• The creators of the animated television series "South Park" are buying Casa Bonita, a quirky restaurant in suburban Denver that was featured on the show. Matt Stone and Trey Parker said in an interview with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday that they had come to an agreement with the current owners of the restaurant, which closed to diners in March 2020 as the pandemic took hold. The eatery declared bankruptcy in the spring. "We're excited to work with everybody and make it the place we all want to make it," Parker said. The Lakewood, Colo., restaurant has been in business since 1974 but gained wider recognition when it was featured on a 2003 "South Park" episode and when the Denver Broncos football team announced some of its draft picks there in 2018. The Mexican restaurant is known for its decor, which includes a pink facade and a large indoor waterfall, as well as for its cliff divers and skits that feature an actor in a gorilla costume. Stone and Parker, who met at the University of Colorado Boulder, did not offer any details about the sale, which is pending bankruptcy proceedings. But they did say they would make some upgrades, such as having two gorillas in the skits instead of just one.