As Casa Bonita’s Opening Gets Closer, the Unofficial Great Wait in Line Event Gets Big Response

“It started as kind of a joke,” says Jesse Vogel, who created a Facebook event called The Great Wait in Line Event to eat the first night at Casa Bonita opening night! “A Storm Area 51-style event was the beginning thought process,” he adds, referring to a viral event page from 2019. “Then I thought, how funny would it be if we could get people to stay out there? It could become this big game show-type thing. … It could even be turned into a big South Park episode.”

As of March 7  — three months ahead of the reopening of the pink eatertainment palace at 6715 West Colfax Avenue — nearly 9,000 people have RSVP’d. “I haven’t advertised it. I just shared it in some Facebook groups, and it’s grown naturally,” Vogel notes.

But that isn’t surprising, considering the anticipation…