In new york state, there is a sales tax on sandwiches. It's in the law. If you buy a sand wich in a restaurant or a grocery store in most places in the state, you pay close to eight % tax. A buttered bagle, officially, that's a sandwich. A taco, not a sandwich, but a berido. According to the state of new york, a barido is supposed to be a sandwich. This is planet money from npier.