Big Red F means food, fun for Query’s fans

Diners around the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado keep asking Dave Query what the “F” in his Big Red F restaurant empire stands for. The answer, he contends, is “absolutely nothing” — except for a great memory.

“I don’t know — maybe friends, family, fishing, food, fun,” Query said. “I went to Fairview (High School) and got a lot of Fs there.”

Actually, he explained, “when the Ben Franklin store on North Broadway failed, the letters that came off the face of Community Plaza were on sale…