For nine years, Boebert owned an eatery called Shooters Grill.
She was motivated to start the business as an employment opportunity for former inmates.
“We were like a family,” Boebert explained to thePost Independent.
“Shooters, for any employee, was their life.”
Located in Rifle, Colorado, Boebert also had a campaign office adjacent to the restaurant.
In addition, staff members carried guns while they worked, including semi-automatic weapons.
Shooters was expensive to operate
DespiteU.S.
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s surprising net worth, Shooters reportedly had its share of financial difficulties.
In two years, the business operated at a loss exceeding $600,000, according to theDaily Beast.
Shortly before it closed in 2022, Boebert also referenced how much her operating costs had increased over time.
“When I first opened, my burgers cost (diners) nine dollars.
That price has almost doubled,” she informedThe Daily Sentinel.
“A lot of that increase has been this year due to inflation.”
Boebert also clashed with local governmental policies involving the operation of her restaurant.
In 2020, she lost her operating license after she disregarded COVID-19 restrictions on indoor dining.
Three years earlier, her restaurant was implicated in giving 80 people food poisoning at a community event.
The contaminated food was actually prepared by Smokehouse 1776, another eatery owned by Boebert.
Boebert denied the claims and asserted that the number of confirmed cases was only two.
However, it’s unclear how this testing would have occurred.
The county’s health department conducted their investigation after people reported feeling sick a day later.
