Bears seeking food to fatten up for winter targeted a Ouray restaurant early Wednesday, destroying a freezer and scattering debris through the alley.

The standing freezer, located behind The Goods restaurant at 219 Seventh St., stood battered after the incident in which the bear gained entry by ripping off a padlocked door, according to one of the restaurant owners.

“It literally ripped the entire door off my freezer out back,” said Alex Castagneto, who estimated the incident happened around...