The two said in a statement posted on Twitter that their landlord decided not to renew the lease and noted that the move was not “politically motivated” but was “purely a business decision.” “There is a time and season for everything, and God has called us to focus our time and energy elsewhere. While Shooters Grill is closed, stay tuned. The Shooters brand is not going away. There are exciting things in the pipeline,” they said. “Many with a political agenda will try to turn this happy transition into something it is not. Rest assured that we will not allow them to steal our joy for all that this restaurant means to our family.” US soldier who volunteered to fight in Ukraine says war’s toughest days ahead, 43% of voters would give Biden a ‘D’ or ‘F’ on bipartisanship: poll The restaurant, which was founded in 2013 in Rifle, Colo., serves primarily American food, according to menus listed on Shooters Grill’s Facebook page. Servers were allowed to bring their own firearms, with many carrying semi-automatics, according to Boebert, who spoke to the Post Independent. Employees asked if they could carry firearms after a man was believed to have been beaten to death in front of Shooters Grill, prompting the restaurant’s issue, according to the news outlet. The man actually died of a drug overdose. Milken Enterprises, the owner of the Boebert restaurant, informed her last month of the decision not to renew the lease, according to the Post Independent. She and her husband hope to set up shop again on Third Street in Rifle.
