The legend states that on May 18th, 1683 a pirate by the name of Lorenzillo and his companion, Agramont, went ashore at “La Villa Rica de la Veracruz” on the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 900 miles west of Cancun. The pirates had been at sea for months and were tired of eating salted fish.

Knowing that they could eat in a good restaurant in Veracruz they could not wait to go ashore. Much to the dismay of the towns people the pirates were not satisfied with the culinary delights of the restaurant, and, in retaliation, they plundered the city and killed a few members of the upper crust of society.
In 1979, 296 years after this merciless attack, the name of the famous Lorenzillo was hung the doorway of the first Chaine of fine restaurants offering the best selection from the seven seas. The restaurant was opened as a preventive measure to avoid repeating the history…