South Park Creators EXPLOSIVE $15,000,000 War for Casa Bonita
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- south park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone went through a few legal battles before purchasing the restaurant with a group that had a deep fondness for the restaurant and didn't want the place to become a south park joke. They also had to deal with nightmare renovations after the restaurant was finally purchased and south park studios had to contact the owner directly for the episode Casa Bonita to be a South Park episode
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Filing a lawsuit to prevent someone from selling their restaurant to whomever they wish is some Super Saiyan level entitlement.
What is worse, what if they won? they couldn't afford the purchase price they wouldn't be able to fix anything just let it rot even more.
Eh, they technically had the right to file an objection since their offer was first and higher, but was rejected. It could indicate unfair business practices or collusion between Matt and Trey and Casa Bonita. But since they probably didn't actually have the money, it wouldn't have gone anywhere
@Thompkins The right? If I have something, I should be able to sell it to who I want for what I want.
we’re not talking about you selling your home or car or whatever personal belonging…this is a sale in the midst of the parent company filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, which changes everything. you think if i own my own company and then file for bankruptcy with millions in debt i can just ignore a valid offer made for my company and assets and just say ‘yep i have the right to sell this company to this random guy who may or may not be associated with me for an arbitrary amount less than the other offer i got.” and not get immediately investigated for collusion? in the end, it was almost certainly the lack of proof of funds that merited the motion to be dismissed entirely. the owner of the business at this point doesnt get to pick and choose who to sell it to, and certainly doesnt get any sort of influence over the many creditors that need to be paid back.
@MoistOwlet It's not Chase Bank, it's a Mexican restaurant. The owners should be able to choose. Especially when one offer is cash on hand and the other is a dodgy consortium.
The fact that the "Save Casa Bonita" guy has the "Karen haircut" that Randy gets in recent South Park, just killed me.
I was sitting here going "Man, why does that guys hair look so f'n familiar I never seen him before though"
Then I saw your comment an it just clicked hahahaha. You're so right.
He has been to Casa Bonita 300 times and to shower his hair 0 times.
That might just personally be an easter egg to a personal dig
@@standardofexcellence That would make it 10x better honestly
You’re 100% right! Omfg, they absolutely made Randy into that guy. What a stupendous dork with no clue about business. You can’t crowdfund restaurant management unless you’re insane and love losing money.
I think the reason Matt and Trey bought Casa Bonita was because of actual love and admiration. It's not for a "south park joke", even in the episode they put high regard and respect for the place. Plus I'm sure Matt and Trey as kids went and loved the place.
Definitely, It must feel surreal as well owning a restaurant you went to as a kid. Think they just want to give people amazing memories from the place too like they had too
Yeah that's what they said in the commentary of "Casa Bonita" how much they loved the place as kids and wanted to take their own kids one day to Casa Bonita. Heck they even said there when they called the team who thought they were just going to rip on the resturaunt they only wanted to use it out of respect and yeah if you see the episode it's clear the point is "Casa Bonita is this really great place thus why Cartman is so desperate just to spend time there."
I agree. I mean, come on.
There used to be another location in Arkansas that unfortunately closed in the early 2000s, it didn't have as much of the fancy stuff, but was still great.
Yet it turned into a south park joke
That guy is literally a living South Park character. Little does he know, he’s definitely about to be the next South Park joke, possibly episode 😂😂
That what Randy look like when he became a Karen.
My thoughts exactly
I was listening to him talk and I said out loud, "I have never seen someone so eager to be made into an antagonist on South Park" 😂
What a weird episode that would be. Local well known supporter of all things local, crowd sources paying off the people shafted by Casa Bonita debt and possible foreclosure during COVID-19...and out of Towner's with no clue shit all over him....strange episode indeed.
Can't wait
11 years ago I changed careers and started driving trucks over the road. My trainer was from Denver and i'm from Florida. He was planning to stop for a few hours and see some friends and asked what i wanted to do with my downtime instead of hanging out in the back of the truck. He started naming stuff around Denver to do. When he mentioned 'Casa Bonita' my eyes about popped out of my head! I started describe all the stuff from the South Park episode and he said, "oh you've been there?" I said, "no, I saw it on South Park! That's a real place?!?!" Needless to say there was a 30 something grown ass man wandering a kids restaurant taking pictures like a complete dork! Was pretty cool. And the food wasn't bad by trucking standards....lol...
From what I've heard from family in the area is that the food wasn't that bad until near the end there. The menu was more of the older semi-mexican stuff you would see and hadn't really changed...and then the owners seemed to realize that the time was getting close to the end and started cutting corners there. I'd kind of wanted to go there back in the mid-90's when my family went out there, but my parents didn't want to take the time despite hearing a lot about it from my cousins who had been disappointed by ChiChi's when they came east for things compared to Casa Bonita.
I was in high school when the Casa Bonita episode came out, but I didn't watch the show at the time. I had moved to Virginia a few years before from Colorado. I showed up in gym class a day or two after it aired, and one of the kids I hung out with in that class was singing Cartman's Casa Bonita song. I asked him if he had ever been there, and he laughed at me and said it wasn't real. I was so confused. I told him that Casa Bonita was real and that I had been there several times. He told me I was lying. Well, I happened to be going to Colorado for spring break, so I got my parents to take us to Casa Bonita and I took a bunch of pictures. When I came back the kid asked me if I went to Casa Bonita, and I told him I did and showed him a picture of the front of the building. He told me that was fake I pulled off the internet, then I showed him the same picture with me standing in front of the fountain. Then the cliff divers. Then the gorilla. Then the arcade. Then Black Bart's cave. Then the jail photo op.
Then he shut up.
This did get me to start watching South Park, though. I had no idea it was set in Colorado, and I'm glad I did because this was during the golden era of South Park and I got to watch it all as it came out. There are so many jokes in this show that are meant for people in Colorado that most people will never get lol.
@@AzraelThanatos I grew up in Denver in the 80s and early 90s, and visited Casa on many occasions. It was always a magical experience, and I remember the food being pretty good and the prices were affordable for a family of 5.
I returned in 2015 and it was still a cool place, but the quality of the food had declined substantially (like mediocre Mexican-style cafeteria food) and the price had skyrocketed to $20-$25/person. It wasn’t sustainable.
I am beyond glad reading your story...its a magical place and the cliff diving is too cool!
😂 hilarious
Fun fact: my dad was a contractor who helped build casa Bonita and even caught the native American statue in the bell tower on fire while welding the base plate. He also did alot of the beautiful scroll-work on the wood interior. He was their first kitchen manager. Skip ahead like 30years, and he and my mom own a ranch in the REAL south park, Colorado (park county, fairplay area) and he has no idea about much of this. I'd love if trey Parker or Matt stone were able to immortalize him in some way, because real coloradans think that its a great fit for them to purchase the place.
Write them about it
I strongly support for you to write to them about it
People outside of Colorado wouldn't even know or care about Casa Bonita if it wasn't for South Park.
I know I wouldn't.
So true....
Yeah I get that, thought was an Interesting enough story but was a risky move as not directly South Park. Thanks for letting me know
Well of course for most people yes. My grandparents would bring us there every time we went to Denver. And that was before South Park. South Park just reinforced the awesomeness.
As someone from Colorado, Casa Bonita is such a staple here. I totally understand their love and admiration for this restaurant! ❤ I enjoyed Casa Bonita before I ever watched South Park but now as a fan I love it even more!
I don't give a fuck about it even after watching the whole video
Fun fact: Casa Bonita had multiple "secret passageways" inside the restaurant. Some were hidden by fake walls or decorations. They were basically a way for employees to get around. My dad worked there in '82 and showed me some. It was fun knowing something about the place that not many knew about.
That's actually pretty cool!!!!!
The head chef being Mexican really shows how much Parker and Stone do care about doing things the right way. They make a silly show, sure, but they're still mature and reasonable people - that dude who tried to 'save' the restaurant definitely was gonna pull a Cartman when he bought that amusement park lmao
That guy will be in a south park episode by the end of everything
Mm that is irony
At least they care about authenticity
Oh how naive you are, there are Mexicans working in every type of restaurant from Chinese to Italian, there was a 110% chance that a Mexican guy would be the main guy in a Mexican restaurant.
Was the previous chef NOT mexican?
To see rich people spending their money on something hilarious and rebuilding a business better than before gives me hope. Thank you, Matt and Trey! :)
This of all the cool shit we would have if all rich people did shit like this for fun.
@SixAddams actually kind of blows my mind more people don't. Like either you're saving like half a billion for little grandchild Timmy to inherit and blow, or you could do something like try and revive an awesome business, maybe even start one from the ground up. And hey, if you do it right Timmy can still have a little for his fent cut pills
I don’t see them spending their money on this hilarious 🤷🏻♂️
@@FredoNavajas92 The hilarity comes from the restaurant being featured in South Park, then the creators of South Park buying the restaurant. Circle of life... :)
Preserving Denver history
That guy that's been 300 times looks like he should be on some sort of register
i'm sure i've been to my local Mc Donalds more times than that. its not some number to celebrate. dude is a dunce
@@-HustleUnion-how much do you weigh?
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti If you live in a place long enough, that isn't real hard to do.... McDonalds breakfast sandwiches are pretty solid, and aren't calorically insane. Don't be a jerk.
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti I'm 130 lbs but if you live in the same area the number adds up over time
What Karen doesn’t realize is that South Park has fans across a huge age group. I’m in my 60’s and LOVE SOUTH PARK! It could only bring more people to Casa Bonita, IMO.
I didn’t realize people thought it was going to be turned into a South-Park-themed restaurant. It seems like a weird conclusion to come to, since Matt and Trey talk about how much they loved this restaurant as children. If they made it a South Park restaurant, it really wouldn’t be the same restaurant anymore.
It would be better if it was a southpark theme park.
If they wanted a South Park restaurant, they would have made their own standalone restaurant. This was clearly them trying to save something dear to their childhoods and I think that's cool 👍
@quetzalpacheco I mean they made book fo Mormon and that was separate from South Park and also a hit
@@msthecommentator2863 I totally agree with you. I can’t imagine why anyone would be upset about this. I mean they are celebrities so I don’t really know them but they seem like very very decent guys. They made an entire episode about how much they loved this restaurant, who in their right mind thinks they are going to get rid of the sopapillas and blackbirds cave and the cliff divers? No way!!! they bought it to preserve it and because they just love it.
@@asssm89 it would not be better if it were themed after a show that hasnt been good since 2004
I love this story. One of the managers I work with lives in CO, and she said Trey and Matt also offered to keep the employees on payroll during the renovation as long as they did 40 hours of community service a week.
Smart as they can claim that on taxes. They are good business men
What legends tho
@@pelago_ definitely, makes me dig them even more. I've been a fan of theirs since high school, before South Park. Somehow one of my friends had come across the animation that started it all back in the old school AOL Internet days, and he played it for some of us in computer lab lol. I remember seeing the commercials on Comedy Central for the first South Park season like a year or so later, and it has remained one of my favorite shows ever since.
Mr Novick was lucky that his group of 'restaurateurs and creatives' weren't able to buy Casa Bonita. They would have been absolutely destroyed financially.just because you can buy something, doesn't mean you can afford to operate it
he's a fake nice person, very rude towards south park and it's creators in interviews. Also collects dead animals in jars and has a collection of womens hair nailed to a board. Not the person that should be in charge at all
@@tendohh he came across to me as... how should I put iit... someone I wouldn't have a beer with. To paraphrase your video what's so wrong with you that your only claim is eating at a restaurant 300 times. (And you feel the need to be celebrated for that "achievement").
@@tendohh WAIT HE COLLECTS WHAT
@@tendohh ur kinda dickriding matt and trey ngl
@@tendohh Damn, is he the new King of Incels now that Komesarj has finally been touched by a girl?
Everything these guys touch turns to gold. It's not (just) hard work, it's passion and a desire to see things through to the end.
Have you ever looked at a person and you just knew everything about them just by looking? That's how I feel about the save casa bonita guy.
😂😂😂
Dude should not be within 500 feet of a school, library or casa Bonita
male karen right there haha
He looks like he need to wash his greasy hair. I wouldn't want him within twenty feet of my table.
@@Offtrailplayer banned for life 😂
I’m so glad it’s in Matt and Treys hands. They have the passion and money to afford to make CB great and I can’t wait to see what they do with it. It’s too bad they couldn’t also save the real life KFC that turned into a dispensary in LA that was in that episode, it closed down several years ago though. I am truly glad Casa Bonita could be saved though, it’s iconic and obviously has meant a lot to both fans of the show and people who grew up in and around Denver.
I think the “improve everything, but change nothing,” comment best sums up their intentions.
That 300 visits guy… I’d say they should make him a character, but how would you ever satirize THAT?
ya that dude was cringe for sure XD
So true!! 😂 esp that last part
I'm so happy for them. The amount of good karma on this project is wild. They're legitimately improving their community and making Casa Bonita a landmark location for tourism. I might visit the city just to eat there.
Did they really think Trey and Matt were gonna turn it into a South Park Land? They’re rich AF they would build their own SP Land! They showed love to the restaurant on the show and buying it and reinventing it to what they loved as kids is like the only thing I could imagine them doing. They’re not so up their own butts that they wanted to turn it into a restaurant dedicated to them and SP.
i actually think that would be cool as hell if it was heavily south park themed..At least give me a cardboard cut out of the boys by the cliff or something
It would probably be much cheaper to start from scratch instead of renovating an existing location if they wanted a SP themed restaurant. 3.1 mil for the purchase and another 15 mil for the "back of house" renovations mean this not some SP joke. The food will be a curious thing because some of the depictions look like Taco Bell quality food but they charge Chipotle money.
this is a legendary move! definitely a bucket list destination I must visit
I went to Casa Bonita on a family vacation in 2001. No clue it was a thingy. Thought it was just a restaurant. I remember how the floors looked: this old - cosmo black, but warped from years of abuse, with little quarter gum-ball machines on top. The smell of the water. The atmosphere. The fake-rocks. Black Bart's Cave. Cliff-divers and a show every 15 minutes. Putting your order on a metal stick or turning a green sign red or something to symbol "more food plz." The whole place was a trip. I remember leaving and thinking it must be a franchise - it was so neat.
I think Matt and Trey have a lot of nostalgia for the place and money doesn't matter to them. Never has. They think it's funny they keep getting more.
They went from "we dont want South Park making our family restaurant into a running joke" to not wanting to talk about the massive amount of maintenance they neglected.
I can't imagine how bad it was, Matt and Trey are amazing for pouring so much resources into something that in theory could fail. Even if it succeeds it's gonna take a long time to make $20M+ back
they probably dont care, they probably make enough money just making south park that it could fund casa bonita even if its a flop
Good thing they got that streaming wars money
It’s not 20+ it’s 18.1
@@mr.channel6467 they're still spending money my guy. Also, what a very important correction to make
Well they're also worth a combined 700 million dollars. So thats was basically like spending 200 dollars to them
Born and raised local here in Colorado. The first time I went to Casa Bonita was when I was 5 years old. Been there so many times over the years. I was hoping to experience this place with my son who is now 3 years old and was worried when Covid hit that it would close forever. I was so damn happy when Matt and Trey bought it.
1. I cannot believe how big Trey’s daughter (who voices ike) has gotten!
2. That ending audibly made me laugh 😂
haha on point 2 the guy was consistently rude to Matt, Trey and South Park so seemed only fair
We went to the new Casa Bonita last night and I didn’t get food poisoning. It was completely remodeled but faithful to the original.
The food was incredible, which is something nobody ever said about Casa Bonita.
Thanks Matt and Trey!
It's stuff like this that make me love Matt and Trey more. Like people look at them and think they're these horrible people who just rip on everyone but they're so down to earth.
Matt and Trey ripping at people is just purely satire and all shits and giggles, but behind that facade, they are very chill dudes who are very passionate on things they love.
@@P.H691 they're down to earth and fair
They are such down to earth rational and chill people, it's amazing how much they've really built
They do rip on people, but they do it equally.
I fondly remember when I was a kid exploring all of the “secret” dining areas in the depths of this place and was always blown away that these huge, movie-set quality dining areas were completely empty. No doubt these areas will be packed wall to wall now!
Thank you, Matt and Trey for preserving this iconic Colorado restaurant.
Going to Casa Bonita would be something like a 15-hour flight for me, but it sure puts Colorado up there on the list of places in the US to visit. I don't think there's any way this could end badly.
Long flight for me too, hope one day to visit it. Genuinely curious to see what it looks like
@@jsmith3946 I'm literally about to go to garden of the gods today its only 15 minutes away from me. Even as beloved are the memories of casa bonita as a kid I don't think I would go there again unless I had kids. Theres a million reasons I love this state and casa bonita is just a memory.
@@tendohhIt's probably over 8+ hours plus 1 stopover in Chicago for me
I'm lucky enough that it's only a 30 minute drive for me. I've never been before but I can't wait to go when it reopens!
I'm thankful that Matt and Trey have stepped up to save this icon. I'm also thankful for South Park for cutting through all the crap over the years.
I doubt Matt and Trey would really change Casa Bonita into a South Park.. park, they're genuinely some of the nicest people in the world
Nice people or not, they're still businessmen.
@@PotatoSlices you do understand things aren’t ever black and white?
The world is full of nuance and people can be righteous despite their station in life
@@ThaFashionAssassin maybe, but my first instinct wouldn't be to just trust them to do the righteous thing.
@:D or perhaps there was a clause in the contract to not change it.
@Potato Slice as buisnessman they know its not wise to change it into a South Park location. They understand the appeal of the restaurant.
Coming from a guy currently living in Colorado, everyone I talk to is stoked that Trey and Matt bought the place. We have high hopes for it now.
Yeah, running a restaurant is much more work than most people think. Especially something like this. God damn, 15m alone in renovations.
My family visited Denver when I was 2 or 3 years old. This would be around 1975 or 1976. For many years I had a vague memory of going to some dark but lit up subterranean cave with divers and a show. It wasn't until the South Park casa bonita episode that I realized we had eaten at Casa Bonita!
3:06 honestly, this guy seems like he would make Casa Bonita into his personal restaurant, make it even more worthy of Kitchen Nightmares, and drive it onto the ground. Also he's claiming Matt and Trey are gonna turn it into south park? Casa Bonita is literally only shown on south park as itself, why change it to be just south park?
the man collects dead animals in jars and women's hair nailed to a board he is not safe for work lol
Yeah, I think someone mentioned it would be like Cartman with Cartman land. But I think he would be more like one of those sociopathic owners who would push someone from the table they booked, because he feels like eating there.
I grew up in Denver, CO and can confirm that the hype was real as a kid to go to Casa Bonita. It's the coolest restaurant I've ever been to even as an adult. I'm super happy Matt and Trey bought it and when it opens ima book the Cartman table. I hope they installed a grown up version of Blackbeards Cave, in the old one you had to be under like 14 or something to go in
Most old restaurants defer rennovations until the building is at best gutted if not completely razed. Casa Bonita likely got more liberties where a normal landlord would have lost their shit. A trick to handcuff a landlord is to make such modifications to the site that it is prohibitively expensive to get them out.
During the pandemic Cheesecake Factory used the fact that losing their business and converting the sites for other use was such an expense that they simply refused to pay rent at any of their restaurants.
And now they are all closing. Good riddance. Overly fatty food and overly priced.
@@Chris_yes cheesecake factory isnt closing
One of the stranger things about Andrew Novick (Save Casa Bonita guy). He bought stuff that supposedly belonged to JonBenet (no proof it was actually hers) then made a hour and a half "documentary" where he brags about owning a dead girls stuff then takes it to psychics who keep getting stuff wrong but he keeps defending them.
Nope doesn't sound like a PDF file.
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Parts of Colorado were at one point owned by Spain then Mexico.
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This makes me so happy. Here in Toronto we had a similar style family restuarant called Frankies Tomato. An italian all you can eat buffet with great decor making the inside feel like you where on a coblestone street in Italy somehwere, with fountains and musicians etc. It fell into bankruptcy dueing covid and never recovered. Was sold of and turned into a Monatanas or some shit. So many memories...😢
Well, Matt and Trey can shamelessly place ads and products for Casa Bonita in every new season of South park, so they might actually get some of their money back. Restaurants are dangerous money pits, though.
This was such a great video. Makes me so happy to see Matt and Trey do this. Was laughing all the way through. Well done. I can't wait to go when its all finished.
Love comments like this, thank you
Once a year, on a random unscheduled day, they should have a kid run in, while being chased by the police, and doing his best to do everything.
I vote November 12th 2023 the date they should do this. To celebrate 20 years since that episode aired.
Haha They won't need to when Bruce Vilanch gets word of the place
@@taracarroll4218 my birthday ayyyeeeee
@@davidaguero451 That is awesome!
@@taracarroll4218 thank you !
I went to Colorado 3 years ago and just driving away from the airport and looking out at the mountain range brought tears to my eyes. It is such a beautiful state. I can’t wait to go back and visit Casa Bonita!
If they bought the Hotdog house and called it Dinkinbaus 😂😂
it could be a reality haha
Every time I drive by there I say " Trey and Matt should buy that." The fact it might be called Dikinbaus is the icing on the cake.
Holy hell, was the Karen Randy character inspired by the Save Casa Bonita guy? I could relate to floors so dirty that you assume they are dirt. I once got a temporary gig at a small restaurant, but it turned out the chef was leaving abruptly, and they decided to give me the job. My first week, I started a deep clean. The floor appeared to be a dirt floor, or maybe dirty concrete. I started picking at a corner, and found a perfectly good foodservice tile floor under about half an inch of grease, dirt and debris. I stayed in all night chiseling it up and scrubbing the tile. The owner was really confused when he came in the next day and suddenly there was an orange tile floor when before it looked like the ground next to a commercial grease disposal bin.
This is dope , i love it when poor kids get to buy their childhood back, them investing to make it great again is just so wholesome
Sometimes, just the memories are worth more than money. Matt and Trey loved this place as children. You cannot re-buy that.
Grew up going to Casa Bonita and watching South Park. This is one of the best things to ever happen to Denver
Written a Tony award winning musical, directed and written movies and television, now own a restaurant. Super productive guys!
This entire situation makes me smile. I've never even been to Colorado, but this is just so cute.
Imagine making it so big you can buy your childhood dream restaurant.
I hope in the upcoming south park game there's that guy as a boss
I've lived in Colorado since 1987, and South Park was where I first heard of it. When I asked around, all the descriptions of the food said that only the Sopaipilla was good
Matt and Trey could literally cure cancer tomorrow and I wouldn't be too surprised
I could totally see the legal battle between that weird 300 visits dude and the boys being an episode LMAO. Casa Bonita goes up for sale and Cartman tries to buy it but runs into that dude.
After everyone that has been parodied in South Park, it might be time for them to do the same thing to themselves. They joke about the Kyle getting his money back for watching BASKetball so an episode where they poke fun at themselves would be epic.
I'm from the Netherlands and even Disneyland can't convince me to visit the States. Casa Bonita however.....
hahah fair point
I know this is morbid, but then I see that restaurant pre-renovation I immediately think of the coconut grove fire especially knowing the previous owners ran the place into the ground and it took millions just to address safety issues
Thankfully, the place finally got some TLC by Matt and Tray.
They literally gutted it out, and rebuilt it.
the thing is, thanks to South Park, Casa Bonita is even known. like Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, another chain not known in the UK. they have the fans behind them, and the passion to make it work. and we all hope it does
The “save casa Bonita” guys were huge fucking cornballs oh my god…….what were they gonna do when they actually bought it? There’s no way they could have afforded the renovations
Great insight video. Didn't even know about the fiasco involving the Save Casa Bonita weirdo, who I'm sure we're all glad did not have the money to purchase it!
That aside, the renovation hell shows that even if you have the money to purchase your dream restaurant, it's not something to take lightly. We're all rooting for Trey and Matt that this works out for them in the long run.
An open question for anyone who went to Casa Bonita before it closed. What was your reaction seeing the footage of all that neglect and hygiene hazards?
I went there and I'm not even from Colorado. South Park was airing but they didn't even do the episode yet. It was on point how Cartman described it. Once in a life time experience especially if you're out of Colorado state.
Trey and Matt deserve casa Bonita straight up 👍👍👍👊👏
I actually remember years ago when Matt and Trey had spoken fondly about that restaurant and they have never actually ever put it in a bad spin joke,they had stated that they were interested in buying and even making it better, I don't know 100% of course but I believe that it has great childhood memories for both of these talented men.
I don't know the Coney Island hot dog stand was a real thing
haha neither did I, made me laugh when was researching for vid
City wok also exists it's located in the Denver airport
bidding first doesn't lock it down. it's whoever bids highest and has the best chance of doing proper renovations to meet standards and expectations.
I went to Casa Bonita in 1990, it was worth every bit of Cartman's sacrifice of Butters. I so love that episode.
As someone who only really got into South Park recently with the games, I was glad to find your channel! I love extra lore and facts about my favorite franchises. Had no idea this place was even still around.
I agree that the location was being neglected I lived walking distance from the location in 2018 and I went once and never again because it was discussing both food and interior and that guy who went 300 times continuously still haha
Lol the food needs to come with a warning even in video footage
The content of these videos are excellent, but they’re paced *way* too fast! So many great points and gags wiz by so quickly I barely have time to process them, and the sped-up voiceovers are even harder to register. Please slow things down and give the script room to breathe. Just as many people would watch a 12-minute video as they would a 10-minute video as long as the material is great (which it definitely is).
thanks that's really useful to know the intro is fast so can cram everything in but understand. I did actually slow this vid down compared to other vids. Appreciate kind words
I think it's fine 🤷🏻♀️ but I guess I just prefer ppl to get to the point with stuff like this. I hate long intros
This was one my first jobs about 14 years ago, the security computer had a screen shot of the building from south park as it's wallpaper. The people who worked there were awesome. One time a friend of mine said he knew a guy in the kitchen and he could get us free fried ice-cream but, we had to abandon our posts and go now to get it. So we get to the kitchen and get our ice-cream, I look up and see my manger giving me a dead stare from across the kitchen. So my friend just leans over and whispers "run." We go running through the kitchen and down into the caves on the lower level. We found a spot to hide enjoyed our fried ice-cream and returned to work to get our write-ups. That place was an awesome job, with awesome managers. Great place to work as a kid.
P.S. The theater was always rumored to be haunted. We would turn the lights off at the end of the night sometimes and wonder around with flashlights trying to find ghosts or just get each other spooked. I would be curious to know if any of the construction workers had felt any spooky vibes.
My best friend's dad worked construction there when it was built it '74. He was very proud of that fact and honesty it was pretty cool to know he took so much pride in his contribution to such an iconic place. I have many fond memories during the late 80s and 1990s. I am apparently the only person that loved the food. I remember when it cost $12 per adult and you could get a dive view based on luck. They had glow sticks that would last for months if you put in freezer in between. Im pretty sure they were radioactive or something as today's glow sticks are a joke in comparison.
I've visited Denver twice in my life. As a Southpark fan, I made it a point to drive into a bad part of town and go to Casa Bonita for dinner both times!! The restaurant was rundown, no waterfall running, short-staffed, my waiter barely spoke English but we really enjoyed our experiences because we were with family and we walked in the door excited and in good spirits!! Of course we all sang the "Casa Bonita" cartman song and walked around the restaurant doing our best cartman impressions....I am in agreement with Matt and Trey in that the memories and mood are the important things.
I'm sure whoever founded the place would be proud of all the memories and smiles made at their subpar restaurant!!!
I can tell you right now that Casa Bonita would’ve gone to shit under the “Save Casa Bonita” guy. No chance in hell he had 15 million to fix the place up, let alone run the business.
As a late 90's early 2000's Colorado kid I can attest that Casa Bonita was the place that if someone went to you'd be like "dude you went to Casa Bonita, wuuuuuut" and at the same time remember family members would say "you go there for the experience, not the food." I went there once, and would say that taco bell had better food but it was certainly a unique experience lol
I really don’t see what that guy’s possible objection could have been to Parker and Stone buying it. I mean, I honestly can’t imagine a safer pair of creative hands. People who are deeply attached to the original, but have created a massive whimsical enterprise of their own, have tons of disposable income, and a Gen-X skepticism of messing too much with good things. What more could you ask?
The guy sounds like he has an unhealthy obsession over Casa Bonita. I am glad South Park won because they have the funds to make it work granted it might takes 20+ years to get out of the red but to them, it's worth it.
Imagine if, somehow, that other guy had managed to buy it instead of Matt and Trey, and on the first day his builders told him "yeah, this is probably gonna cost about $12 million to fix all the issues". I can guarantee he would be ringing Matt and Trey like "sooo...um, about Casa Bonita.....are you guys still interested in buying it???"
2003? Holy crap. That episode still feels like one of the "new" ones. Man, I feel old.
Andrew Novick looks like Shemp from the 3 stooges with the personality of an old boot.
My aunt took us there in 1976, and I still have vivid memories of that night. It was unlike anything I'd ever seen before.
That save casa bonita dude is going to become a southpark character. I'd bet my ass.
Growing up in Tulsa, going to Casa Bonita was always a special treat. We’d argue over which part to sit in (caves ftw!), and then as soon as we were done eating, it was off to the games. It was AMAZING as a kid, I loved it, and was so sad when it hit hard times. And the food was actually good! So many good memories from that place, it was magical in a child’s eyes, unlike anywhere else your parents took you to eat. I hope they save it.
It literally makes no sense to me why they would change a single thing when it came to that restaurant that they grew up with. If anything, it helps the restaurant and helps the name because if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t even knew that this was even a real thing. That’s a mansion with the type of money that they have they can actually bring good quality food and good service as well to buy paying their employees a very good wage.
Juxtaposing his 300th meal with the "s*** in your tomatoes" song was genius
The Save Casa Bonita guy will definitely make his way into a future South Park episode
Supposedly he was the inspiration for Randy having the Karen haircut.
@ 2:46 Oh gawd! He looks like the _I CAN DO IT MYSELF_ cripple from Scary Movie and him saying _Casa Bonita doesn't need South Park_ just makes it funnier! 🤣
I'm glad they gave SP guys the Restaurant! That weird dude was too intrusive on everyone else experience and was only focused on himself. That isn't how you run a restaurant.
nice job at the end with the "shit on your tomatoes"
a staple of my childhood when visiting my grandparents out there, and went there several times when i lived in denver later in life as well. would be awesome to go back and see how they have improved and support matt and trey doing this awesome crazy thing,.
I'm from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Been there twice in my life. Honestly didn't remember much about the food, but I absolutely had a blast there. I was shocked that it was actually featured in a south park episode.
I grew up going to the Casa Bonita in Little Rock. That was my favorite place growing up. I still remember raising the little flag that told the wait staff that you needed more tacos. Every kid got to go to the treasure cave and get a prize. There were mariachis wandering around the restaurant. Everyone was devastated when they went under and the iconic restaurant was torn down. I still get a little sad when driving down University and passing where it was.
They didn’t have anyone inspect the building before bidding 3.1 Million!? It’s a piece of crap, inside of a trashy old strip mall. They’ll never recoup 15 Million!!
Sure they will. Around my 300th visit.
Imagine just picking the hair out of a shower drain and stapling it to your head and thinking "This looks great. Time to go out into public."
It's super rare for a business to care about the business remaining in shape unless it's making a lot of money, coasting by places will fight to do any sort of maintenance and some expect the workers to be able to part time as a freelance mechanic/cleaner.
I used to live SMACK Behind Casa Bonita. I have many memories in that parking lot alone. Let alone inside of it. Been there many times, and the food? Its so bad. Soooo bad. Its crazy that as long as you build a crazy dining experience, that people will come. No matter the food quality. And that place was always PACKED
We had a French student come and stay with us during the summer of 2011. He was talking to my son and asked if he liked South Park. My son loved it and they started talking about the show. The French kid said he wished there was a real Casa Bonita and I swear he almost had heart attack when he found out it was real. We took him and he had a blast!
this "Save Casa Bonita" weirdo acts like he's the only one who loves the place, but you can see that Trey and Matt love Casa Bonita too, they're just not obsessed to the degree he is, which i'd argue is a good thing, because that means that they can make changes for the good of the restaurant, while he would just end up letting it fall apart rather than change what made it fail to begin with.
I grew up in Thornton CO. In the 80’s. Went went a few times a year. It was the most anticipated trip of the year. It’s an institution for us 80’s kids.