Downtown Cabo’s Pancho’s restaurant closed its doors on August 1st, announced partners Juan Calderoni and Alvaro Cota, who bought it from original owners John and Mary Bragg 10 years ago. John and Mary were a fixture in Cabo and Pancho’s was almost an instant success when it opened in 1989. John was the first tequila connoisseur in Los Cabos, boasting a collection of over 100 brands of the spirit, and Mary was the hostess par excellence and a great PR person. They both launched the Chili Cook Off annual events to benefit the Cabo San Lucas fire department and supported several other community-oriented organizations, until they sold Pancho’s and retired to Ajijic, in Central Mexico near Guadalajara where John passed away several years ago.
Another legend is gone. Sigh.