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Post readers’ favorite taco spot is opening a new location View of a trio of tacos, Al Pastor, Grill stake, chicken, at Tacos Al Carbon, Readers Choice for best tacos in Palm Beach County Thursday April 29, 2016 in Lake Worth. (Bill Ingram / The Palm Beach Post) (Bill Ingram)

It’s Tuesday.

My favorite day of the week.

Because tacos.

The rumors are true - I love tacos.

Crispy tacos. Soft tacos. Beef tacos. Chicken tacos. Even shrimp tacos. They’re all my favorites.

But what does Tuesday have to do with tacos?

At some point in our US culinary culture, someone put the word “taco” in front of “Tuesday” and created a benchmark dietary staple on a memorable day with a nice alliteration for the title - Taco Tuesday!

But, don’t plan on using that for a theme for your new taco business, lest you have a strong legal team.

While most people know about Taco Tuesday, they’re considerably less aware of who actually OWNS the ‘Taco Tuesday’ copyright.

And that distinction belongs to Wyoming-based restaurant Taco John's.

Taco John’s holds the copyright to Taco Tuesday giving us the exclusive right to use and protect it. — tacojohns (@tacojohns) August 3, 2010

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Two shells are better than one. #TacoBravoThursday Posted by Taco John's on Thursday, March 16, 2017

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We’ve even found what we’re told is the very first ‘Taco Tuesday’ radio commercial from Taco John’s.

Behold:

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Priceonomics has an entire report on the history of 'Taco Tuesday,' that starts with this piece of startling information for a restaurant owner who dared use "taco Tuesday" as a promotion: