Taco John's "liberates" Taco Tuesday

• Restaurants across the country can now use the popular term to promote Tuesday specials without fear of cease-and-desist letters.

Catch up quick: Taco Bell filed legal petitions in mid-May aiming to cancel the trademark registration that its small Wyoming-based competitor has owned since 1989.

• Taco Bell said in May the trademark restricted restaurants nationwide from using the popular phrase and the company "believes 'Taco Tuesday' should belong to all who make, sell, eat and celebrate tacos."

Zoom in: There's no shortage of places in the Valley to celebrate the weekly holiday's newfound freedom.

• Metro Phoenix has an array of homegrown taco joints and trendy chains slinging anything wrapped in a tortilla, from carne asada to fried avocado.
• We've taken our out-of-town coworkers to La Santisima and Cocina Madrigal to show off some of the best tacos Phoenix has to offer.