The busy lunch crowd at Espi’s Restaurant says the coffee is OK, the green chili is great and the playfully irreverent vibe a breath of fresh air.
It’s that attitude of not taking oneself or the world too seriously that has people driving past the morning and lunch spot and stopping — not for the famous breakfast burritos.
They’re stopping to take photos of Espi’s sign, which Monday read: “I am so broke, moving to Minn. and opening a daycare.”
That’s a tongue-in-cheek nod to an exploding national political uproar over claims that a number of fraudulent day care centers have bilked Minnesota out of millions of dollars from the state’s Child Care Assistance Program.
More than 800 miles away in Cheyenne, Espi’s owner Todd Espinoza said his humorous take on the scandal isn’t a political statement.
“I don’t mean to ruffle any feathers, but it does make me laugh,” he said about the sign. “That’s why I love being in Wyoming. People here take things like that with a grain of salt.”
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