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South Park. According to an "exclusive" in the Hollywood Reporter, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are actually attempting to buy Casa Bonita, the pink entertainment palace that was the focus of a classic 2003 episode of their Comedy Central show, South Park— and decades before that, a focus of their childhood obsessions when the two future filmmakers were growing up in Colorado. “We want to buy Casa Bonita and treat it right. I feel like it was neglected even before the pandemic,” Parker told the  Reporter. Fans of both South Park and Casa Bonita have been suggesting for years that Parke...

"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have thrown their hats into the ring to become the new owners of the Colorado landmark Casa Bonita, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Stone and Parker told the outlet Wednesday they wanted to buy the 47-year-old Lakewood restaurant known for its roaming mariachis, cliff divers, Black Bart's Haunted Cave and sopapillas.  "It's just sitting there. It sucks," Parker said of the iconic pink restaurant in a strip shopping center, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "For a moment when it was like Casa Bonita is going to closed down, we said...

The last of the local restaurants that had remained shuttered after Governor Jared Polis ordered all eateries closed as of March 17, 2020, are slowly reopening — or at least revealing future plans. But that 800-pound gorilla, the legendary Casa Bonita (which actually had a gorilla on site), is still locked up tight. The Casa Bonita website that came back to life in March — "re-opening soon," it promises — has not been updated in months, and the Facebook link is still broken. There was some action this spring, but not at 6715 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood, where Casa Bonita opened bac...

Westword, “I don’t expect a change in regulations until the vaccine is more broadly distributed,” and predicted the place would reopen this summer. In mid-March, the casabonitadenver.com website came back to life, promising that "Casa Bonita is re-opening soon." Then, early this month, more action: Wheaton's Summit Family Restaurants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for Casa Bonita. That means Wheaton has some time to reorganize as he plans the reopening...and his landlord can't take action for all that back rent in the meantime. But others are definitely acting. South Park...

Casa Bonita Bankruptcy: Locals Raise Money to Save Denver Restaurant of 'South Park' Fame On 4/12/21 at 4:36 AM EDT Having closed its doors for more than a year due to COVID, Colorado's Casa Bonita restaurant has filed for bankruptcy—with locals rushing to save the "cultural and historic icon." The Denver restaurant was famously the subject of a 2003 South Park episode, which is said to have been based on the crew's memories of going there as children. Written and directed by series co-founder Trey Parker, the episode revolves around Kyle's birthday at the Mexican-themed restaurant and Cart...