It was featured on an episode of South Park and now the creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone bought the restaurant after the previous owners filed for bankruptcy. The purchase price was only $3.1 million compared to the $40 million they spent to renovate it and fix it up. It will take a long time for them to even break even. They said they wanted to save the place due to it being a well known Denver landmark that many people(including them) remember from childhood.