Support NeoGAF

[NecrosaroIII]

‘South Park’ Creators Aim to Buy Casa Bonita, Restaurant Featured on Show (Exclusive)

The landmark eatery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Is Casa Bonita even good? It looks cool.

 

[MaestroMike]

Didn't even know it was a real place hope they make a deal

 

[trikster40]

We had one in Little Rock, AR when I was a kid. Food was meh, but man, the atmosphere was awesome.

 

[haxan7]

I watched a whole documentary about Casa Bonita. Looks like a badass place.

 

[ClanOfNone]

wtf this place is real

 

[BadBurger]

wtf this place is real

I didn't know it was real either until a coworker from their hometown brought it up one day. Said it used to be an amazing place when he was a teenager.

I hope they get it. I always wanted to go on a nature trip in Colorado, would like to be able to close the trip out with a visit to a revitalized Casa Bonita.

 

[Rentahamster]

Is Casa Bonita even good?

No lol.

But Matt and Trey can make it awesome.

 

[triplestation]

lol

 

[TransTrender]

‘South Park’ Creators Aim to Buy Casa Bonita, Restaurant Featured on Show (Exclusive)

The landmark eatery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Is Casa Bonita even good? It looks cool.

It's soo...soooooo bad...
It's also soo weird in there, and huge. Like wandering around in the back conference rooms, which are fucking huge in an already gigantic building, and one was selling Amway or something and the other was a wedding reception. It's like another planet.

 

[GymWolf]

Are they gonna serve buggers and cum tho?!

 

[INC]

Wow its real lol

That must mean JLo really is a hand too.........

 

[BLAUcopter]

 

[daveonezero]

Yes it is real. Yes it is way past it’s prime.

this would be a good thing for the area.

 

[Mr Rawnch]

I'm a native and have eaten there a few times. The food hasn't been good since the early '90's. The restaurant is more of a historical landmark, and had its share of ups and downs.

I hope they can breath some life into it.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I was there in the 80s. It was pretty cool for a child. I don't remember how the food was but it was definitely an experience.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

Wow its real lol

That must mean JLo really is a hand too.........

Cartman soooo got you, kinda

 

[gimmmick]

They going to have Cartman’s voice sing the song when you enter.

 

[haxan7]

real life adult Cartman visits Casa Bonita and reminisces about his youthful follies

 

[Lunarorbit]

The food was so bad. You go through a cafeteria line to order before you sit down for some reason. I don't know how but they fucked up tortilla chips and salsa.

The gorilla show and divers were neat but it's probably been the same for 30 years. The ceiling looked like acoustic tiles spray painted black. Weird.

 

[haxan7]

The food was so bad. You go through a cafeteria line to order before you sit down for some reason. I don't know how but they fucked up tortilla chips and salsa.

The gorilla show and divers were neat but it's probably been the same for 30 years. The ceiling looked like acoustic tiles spray painted black. Weird.

I am gonna pretend the food is amazing there from now on just to spite everyone who delights in saying how bad the food is.

 

[Rentahamster]

 

[TrAcEr_x90]

I can’t freaking wait to go. My mom would let me play at the arcade next door for a bit before we would head into Casa Bonita many moons ago when I was a child. For kids it was a really fun place. They have to be taking a giant loss on restoring this place.

 

[bender]

Is Casa Bonita even good? It looks cool.

Opposite. It's Poncho-tier level of food for my fellow Texans.

 

[CGNoire]

"Taco, Taco, Burrito, Burrito"

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I legit can't remember if I ever went. I feel like i did. I lived in Arvada Colorado in the 80's and I have the vaguest memories of at least seeing it. I think I've been to a place like it at least but I just can't be sure. In any case I'm glad they're upgrading the food.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Opposite. It's Poncho-tier level of food for my fellow Texans.

In that interview just posted above they say they brought in a new head chef, so maybe the quality of the food will be better.

 

[Rran]

Opposite. It's Poncho-tier level of food for my fellow Texans.

Sign me up.

 

[Rentahamster]

Opposite. It's Poncho-tier level of food for my fellow Texans.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

The haunted cave kind of reminds me of this old "theme park" we had called Old Vegas. It was this big outdoor place in Henderson, Nevada which is literally right next door to Las Vegas. They had this Mystery Cave you would walk through and there would be optical illusions and such that reminded me of that cave they showed.

This was back in the earlier or mid 80s. It was basically cowboy/old west themed and was supposed to be like Las Vegas back in the frontier days.

Anyways, the Old Vegas park is long gone. Unless you count New Vegas but that's a video game....

 

[Lunarorbit]

Excited to try out the new menu when it opens as I live in Denver now. I'll give a review when I go.

 

[Rentahamster]

Excited to try out the new menu when it opens as I live in Denver now. I'll give a review when I go.

Did you sign up for the list?

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I’m grilling fajitas tonight and will insist all those partaking call me El Loco

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

‘South Park’ Creators Aim to Buy Casa Bonita, Restaurant Featured on Show (Exclusive)

The landmark eatery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Is Casa Bonita even good? It looks cool.

They are match?

 

[Rentahamster]

 

[Hookshot]

Sad to see it was in such a shit state but a restaurant next to the chlorine and pools seems nasty and damp and moldy.

 

[Dural]

If I had the money like they do I'd do the same thing, but it was a restaurant called Bullwinkles in southern California. It wasn't anywhere near the level of Casa Bonita, but in the same vein.

Also the original Shakey's with the big long tables and the Medieval look.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Some of my coworkers are starting to get their reservations. The list was over a year long to get in.

I went a year before it closed originally. The food was horrible but the gorilla show was good. My buddy said black barts cave is totally redone with the south park voices

 

[Mistake]

That's actually pretty wholesome. Good for them

 

[IntentionalPun]

Spending $40 million to renovate that place? lol

 

[Quasicat]

I am probably never going to get a chance to go to Casa Bonita, but I am all in on this documentary!

 

[Nonehxc]

Damn, what a cool place. Also, that tour guide is all kinds of awesome and I hope they kept him.

 

[The Fartist]

I was in Denver, 3 days for work last March, totally forgot about Casa Bonita, it was 5 miles from my hotel, I'm still kicking myself for not going.

 

[Darko]

Amazing

 

[Rran]

I've been twice in the past. The food is pretty standard tex-mex fare, but that's my jam so I really liked it. It's got a fun Disney World-esque atmosphere inside with the big pool and waterfalls and general "looks outdoors but is really indoors" thing going on. I'm glad I got to see it before and I'm curious to see what the South Park guys do with it. The documentary looks pretty interesting, although I'm hoping they don't South Park-ify it too much and keep it mostly its own thing.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I went there as a kid. I played UMK3 at their arcade. I remember the sopapillas and the honey like it was yesterday. I tried going there a couple months ago, but they want you to make a reservation months in advance. It was pointless.