One of the guys I work with stopped by a Taco Bueno last night and got a burrito ... he was served by the manager and they talked for a bit. Apparently Taco Bueno has decided to close all its stores in Colorado, and while he wouldn't admit it "on the record" he said the minimum wage increase (and the increases to $12 to come) are a big part of the reason.

The other big reason is that it's increasingly hard to find people worth $7/hr let alone $10 because as he put it "Colorado kids are a bunch of pot-addled idiots".