One of Denver's top tourist attractions - believe it or not - is located in a strip shopping mall on West Colfax Avenue, not too far from beautiful and exotic Lakewood, Colorado, the one time - and not surprisingly, brief - home of Jack Kerouac. Casa Bonita is a Mexican Restaurant that features tables set around a 30 foot waterfall, from which cliff divers jump at regular intervals. And it is an "all you can eat" restaurant, too. As I recall from the last time I was there, which was quite a while ago, to request more food, you simply raise a little flag at your table, and a waiter or waitress comes and brings you a refill. Among locals, the food there has a very so-so reputation, and the cliff diving acts are considered a bit tacky. On the other hand, it is hard to find a local who had never been there. And to tell you the truth, the food there tasted just fine to me. And I am after all a gourmet. It reminds me of Woody Allen's old story about two elderly Jewish ladies who were complaining about the food at a resort in the Poconos. The first one said that the food tasted horrible, and the second one replied yes, and such small portions, too. That, by the way, is Woody Allen's philosophy of life. Full of trouble and unhappiness, and way too short.
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