Ajay Thakore accuses American Pizza Manufacturing owner Andrew Melone of rewarding a parking ticket, while Melone seeks punitive damages against Thakore.
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.
The owner of a La Jolla take-and-bake pizzeria says he's feeling harassed by the presence of a car often parked outside the establishment bearing a disparaging message about its business model.