Talk:Casa Bonita

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Casa Bonita! Casa Bonita! Food and fun in a festive atmosphere !

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Jcam 20:07, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 ads 2 Non-notable. 3 Notable! 4 "Unwrapped"

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For information you can call 411. Paul 07:13, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non-notable.

It's not clear to me that this restaurant is even notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.212.250 (talk) 20:14, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable!

This restaurant is central to an episode of South Park. The "Casa Bonita" episode currently plays in syndication all over the world, and is regularly seen by millions of people. The details of this peculiar restaurant are of interest to any of the millions of people who watch this show. Furthermore, the Casa Bonita entry is linked to, and is relevant to, the "South Park Episode Guide" page, which is also extremely popular. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.91.87 (talk) 06:50, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

A south park episode (one of my favorite shows, BTW) does not make it notable. There are at least five restaurants in my city of similar scale to casa bonita, and none of those deserve mention in an ENCYCLOPEDIA either. Right now the article reads like a tourist pamphlet or their website. Rm999 09:10, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

A South Park episode does make it notable. Also, a restaraunt that has it's own tourist pamphlet is notable so if the article reads that way than there's probably more to it than the overwhelming majority of other restaurants. This article wouldn't be appropriate for a print encyclopedia but one of the advantages of an online encyclopedia is the number of articles it can contain with relatively small resources and since this is also a wiki there are users that are willing to create those articles. If Wikipedia only contained articles that would also be in a print encyclopedia there wouldn't be much reason to come here. To say that Casa Bonita is notable is really not subjective because several of its characteristics have been noted each of which individually distinguishes it from any restaurant that isn't in Las Vegas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.109.135 (talk) 17:25, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

I see that you are from Denver - you may be biased towards a local business, but I don't think casa bonita is globally notable. I have no problem with the article remaining, but if it remains I think it should be rewritten to emphasize why it is notable (and I'm low on ideas). A south park episode, and the fact that it is large, does not make it notable. Right now it smacks of an advertisement for the restaurant. If we added every restaurant that had a capacity of 1000 people, we would have to add dozens of places per city. Wikipedia is not the yellow pages! Rm999 01:59, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, a show as popular as South Park which bases an entire episode on the subject matter probably satisfies WP:N alone. Being "Globally Notable" has nothing to do with anything. "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Nothing global in there. Restaurants can become notable in many ways, and being the main subject matter of an episode of a show watched by millions of viewers is alone enough to satisfy notability, but coupled with the utter uniqueness of the restaurant (cliff divers?!) AND the minor meme status (casa bonita and parodies thereof pop up regularly on the intarwebs) renders any notability argument silly. Go ahead, nom it for deletion and watch the speedy keeps roll in -67.161.11.76 09:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I hear CB may have subpar food, but it's the kitch factor that draws people in regardless. We just moved out here to the Denver area (Lakewood) and I really didn't know about CB until I saw the South Park episode, then moved out here and put two and two together. Whether this place is notable or not, folks are beginning to take notice. And CB hasn't suffered, so there ya go!--DLNorton 02:21, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

The fact that it's big and that it's on South Park aren't the only reasons it's famous. Casa Bonita has been around as a staple of culture and family entertainment in the area for many years. It's like Chuck E. Cheese, in the sense that whenever a little kid wants to have a birthday party, it has to be at Casa Bonita, even if you happen to live hours away. Of course it's aimed more at kids, and likewise I wouldn't expect you to understand it's value here, especially if you've never been there. Just the fact that it has a waterfall, a cave to walk through, live performances, arcades, etc... makes it precious to little kids, and makes it memorable to them. Then, even as you grow up, it's a cool place to take your kids because then it's more of a nostalgic response that takes over in your body, and even though everything now seems cheesy and lame to you, it can still take you back to when you were younger. So don't take the post down. It's important here. If you think there's other restaurants that deserve it, then put those up, no one is stopping you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.134.14 (talk) 23:40, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Unwrapped"

I just saw this on an episode of "Unwrapped" on the food network. The episode was about diners and restaurants. I think this would be of relevance, can someone add it? Shinku Hisaki 04:04, 30 September 2007 (UTC)