The creators of “South Park” have made a deal to save Casa Bonita, a Mexican restaurant and family entertainment center outside Denver that was featured in the plot of an episode of the popular cartoon show and filed bankruptcy earlier this year, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the show’s creators, announced they would purchase the restaurant, pending bankruptcy-court approval, during a conversation with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, broadcast on the politician’s official Facebook account on Friday. The duo made the announcement about a week after ViacomCBS said it struck a six-year deal with Messrs. Parker and Stone for six new seasons of the TV show on Comedy Central and more than a dozen movies for Paramount+ that will reportedly earn the duo $900 million. The Mexican resort-themed restaurant is known for its 30-foot high waterfall, which cliff-divers, at times wearing gorilla-suits, regularly jump off to entertain guests. In one South Park episode, Eric Cartman, one of the show’s main characters, goes to extreme lengths to crash his on-again-off-again friend and rival Kyle’s birthday at Casa Bonita; Cartman is arrested at the end of the episode after he jumps off the waterfall. Despite the exposure Casa Bonita gained from the episode, the company behind the restaurant filed for bankruptcy protection in April, citing impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the dining industry. “We’ve come to an agreement with the owner and we bought it,” Mr. Stone said during Friday’s live conversation.
