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Seven years ago, chef Ernesto Kut Gomez was flying between Mexico City and Vancouver when he stopped to see a friend in Todos Santos. “I fell in love with the place,” Ernesto remembers. “I loved the beach and the ruggedness and everything. And I’ve always loved historical buildings.” On that first trip, an 1800s brick structure caught his eye. “It was beautiful, but it was really in ruins. Like, it didn’t have a ceiling,” Ernesto says. Two impulses led him to purchase the building’s lot.