A shuttered Ogden restaurant was the first in a line of other closures in its chain, as the company is now accused of not paying its vendors and leases in Idaho.
Biscuit and Hogs, a restaurant that featured all-day breakfast that encouraged customers to “release their inner pig,” closed its doors in early October, according to an Ogden City spokesperson. The restaurant was located in The Junction, a mixed-use project finished in 2009. As of Thursday, there’s no tenant lined up to occupy the restaurant space, according to the Ogden City spokesperson.
It’s not clear why the restaurant closed its only Utah location, as a message to the restaurant’s owner, Boomer Godsill, was not immediately returned.
But in the weeks following its Ogden closure, Biscuit and Hogs later closed both of its remaining locations in the Boise area.
On Oct. 21, the restaurant chain announced in a Facebook post it was closing one of its two locations in the Boise area, consolidating its operations to one restaurant. But the restaurant later closed that last remaining location in November, according to BoiseDev, a website that covers growth and development in the Boise area.
Around a month later, Biscuit and Hogs announced via Instagram that it would close its doors for good. The restaurant blamed its landlord, High Desert Development, for the closure, saying in the post, “This decision was not ours to make…”
However, Biscuit and Hogs has been accused in court of failing to pay its creditors or its leases. Godsill, the restaurant owner, has been accused in Idaho court of owing over $300,000 to Shamrock Foods, according to the Idaho Statesman.
Idaho court records show at least one debt collection case filed by Shamrock Foods names Biscuit and Hogs Ogden as a defendant. Online court records indicate the debt exceeds $10,000. A jury trial in the case is slated for September 2025, court records say. A voicemail and email to Godsill’s attorney was not returned as of Friday afternoon.
The Statesman article says Biscuit and Hogs also has a $10,000 lien against it, with High Desert Development alleging the restaurant failed to pay rent, failed to pay a contractor and stayed past its lease cancellation date.
Utah court records show Biscuit and Hogs has at least one tax lien judgment against it, which totals $2,974.20. The restaurant has other, previous tax and workforce liens filed against it, but those liens have either been paid, set aside or withdrawn.
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