From the Coloradoan
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The Boulder-based restaurant with six locations in Boulder and Denver is modeled after Mexican food from San Francisco's Mission District, specifically over-sized burritos. The name Illegal Pete's, Turner said, is a literary reference to a bar in a novel he read as an English major in Boulder. "Pete" also refers to his own name and his father's. When he started the restaurant in 1995, Turner hoped the name would be ambiguous enough to spark people's interest, perhaps referring to counterculture activity.
I was thinking more motive that source. Is there a political motive behind his choice? Or was it a business choice?
I did spend sometime researching my tag line.
Ego venit lego tantum Posteri
I came
I read title
I posted
The best I could do with bablefish