Pleasing taste buds: Hot Corner Concepts

Though vastly different in cuisine and atmosphere, restaurants in the Hot Corner Concept family — which include the Moot House, Austin’s, Austin’s Homestead, Enzios and Big Al’s Burgers and Dogs — are among the most popular in Fort Collins.

Hot Corner Concepts Owners Steve Taylor and Scott McCarthy started teasing Northern Colorado taste buds when they took over the Moot House in 1988. Although the two have limited their business to Fort Collins, now that their children are older, they may bring one of their hugely successful concepts to another Colorado city. Whether that concept will include steak, pasta or dogs…