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Casa Bonita and our family history

Contributed by: Barbara Neff on 2/16/2008

In 1987 I had my first date with my husband.

I met Kevin at a community pool through a mutual friend only a few days before. The mutual friend was a fan of Casa Bonita in Lakewood and thought how fun it might be for a big group, including me and the guy I had met at the pool, to eat there.

It was a fix-up in a round-about way. Though we'd be in a group, the intent of the mutual friend was to get Kevin and me paired up.

When Kevin knocked on my condo door that evening while the rest of the group waited in the car, I swung the door open to these words from him:

Oh. It's you.

Kevin told me I was not who he was expecting. He told me the day we met at the pool he met several other women and he had gotten the names and faces confused. He was expecting another person to answer my door. He seemed disappointed.

Not a great start.

We had fun, though. I guess Kevin got over the disappointment of the identity confusion. We were married two years later.

We have joked over the past two decades about our exotic first date at Casa Bonita. When we moved back here in 2005 after a fifteen year absence, we heard it was still open and thriving in Lakewood.

Last night we decided Casa Bonita would be a great kid place, and we were right. Our sons, Hayden, age twelve, and Carson, age nine, along with a pal, Ben Daley, delighted in the music of the band, the cliff diving, the skits, the arcade, the caves, the waterfall and more features of Casa Bonita, including the food.

Kevin and I told the boys we had our first date there in 1987 and that their dad was expecting a date with someone other than their mom, but that we got along, anyway.

They feigned a little interest in the story, then ran off to explore the cave of Black Bart.



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Submitted By: Scott Savage
posted on 4/24/2008 @ 12:09:01 PM
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Its a great place for kids. They should outsource the food to taco bell ... anything would be better than the crummy food they serve currently. The only good items are the sopapillas.
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Submitted By: Barbara Neff
posted on 2/22/2008 @ 4:43:27 PM
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Charmaine, maybe out next blogger meet should be at Casa Bonita. All in favor, say "si!"
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Submitted By: Tom Treloar
posted on 2/19/2008 @ 10:19:33 PM
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I remember when Casa Bonita opened. Soon after the opening a rumor was going around that they were serving dogfood. They outlived the rumor though.
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Submitted By: Charmaine Robledo
posted on 2/19/2008 @ 5:08:10 PM
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I've been begging my boyfriend Damon to go there with me sometime for a date. He used to go to Casa Bonita when he was little for birthday parties. He's not so interested anymore, but I am! Not for the food, but for the legend.
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Submitted By: Brendan Leonard
posted on 2/19/2008 @ 2:23:07 PM
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Whoops, do the math, Brendan. 20th anniversary party in 2009.
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Submitted By: Brendan Leonard
posted on 2/19/2008 @ 2:21:58 PM
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You guys totally should have had a 20th anniversary party there last year. I would have gone (but probably eaten somewhere beforehand).
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Submitted By: Joseph Kirchmer
posted on 2/18/2008 @ 4:42:18 PM
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The food is not very good. The sopapillas are alright though.
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Submitted By: Barbara Neff
posted on 2/18/2008 @ 12:09:47 PM
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Karin, so diplomatic. And how ABOUT that food??!! My guess is few go there for the food.
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Submitted By: Erin Feese
posted on 2/18/2008 @ 9:14:46 AM
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Great story! Oh, the Casa ... I had my 6th-grade birthday party there, and I remember when I was scared of the haunted house. I wonder if they've revamped it recently, because the last time I went it was pretty shoddy. Oh, well, to kids, it's all amazing. Be sure to check out Seth Davis' story on the Casa Bonita cliff diver for our Faces of Lakewood, http://denver.yourhub.com/facesoflakewood
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Submitted By: Karin Malchow
posted on 2/18/2008 @ 8:28:21 AM
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We haven't been to Casa Bonita in years, but once had birthday parties there. Lots of fun, but how about that food?
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Barbara Neff

Castle Rock , CO

Barbara Neff has posted 85 stories and 243 comments since joining on 9/14/2005. Barbara Neff 's average story rating is 4.87.
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