Casa Bonita has but to announce a selected reopening date in Could, however followers not too long ago obtained a touch that progress on the beloved restaurant is transferring in a promising route.
Earlier this week, 9 Information captured aerial footage of Lakewood’s pink palace, now owned by “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, displaying the venue’s iconic fountain stuffed with water. Followers could recall that the fountain was razed final June amid considerations about its structural basis.
The footage is fueling pleasure for the reopening that’s been constructing now for years, particularly since Stone and Parker bought the native landmark in September 2021. The next December, they employed James Beard Award-nominated chef Dana Rodriguez to helm the kitchen.
The anticipation is so nice that greater than 10,000 individuals have RSVPed to a hypothetical occasion on Fb referred to as “The Nice Wait in Line Occasion” expressing their hopes to eat at Casa Bonita on the primary evening it’s again open.
Rely us amongst these anxiously awaiting the return of Casa Bonita’s well-known cliff divers and sopapillas, and the appearance of a doubtlessly new menu. That’s why we’re in search of readers who wish to share their favourite recollections, photographs and keepsakes for an upcoming story.
Whether or not you’re a Casa Bonita superfan or a former worker, we wish to hear from you!
Particularly, we wish to see your archival photographs and listen to legendary tales from the instances you visited Casa Bonita because it opened within the Nineteen Seventies. E mail cricciardi@denverpost.com along with your title, contact info and footage, and reporter Tiney Ricciardi (that’s me!) will make time to attach on different particulars.
In a present of excellent religion, we’ll go first. Listed below are two photographs from JHB archive of the Casa Bonita fountain in 1988 and 2001, plus one from that point actor Macaulay Culkin stopped by to indicate his appreciation.
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