The Wait Is Almost Over: Casa Bonita Will Start Taking Reservations September 16

Mark your calendar for 3 p.m. on Monday, September 16.

September 1, 2024

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The day you've been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for is almost here: Casa Bonita will start taking reservations at 3 p.m. on September 16, according to an announcement posted on the reservation's Instagram today.

After more than a year of requiring that would-be diners sign up on an email list and then wait to be invited to make a reservation and pay for it in advance, the pink entertainment palace will truly be open to the public starting October 1 — but with so many still waiting to get in to see the fifty-year-old icon renovated by South Park's creators, which has been in a very soft opening since late May 2023, making a reservation may not be easy.

But if you've been waiting, and waiting, on that Casa Bonita list since before the first dinner was served last year, you will get a consolation prize: Casa Bonita has named you a founding member, and "you will have access to available reservations hours before they are open to the general public....It's our way of saying gracias for your patience." Among other things, you'll get 10 percent off at el Mercado, the Casa Bonita shop, and also be able to make reservations at 9 a.m. on September 16 — six whole hours before everyone else can attempt to do the same.

There are a few other changes in store. According to the Denver Post, owners Trey Parker and Matt Stone have also decided to do away with the buffet line; those with reservations will be seated and served, then receive their check at the end of the meal, rather than having to prepay. But prices will remain the same: $29.99 for adults and $19.99 for kids at lunch; $39.99 and $24.99 at dinner. Drinks most definitely not included.

If you can't wait to get inside Casa Bonita, the documentary that follows the $40 million project by Parker and Stone, ¡CASA BONITA MI AMOR!, will open at the Alamo Drafthouse at Sloan's Lake on September 6.

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