Casa Bonita, saved from closure by ‘South Park’ creators, reopens its reservations

Casa Bonita, the Lakewood, Colorado, restaurant saved from closure by the creators of the TV present “South Park,” just lately reopened its reservation system after 1000’s of individuals booked the institution throughout its first months of operation. 

Reservations for the month of December had been opened on Oct. 7. 

By Oct. 10, there was no availability listed on the web site. 

The restaurant additionally tweaked its menu — eradicating some gadgets and including dips for its complementary chips, a number of Denver-area information websites reported. 

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The resurgence of Casa Bonita will be credited to “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. 

Casa Bonita was named a landmark of Lakewood, Colorado, in 2015. However by 2020, the restaurant’s days seemed to be numbered, partially due to the coronavirus pandemic. The restaurant closed in March 2020 and its proprietor filed for chapter the next yr.

Reserving a desk at Casa Bonita (middle) has been a problem ever since its reopening in Could 2023. At left, Kenny of “South Park,” and at proper, sopaipillas — served at each meal on the restaurant.  (Hulton Archive; Hyoung Chang/The Denver Put up)

Parker and Stone, who featured the restaurant within the 2003 South Park episode “Casa Bonita,” bought it in 2021, in keeping with the restaurant’s web site. 

Within the episode, character Kyle Broroflovski refers to Casa Bonita this manner: “Just like the Disneyland of Mexican eating places.” 

“Parker and Stone have many recollections of going to Casa Bonita as youngsters and the restaurant means an awesome deal to them,” the Casa Bonita web site famous.

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The restaurant underwent intensive renovations totaling $40 million. The 2024 documentary “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!” chronicles the pair’s efforts to rebuild the restaurant. 

Casa Bonita soft-opened in Could 2023. Solely members of the Founders Membership, which calls itself the “most prestigious membership on the planet, composed solely of Casa Bonita’s earliest supporters,” had been capable of guide till Sept. 2024. 

Trey Parker, left, and Matt Stone attend the “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!” premiere throughout the 2024 Tribeca Competition at Spring Studios on June 7, 2024, New York Metropolis. The creators of “South Park” bought Casa Bonita in 2021. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Photographs for Tribeca Competition)

On the time, 1000’s of individuals waited in an internet queue to obtain a reservation, reported the web site Denverite, and reservations for October and November had been booked inside minutes. 

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Colorado’s Casa Bonita is the only real remaining location. 

The chain opened its first Casa Bonita location in 1968 in Oklahoma Metropolis, the restaurant’s web site mentioned. Different areas had been in-built Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Little Rock, Arkansas. 

“Architects and carpenters constructed one pleasant expertise after one other as they went alongside.”

“With minimal plans and no permits, architects and carpenters constructed one pleasant expertise after one other as they went alongside. Building started in 1972 and the restaurant opened on March 27, 1974,” the Casa Bonita web site mentioned. 

Casa Bonita options leisure not sometimes present in a eating institution, akin to cliff divers, a puppet present, Mariachi music and “a lot extra,” in keeping with its web site. 

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In contrast to conventional eating places, Casa Bonita prices a set value for lunch and dinner, though there may be an choice to pay barely extra for “premium eating” close to the cliff divers. 

Sopaipillas, pictured right here, are served with each meal at Casa Bonita.  (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Put up)

Anybody ages “13-200” can select between 9 entrées, all of that are served with rice, beans and cabbage salad. 

Chips, salsa, sodas and “our well-known sopaipillas” are additionally included with each meal, the restaurant says, though alcoholic drinks and different desserts are offered à la carte. 

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“Casa Bonita’s famed sopaipillas had been created with a recipe particularly designed for the altitude of Colorado,” its web site mentioned. 

Fox Information Digital reached out to Casa Bonita for remark.