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Listen • 5:29 It also would protect the restaurant from recent attempts to buy out its lease, he added. Known for its kitschy decor, cliff divers and questionable food, Casa Bonita hasn’t been open in more than a year due to the pandemic. Last month, the owners reposted the venue’s website with a vague note telling people to check back soon for details on its reopening plans. Since then, there have been no additional details. Novick says he’s concerned about a reope...

On the one-year anniversary of the day when all Colorado restaurants were ordered closed to on-premises dining, there are signs of life at Casa Bonita. Not at 6715 West Colfax Avenue, the home of the pink palace since 1974 — but on the web, where casabonitadenver.com has been revived, after a year offline and endless speculation about the future of Colorados first, and certainly most legendary, eatertainment concept. Casa Bonita is "celebrating 46 years of family fun," according to the websit...

Casa Bonita reopened this week — on Comedy Central, at least, where South Parks Vaccination Special ended with the welcome news that Lakewoods pink palace was back in business. In reality, though, Casa Bonita — the original eatertainment extravaganza that opened almost five decades ago at 6715 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood — has been closed since March 2020, with no reopening in sight. Thats why the spots top fan, Andrew Novick, and some colleagues just launched a "Save Casa Bonita" cam...

Casa Bonita isn’t the only landmark restaurant that has yet to reopen in metro Denver. But while some owners have definitely given up the ghost, others, like Casa Bonitas Robert Wheaton, promise that theyll be back. While all five restaurants owned by Mountain Sun — Mountain Sun, Southern Sun and Under the Sun, all in Boulder, along with the Vine Street Pub in Denver and Longs Peak Pub in Longmont — are closed, and will remain so for the foreseeable future, until the vaccine allows bars a...