Casa Bonita employees send list of demands to ownership

On Wednesday last week, 50 Casa Bonita employees gathered for an all-hands meeting and delivered a letter of demands to owners and “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, according to a statement from the employees, which was released on Wednesday afternoon.

The staff was notified just days before the Lakewood landmark reopened on June 23 for a series of soft openings that higher-ups had decided to eliminate the option for customers to tip and instead offer workers a flat fee of $30 an hour. Casa Bonita originally was planning to pay bartenders $14.27 an hour plus tips, according to the employee statement.

The employee letter is asking the owners to revert to what was originally promised by ownership when they were hired months ago, and to c...