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6715 W. Colfax Lakewood, CO 80214

303-232-5115

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Recommended
Best Place to Embarrass Yourself While Dressing Up
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Mexican

Price: $, $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit

Attire: Casual
Features: Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Water View

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Entertainment: Live Entertainment

Alcohol: Beer/Wine
Reservations: Accepted, Not Accepted

Parking: Free, Lot Available

Description

You can't call yourself a Coloradan until you've visited Casa Bonita, an institution that was alternately amusing and horrifying visitors long before the concept of "eatertainment" became hot. For close to forty years, this has been a must-see stop for tourists and toddler birthday parties alike, a fake fiesta of cliff divers, pirate caves, live music, old-timey photos and all-you-want-to-eat servings of not-really Mexican food (the taco salad and sopapillas are your best bet). Ole!

2008 | Best Place to Embarrass Yourself While Dressing Up

With the cliff-diving and flame-throwing, the gorilla and the caves, the venerable Mexican restaurant Casa Bonita is all about the experience. So why not get a group of friends together to pose for a souvenir to remember it -- like an Old West photo It sounds like a great idea...until you realize what you've signed up for. If you're a lady, the photographer hands you a skirt and a corset and sends you behind a curtain. With maybe two feet between the curtain and the wall and even less... More »
2003 | Best Freak-Show, Acid-Trip, "I Certainly Didn't Come Here for the Food" Mexican

Hunter Thompson once said of Circus Circus in Las Vegas, "This is what the whole hep world would be doing on a Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war." Well, that was then -- and today, Casa Bonita is the place to see what would really become of the world if the radical fun police ever had their way. Sure, we all know the food is, er, questionable. But that can be said of a lot of places where there aren't strolling mariachi bands and teenage cliff divers, so everyone just give Casa... More »
2002 | Best Dive

Casa Bonita may not immediately come to mind when you're searching for a dive. You're thinking a dark little hole-in-the-wall, not a giant original eatertainment complex filled with canned Mexican music and canned refried beans. But consider: Foodies certainly think they're slumming when they come here. And as at any more traditional dives, inadvertent entertainment abounds. Besides, at Casa Bonita you'll see actual dives -- executed off those fake cliffs by those built diving boys. For the... More »

Which Denver restaurant would make the best use of 40 pounds of cherries from Washington?

By Nick Lucchesi | Mon, May 7, 2012

Which Denver restaurant would make the best use of forty pounds of cherries from Washington? A PR firm from that state is looking for an iconic restaurant deserving of the fruit...and coming up with t... More »
Consumed

By Marty Jones | Thu, August 29, 2002

It's Labor Day weekend, and no faction of the local workforce is more worthy of salute than the hardworking (and generally underpaid) men and women who staff the area's eateries. But save your sympathy: Phill Corbin thinks he has the best restau... More »
Check, Please!

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, August 24, 2000

Q: I have a friend flying in from Istanbul for two months. I would like to take her to a Turkish restaurant for her first night here, but I couldn’t find any Turkish restaurants in your Best of Denver. Does Westword know of any in the metro area? ... More »
Check, Please!

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, May 04, 2000

Q: My parents, who are Polish, have never been anywhere outside of Poland and New York, which is where they live now. They're coming to visit next month, and I want to take them somewhere unique to Denver. What would you recommend? A: When in roam... More »
Dive! Dive!

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, October 07, 1999

The cute college-age guy is wearing nothing but a pair of denim shorts, and he's obviously freezing his butt off. He sticks his hand into the waterfall, shivers, then turns to his diving partner, another cute college-age guy, and asks, "Man, can't... More »

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streetsignartist | Denver, CO | 193 Reviews

| Mon, April 12, 2010

old school if you grew up in denver you went to at least one b-day party here in your youth. Still a great spot to take the kids
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tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

| Thu, February 11, 2010

You're in for a wild ride when you enter this restaurant!
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itakeyourblood | Arvada, CO | 55 Reviews

| Sun, January 16, 2011

pay for your 12 dollar plate of food.. fill up on the soppillas and fried ice cream and enjoy the show.. you have to go at least one time!
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Lakewood, CO
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Denver, CO
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Broomfield, CO

Main Menu

Dinner Salad

$11.79
With Any Entree $2.29

Taco Salad

$11.79
With Any Entree $2.29

Nacho Salad

$13.09
With Any Entree $2.29

Gorditas

Beef $17.79
Chicken $17.09
Combo $17.39
With Any Entree $2.29

Fajitas

Beef $22.79
Chicken $22.09
Combo $22.39
With Any Entree $2.29

Fajitas Grandes For One

More Casa Favorites
All Platters Served With Chips, Queso, Salsa And Sopaipillas With Honey.

$12.49

Casa Chilada Platter

$12.49

Green Chile Burrito Platter

$12.49

Enchilada And Taco Platter

$12.49

Enchilada Platter

$13.09

Chile Rellenos Platter

Gringo Favorites
Served With Mashed Potatoes, Cream Gravy, Green Beans, Salad And Bread.

$12.49

Country Fried Steak

$12.49

Fried Chicken Breast

Specialty Of The House

Beef $13.79
Chicken $13.79

All-you-can-eat Deluxe Dinner
includes a crispy taco, two enchiladas, mexican rice, refried beans, guacomole and sour cream. deluxe dinners also include chips, queso, salsa and our world famous sopaipillas with honey.

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Casa Bonita

6715 W. Colfax Lakewood, CO 80214

303-232-5115

Description

2008 | Best Place to Embarrass Yourself While Dressing Up

2003 | Best Freak-Show, Acid-Trip, "I Certainly Didn't Come Here for the Food" Mexican

2002 | Best Dive

By Nick Lucchesi | Mon, May 7, 2012

By Marty Jones | Thu, August 29, 2002

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, August 24, 2000

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, May 04, 2000

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, October 07, 1999

streetsignartist | Denver, CO | 193 Reviews

tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

itakeyourblood | Arvada, CO | 55 Reviews

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