Sides in La Jolla pizzeria dispute trade new blows in lawsuit amendments
Ajay Thakore accuses American Pizza Manufacturing owner Andrew Melone of rewarding a parking ticket, while Melone seeks punitive damages against Thakore.
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Ajay Thakore accuses American Pizza Manufacturing owner Andrew Melone of rewarding a parking ticket, while Melone seeks punitive damages against Thakore.
The American Pizza Manufacturing restaurant at 7402 La Jolla Blvd. has been vandalized twice in recent weeks, the first time when windows were broken and the second time when graffiti was sprayed on one of the exterior walls.
In a continued legal back-and-forth, the owner of La Jolla restaurant American Pizza Manufacturing has filed a countersuit against a local resident whom the suit accuses of waging a “relentless and ongoing campaign of harassment” against the restaurant while “libeling [APM and] ... unfairly interfering with APM’s business.”
This year, as San Diego started to emerge from its COVID-19 cave with the introduction of vaccines and return to in-person events, La Jollans were hard at work behind the scenes to make changes for the community as it transitions to its next (hopefully post-COVID) stage.
Claiming harassment, discrimination and attempts to interfere with a “peaceful and orderly protest,” a La Jolla resident is suing local restaurant American Pizza Manufacturing for $10 million.