A former Denver restaurateur was arrested and indicted last week on charges of fraud, with federal prosecutors accusing him ...

Leonard and his wife, Amanda, owned Campfire Lakewood and Campfire Evergreen, AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q in south Denver and AJ’s Pit ...

The former owner of now-shuttered Denver restaurant AJ's Pit Bar-B-Q has been indicted on federal fraud charges, accused of ...

Just months after employees at AJ's Pit BBQ walked off the job, concerned about restaurant owner Jared Leonard's financial ...

A glowing neon sign and firewood mark AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. Co-owner Jared Leonard found the neon sign for the restaurant, which closed in March of 2025, in Macon ...

After Jared Leonard opened the first location of The Budlong Hot Chicken in Lakeview in 2016, its popularity grew quickly and more locations followed. Last year, Leonard, who moved to Colorado in ...