A Texas-based restaurant company is denying all matters and claims relating to a lawsuit filed against Torchy’s Tacos after an animal tooth was allegedly found in a taco. Success Foods Management Group, which operates the Torchy’s location, issued a response to the lawsuit this week in a Travis County Court.
On Tuesday, October 27, Success Foods alleged in its filing that the damages she sustained were caused by acts of third parties that were beyond the business’ control. Earlier this month, an Austin woman sued Torchy’s Tacos and Success Foods, claiming she almost swallowed a cow tooth in a “Democrat” taco she ordered from the chain’s South Congress location.
Torchy’s “Democrat” taco is made with beef barbacoa, which is slow-roasted meat that usually comes from parts of a cow’s head like its cheek and tongue. In the original petition, her lawyer said she was “grossed out and sickened” and was given prescriptions by a doctor later that evening…