The beloved restaurant owned by Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert and her husband Jayson has closed. Shooters Grill, a gun-themed, MAGA-friendly, Hooters parody, was located in Rifle, Colorado.
The closure comes about after a new landlord took over the building which houses the establishment.
Boebert has made much of the fact she is an entrepreneur and business owner during her past campaigning. Shooters Grill, which the couple found eight years ago, also promoted Boebert’s fervent defense of the Second Amendment. Its serving staff proudly carry firearms on their hips and menu items include such dishes as a “Swiss and Wesson” sandwich.
Last month, the Daily Beast reported that the restaurant faced an uncertain future after a marijuana retailer took over the freehold of the building. The new landlord served Boebert with a notice of termination, saying the restaurant needed to find a new location.
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At the time, Boebert told the Daily Beast she was weighing up whether to allow the shutdown to happen, or to consider buying the building herself.
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It now seems she’s gone ahead with the closure. The Colorado Sun says the restaurant shuttered on Sunday, with Boebert lamenting its demise.
“We were like a family,” it quoted her saying. “I would say Shooters, for any employee, was their life. We lived and breathed it every single day. They were a part of this culture and brand that we created in Rifle, and there was a lot of pride with that.”
Some employees might disagree with that description. In May, Mother Jones ran a lengthy piece interviewing former staff from Shooters, many of whom were critical of how the Boeberts ran the establishment.
“The second the restaurant blew up, her head blew up, and it became something entirely different,” one former waitress said. “And I got to meet a new version of [Boebert] that is a monster.”
Some of those who enjoyed the restaurant’s hospitality may not miss it, either. In 2019, it was reported Shooters had supplied pork sliders to a local rodeo event in 2017. Several of those who consumed them subsequently suffered diarrhea, leading to an investigation by the local health authority.
Boebert told the Colorado Sun she might look for a new building in Rifle for the restaurant but was making no promises. Fans should probably not hold their breath. According to last month’s report in the Daily Beast, “The restaurant turned in a streak of six-figure annual losses leading up to Boebert’s 2020 election, and struggled to stay above water even after she shot to fame as a MAGA darling.”
Online, some expressed sorrow for the restaurant’s employees who were now out of a job. But besides that, most were not shedding tears.
The local bowling alley.
— TheTruthHurts (@DavidBSamuels) July 13, 2022
Wouldn’t it be Shitters Grill considering the fact that their slogans should be “Come with your guns leave with the runs” lol
— Poloplayboy69 (@mallieg1023) July 13, 2022
I ate there. It was actually very good. I had the botulism
— Daddio 🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🌊💙BLM 🌈♀️ (@KidCreole3) July 13, 2022
This is a big loss for diarrhea lovers everywhere.
— Ivanka Trumpf Parody (@TrumpsNextWife) July 13, 2022
Now where am I going to take my gun out for a nice meal?
— Decency Matters 🇺🇸 (@pinkyb796) July 13, 2022
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joe.blow
Womp womp.
Kangol2
Troglodytica republicana!
still_onthemark
MAGA types are always constipated bc they eat so much fried food (only libs eat vegetables) so they liked getting occasional diarrhea from this place.
MISTERJETT
very good, i’m glad!!!!!
James
GOOD RIDDANCE TO THAT NAZI HAG.
M.Gallo
Onto important news:
On Monday, Joe Biden spoke about a 10-year-old girl who was raped and went to Indiana from Ohio for an abortion. Biden failed to mention that this 10-year-old girl was raped repeatedly by an illegal alien who impregnated her and who has a criminal history in Guatemala as a rapist.
This same miscreant rapist was permitted into America without any vetting by the Biden Administration and the Democrats.
Therefore, this tragedy was put in motion by Biden and the Democrats who believe in open borders and flooding American towns with illegal aliens.
Most conservatives support abortion in the cases of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life is in danger. These three cases account for only 3% of all abortions according to Planned Parenthood’s Guttmacher Institute.
Republican candidates: Put this rapist’s picture next to a picture of your Democrat opponents in all of your TV ads and show the voters what a hellhole Biden and the Democrats are making of America.
dvldeetz
Nice try, no cigar. That illegal has been here at least 7 years so he didn’t ride in on Biden’s coat tails. But let’s talk about Jordan (what rhymes with “jor” and begins with W and ends with E…that air bag) and the doosh AG calling the DISPICABLE CRIME a “fabricated story” by the left. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Nah, totally PREDICKKKTABLE on their part. That bunch JUST CANT DEAL IN FACTS AND THEY KKKAN’T ACCEPT THE TRUTH!!!
dbmcvey
@M.Gallo
You’re pathetic.
M.Gallo
dvldeetz & dbmcvey:
ALL of the polls – not one or two, but all – point to Republicans winning back the House of Representatives. I don’t know of any poll or independent analyst who predicts that the Democrats will keep control of the House. Republican governors will also do well and Republicans will continue to control a majority of state legislatures. You think that Americans support the LGBTQ+ grooming of kindergarten and elementary school children, drag queen story times, and abortion in the last month of pregnancy? Plus, American voters despise what Biden and the Democrats have done to create a borderless nation, floods of illegal aliens, escalating crime, and the worst inflation and gas prices in 40 years. You two really are cut off from reality; you live in a tiny gay leftist echo chamber. You’ll see in November, and I’ll come back here to rub your noses in it.
CNY1983
like i said she needs to read up on the kyle and eric menendez and what they did to their parents…..shes setting the table for the second course of that shit by giving those wet brain children of hers anything but a fly swatter.
go away shorty and take that idiot with the bleached wooden teeth and split ends with you. better idea: why not reopen SHOOTERS ‘under new management and wear bullseye target on your wooden knockers?
like i said BEAT IT SHORTY!
dvldeetz
Where’s your proof the scumbag came in on Bidens watch?? I read an article that states he’s been in the country AT LEAST 7 years. So quickkk to blame Biden and the left. Lay off the quackkkanon kkkookkkaid.
Jimmynj
Lauren Boebert is a vile creature and deserves every misfortune that befalls her. I hope she gets voted out of office in November and she can crawl back into the hole from which she emerged.
Neoprene
Oh no! Hopefully the rodeo people who got the runs didn’t poopy all over their horsies.
johncp56
Moronic twat!! go suck a gun