Families travel cross-country to Colorado in anticipation of Casa Bonita’s reopening

A good house It has all permissions And he’s hired the staff, but the Lakewood restaurant still hasn’t announced an official opening date.

Even so, people are excited about the Colorado landmark. Great reopening I couldn’t help but wait outside the building in pink on Wednesday, hoping the doors would open. Some even traveled across the country.

That includes “South Park” fans from Battletown, Kentucky to Colorado.

“Anniversary, wife’s birthday, kid’s birthday — the whole nine yards. We just decided, ‘Hey, we’re going to give it a shot,'” John Ashmore told CBS News Colorado.

He and his family kept tabs on the business online, watching Casa Bonita toggle between “permanently closed” and “temporarily closed” on Google. Despite the disappointment, Ashmore and his family still plan to stop by Fairplay, where the city’s “South Park” is based.

Others have planned entire trips around Casa Bonita in anticipation that it will be back open by the time they arrive.

“We saw some really cheap tickets to Denver and we wanted to make sure we were here for the opening. We knew it was opening in May. So we were hoping it would be this weekend and booked our tickets. Unfortunately, that’s what it looks like,” said Shani Jonas, who came all the way from New York City.

So no matter what customers Casa Bonita faces this week, fans will still be worried. The business He said it will open sometime in May.but did not give an official date.