I did it, y’all, I finally went to the iconic Casa Bonita restaurant in Lakewood. After months of seeing content go viral related to the reopening of the destination – really, it truly is a ‘destination’ – a friend was able to get some reservations for our group of six.
I’ll be upfront about it – I never went to Casa Bonita prior to Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame purchasing the restaurant for $3.1 million in 2021 and then dumping $40 million into renovations , so I can’t compare my experience to the Casa Bonita experience of the past. That said, here’s what I thought:
After a lengthy traffic-ridden drive up from Colorado Springs, our group navigated Colfax Avenue to find the giant bright pink Casa Bonita building in the corner of a strip mall alongside Ross Dress for Less, Dollar Tree, WestFax Brewing Company, and an Arc Thrift Store. It was impossible to miss, with its main tower stretching dozens of feet above the rest of the building…