red ball of a sun setting behind the jammed parking lot just north of the bridge to Ocean City. “HOME OF THE ORIGINAL TACO TUESDAY!”LeBron James over Gregory’s 1982 trademark of Taco Tuesday, which gives the restaurant sole rights to the phrase in New Jersey. Taco John’s owns the trademark in the 49 other states. Taco Bell wants the trademark lifted.
where everyone knows you or knows someone who knows you. It’s got a historic horseshoe bar of Philippine Mahogany with a modified Chicago bar rail for leaning. The bar from the cellar, now in the dining room, dates to Gregory’s days as a speakeasy during Prohibition.What’s the beef with Taco Bell? Gregory said the lawyers are handling the Taco Bell action , and they expect a protracted fight. “The fact that I have to have an attorney...” Gregory said. “I’m just a little place.”It was packed! Lots of people there who recalled coming as kids or as teenagers, and lots of teenagers at tables taking advantage of the cheap eats. People remembered their first tacos and their first drinks. Three generations of Gregory’s worked to rush tacos to patrons, balancing the red baskets.