6715 West Colfax Avenue
Lakewood, CO , 80214-1807

Phone: (303) 232-5115

Website

The Lakewood (a suburb of Denver) location opened in early 1974. The 52,000 square foot restaurant features strolling Mariachis, flame jugglers, gunfights, Pirates, Bananas the Gorilla, and a 30-foot waterfall with cliff divers. It also has a small puppet theater, a "haunted tunnel" called Black Bart's Cave, an arcade with a large skee-ball room, and a magic theater. An episode of South Park featured this restaurant.

Plenty of free parking.

Machine 3: (2019) by the new Museo of Casa Bonita artifacts, near the exit.
1) Black Bart,
2) The Sheriff,
3) Chiquita the Gorilla,
4) The Casa Bonita Dive Team

Retired Machines

Retired 1: 1) Vertical Chapel, 2) Vertical Chapel, 3) Horizontal Chapel.
Retired 2: 1) (V) Building Tower entrance with 'Denver', 2) (V) Gorilla wearing a hat and vest with 'Bananas' (the name of the Gorilla), 3) (V) Female cliff diver with 'Cliff Diver Denver', 4) (H) 'World Famous Casa Bonita Established 1974 Denver Colorado'.

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: 39° 44' 30.0588" Longitude: -105° 4' 14.4804"

1/22: After talking to the man at the snow cone machine who owns both smashing machines, he told me the original machine (Retired 1) is retired and at his house.
6/23: Machine 2 is retired and privately owned.

1/25/24: The machine is located near the exit between the museum and the submarine. You must purchase a Casa Bonita game card to use the machine.