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Gray’s Coors Tavern takes top slopper title in Pueblo, unseating back-to-back champion

Coloradosun · · 999 words · By Parker Yamasaki
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What to know about Gray’s Coors Tavern takes top slopper title in Pueblo, unseating back-to-back champion

Cara Siegel gets recognized on the streets these days.

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What happened

Cara Siegel gets recognized on the streets these days.

Why it matters

People want to know: What’s her favorite slopper?

Common ground

Siegel is part of the Visit Pueblo team that has fanned out across southern Colorado during the past month or so, filming behind-the-scenes Instagram reels that show how various local restaurants slap together the messy regional delicacy known as the slopper.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/17/grays-coors-tavern-top-slopper-pueblo-county/

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Two years after the article was written, Dean Gray’s parents and his cousin Donnie bought Coors Tavern from the aforementioned Johnnie.”
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Claim 2: “The first mention of the slopper in print came in 1981, buried in an article about cheap lunches in a summer edition of the student paper at the University of Southern Colorado”
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Claim 3: “The famous Pueblo green chile... wasn’t created until about a decade later [than 1981]”
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Claim 4: “Denver, Boulder, Aspen and Snowmass, and Vail and Beaver Creek all pitched in something close to $100,000 a piece to be considered for the state’s first Michelin Guide in 2023.”
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Two independent web sources confirm that the Colorado Tourism Office and various city/resort boards (Denver, Boulder, Aspen, Vail, Beaver Creek, Snowmass) contributed between $70,000 and $100,000 to bring the Michelin Guide to the state.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S. State of Colorado has 273 active municipalities, comprising 198 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. The City and County of Denver, the state capital, is the o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of newspapers in the U.S. State of Colorado. According to the Library of Congress, over 2,500 newspapers have been published in Colorado. The first Colorado newspaper was the Rocky Mo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of the 2025 guide, there are 9 restaurants in Colorado with a Michelin-star rating, a rating system used by the Michelin Guide to grade restaurants based on their quality. The Michelin Guides have …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michelin-starred_resta…
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Claim 5: “Dean Gray, the second generation owner of Gray’s Coors Tavern”
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Only one source (FOX21 News Colorado) explicitly identifies Dean Gray as a part owner of Gray's Coors Tavern; other sources confirm the restaurant exists but not the specific ownership generation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Breweries in Illinois produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety …
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web search NEUTRAL — We’re known for that,” said Dean Gray, part owner of Gray’s Coors Tavern. And the Slopper certainly lives up to its name. Gray said, “A Slopper is basically a hamburger, but it’s really not a hamburge…
https://www.fox21news.com/features/fox21-news-we-are-pueblo/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Gray's Coors Tavern, Pueblo: See 214 unbiased reviews of Gray's Coors Tavern, rated 4.1 of 5 on Tripadvisor and ranked #13 of 218 restaurants in Pueblo.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g33608-d217805…
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Claim 6: “Last year’s winner, Cactus Flower, sold 948 sloppers over three weeks in March and April”
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No evidence was found regarding the specific number of sloppers sold by Cactus Flower.
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Claim 7: “University of Southern Colorado, now part of the Colorado State University system.”
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Claim 8: “stripping the Cactus Flower Mexican Restaurant of the title it earned two years in a row. Cactus Flower came in second.”
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Multiple sources confirm Cactus Flower was a back-to-back champion (won two years in a row) and mentions the 2025 contest context.
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web search NEUTRAL — For the second year in a row, Cactus Flower Mexican Restaurant and Cantina on Pueblo’s north side has the top slopper. The restaurant received the most votes in the area's annual “Top Slopper” contest…
https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/17/cactus-flower-top-slopper-202…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cactus Flower, a now back-to-back champion, has been granted the gold traveling chile trophy, which is up for grabs every year. All winners will have a window decal designating their restaurant as a T…
https://www.fox21news.com/news/local/pueblo-chamber-announce…
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Claim 9: “Gray... bought it from his cousin Donnie in 2018.”
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Claim 10: “More than 8,000 votes cast over the past three weeks crowned Gray’s Coors Tavern with the county’s top slopper”
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The search results for this claim returned general information about the color gray and spelling differences, failing to provide any information regarding Gray's Coors Tavern or the Slopper Tour votes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gray and grey are both common spellings for the various neutral shades of color between black and white. Gray is more frequent in American English, and grey more common in Canada, the UK, and elsewher…
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web search NEUTRAL — Grey ... Grey or gray is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. [2] It is the color of a rain or storm cloud, of ash, and of…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 7, 2025 · Grey vs Gray – What’s the difference? Learn their meaning, spelling variations, and correct usage with simple examples.
https://englishan.com/grey-vs-gray/
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Claim 11: “their current menu sells them for $18.99”
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Claim 12: “About three-quarters of restaurants in the guide reported a bump in business after their inclusion, according to a 2024 survey by the Colorado Restaurant Association”
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The provided evidence discusses the Michelin Guide's arrival in Colorado and general economic impact in Italy, but does not mention a 2024 Colorado Restaurant Association survey or the 75% figure.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Michelin Guide is a restaurant guide that has been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. It awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in cert…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 new Denver restaurants receive Michelin stars; The Wolf’s Tailor earns a second star. The Michelin Guide arrived in Colorado in 2023 and has slowly grown the state’s fine dining scene in Denver, Bou…
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/15/three-denver-restaurants-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Starred restaurants, through the MICHELIN Guide, benefit from an international showcase that offers great visibility within the universe of Taste Tourism, which generates a major economic impact on th…
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Claim 13: “The slopper, broken down into ingredients, is some combination of hamburger, cheese, french fries and green chili.”
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Multiple sources describe the slopper as a hamburger/cheeseburger with green or red chili, often including french fries.
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web search NEUTRAL — A slopper is a cheeseburger (or hamburger) served smothered in red chile or green chile or chili sauce. Sloppers generally include grilled buns and are often topped with freshly chopped onions and som…
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web search NEUTRAL — A slopper is basically a hamburger or a cheeseburger with a grilled bun, served drenched in red or green chili. It is sometimes topped with french fries, avocados, or onions.
https://www.tasteatlas.com/slopper
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web search NEUTRAL — A slopper is an open-faced hamburger smothered in green chili and shredded cheese with a side of French fries. When you need to cool down, try Shiver & Shake.
https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/new-food-and-hidden-ge…
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Claim 14: “with about 13% of those restaurants seeing a 16% to 20% increase.”
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Claim 15: “The Colorado Tourism Office also committed around $135,000 per year for three years to introduce Michelin to the state.”
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While multiple sources confirm the Colorado Tourism Office contributed, the specific figure of '$135,000 per year for three years' is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; the sources mention a range of $70k-$100k for the coalition members.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Michelin Guide is a restaurant guide that has been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. It awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in cert…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Colorado Tourism Office, along with tourism boards in Denver, Boulder, Aspen, Vail, Beaver Creek and Snowmass, have contributed between $70,000 and $100,000 annually since 2023 to bring Michelin i…
https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/do-colorado-cities-pay-to-h…
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2023, a coaliton of the Colorado Tourism Office, local tourism boards and resort companies paid between $70,000 and $100,000 each for the Michelin Guide to expand to the centennial state. The goal …
https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/18/pressure-is-on-at-denver-mich…
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Claim 16: “Last year they collected 248 receipts [for slopper week]”
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Claim 17: “Siegel is part of the Visit Pueblo team”
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Multiple independent web search results identify Cara Siegel as the marketing and engagement coordinator for Visit Pueblo.
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