Colorado restaurant responds to claims there was a maggot in their food

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — A social media post generated a lot of reaction as a Colorado restaurant is now defending its reputation.

Rebecca VanGorder turned to a community page on Facebook and posted the following Monday evening:

"So a friend of mine very kindly bought food from the El Super Taco on the Mesa for a bunch of us that set up our youth group's fall festival. Unfortunately I found that I had already eaten a whole taco by the time I saw what's in the pictures. The restaurant is claiming it's rice. Let me know what you think."

VanGorder wanted to point out to News5 that nowhere in her post did she mention anything about the photo depicting a maggot, but multiple people jumped to that conclusion in the comments. More than 300 people had shared their thoughts, some believing