It’s future was to become even more intriguing. This was just the beginning of the hotel’s colorful story. This of course made him quite popular and ironically he opened a general store named “La Popular.” He then opened the first gas station in Todos Santos directly next door to the hotel further establishing his reputation as a visionary. In the 1950’s, “El Chino” brought ice from La Paz to Todos Santos for the first time ever, and the Hotel California’s restaurant and bar served the only cold beer in town. Wong changed his name to Don Antonio Tabasco which didn’t work as well as he had planned since he soon became known as “El Chino,” meaning “The Chinese Man” rather than Don Antonio Tabasco. Wanting the locals to believe he was Mexican, Mr. Wong lived in the 16 room hotel with his wife and seven daughters. Wong, after three years of construction, it opened on February 5, 1950. The Hotel California was founded in, 1948, by a Chinese immigrant named Mr.
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