Riot BBQ co-owners, from left, Patrick Klaiber, Caleb Benton and Manny Barella pose for a portrait at Riot BBQ in Denver on May 16, 2025. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Riot BBQ, the joint that made its debut in the former AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q space this summer, has a chicken-focused spot in the works at 2906 E. Sixth Ave. in Denver, public records show.
Chicken Riot is slated to go into the former Truffle Cheese Shop space, which was seized for unpaid taxes in the fall. (BusinessDen file)
And a broker for the owner of the former Truffle Cheese Shop space told BusinessDen the group recently leased the 660 square feet in Cherry Creek.
Caleb Benton, who co-owns Riot BBQ along with “Top Chef” alum Manny Barella and Riot pitmaster Patrick Klaiber, declined to comment.
Plans submitted to Denver call for a restaurant named Chicken Riot featuring a 300-square-foot “take-out area” with a 360-square-foot kitchen behind it. A menu submitted to the city says the outpost will serve a smoked half chicken pibil, a smoked half chicken loco, a chicken salad sandwich, a chicken wrap and a couple of salads.
That food will be cooked off-site and stored in “warming ovens,” Chicken Riot told the city. The spot said it will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Ownership is still working to secure permits, city records show.
As for Truffle Cheese Shop, owner Lisa Morris said in a recent Instagram post that her shop is still fulfilling online orders while searching for its next retail location. The Sixth Avenue store was seized by the state in September for $21,000 in back taxes.
Riot BBQ co-owners, from left, Patrick Klaiber, Caleb Benton and Manny Barella pose for a portrait at Riot BBQ in Denver on May 16, 2025. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Riot BBQ, the joint that made its debut in the former AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q space this summer, has a chicken-focused spot in the works at 2906 E. Sixth Ave. in Denver, public records show.
Chicken Riot is slated to go into the former Truffle Cheese Shop space, which was seized for unpaid taxes in the fall. (BusinessDen file)
And a broker for the owner of the former Truffle Cheese Shop space told BusinessDen the group recently leased the 660 square feet in Cherry Creek.
Caleb Benton, who co-owns Riot BBQ along with “Top Chef” alum Manny Barella and Riot pitmaster Patrick Klaiber, declined to comment.
Plans submitted to Denver call for a restaurant named Chicken Riot featuring a 300-square-foot “take-out area” with a 360-square-foot kitchen behind it. A menu submitted to the city says the outpost will serve a smoked half chicken pibil, a smoked half chicken loco, a chicken salad sandwich, a chicken wrap and a couple of salads.
That food will be cooked off-site and stored in “warming ovens,” Chicken Riot told the city. The spot said it will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Ownership is still working to secure permits, city records show.
As for Truffle Cheese Shop, owner Lisa Morris said in a recent Instagram post that her shop is still fulfilling online orders while searching for its next retail location. The Sixth Avenue store was seized by the state in September for $21,000 in back taxes.
