Comet’s tale helps restaurant group soar

FORT COLLINS — What do you get when you cross a Rhode Island red chicken with a white leghorn? You get a hybrid breed called “golden comets,” birds known for early and prolific egg laying but also tender, flavorful meat.
What do you get when you close a popular formal Italian restaurant, gut the space and turn it into a fast-casual eatery featuring a limited menu with some trendy twists? You get Comet Chicken, an idea hatched 28 months ago in downtown Fort Collins that certainly hasn’t laid an egg.
“We call our chicken ‘never-ever.’ It’s…
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