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The last of the local restaurants that had remained shuttered after Governor Jared Polis ordered all eateries closed as of March 17, 2020, are slowly reopening or at least revealing future plans. But that 800-pound gorilla, the legendary Casa Bonita (which actually had a gorilla on site), is still locked up tight.
The Casa Bonita website that came back to life in March re-opening soon, it promises has not been updated in months, and the Facebook link is still broken. There was some action this spring, but not at 6715 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood, where Casa Bonita opened back in 1974: In April, the ownership group, Summit Family Restaurants, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix, in order to stave off eviction by the landlord.