El Chino - Pajarito Restaurant
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sfwife
N 27° 57.657 W 082° 26.666
17R E 357920 N 3093716
Historical Marker in Ybor City, Tampa, FL
Waymark Code: WM2N92
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2007
Views: 48
Cuban exiles in the 1890's met to plot for independence at a restaurant operated on this site by the patriot Antonio Menendez, a Chinese from Cuba.
Many revolutionaries on their way to join the Mambi Army in Cuba, were given warm welcome and free rations. The Freedom fighters, before leaving for guerilla warfare in the savannas, were equipped with machetes and knives from the kitchen of El Chino - Pajarito.
On occasions Jose Marti dined here with rebel leaders.
Marker Number: none
Date: 1962
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: The Optimist Club of Ybor City
Website: Not listed
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