Summary
Hotel Mac is a historic hotel and restaurant, that was built in 1911 and is located in the historic Point Richmond neighborhood of Richmond, California in the United States. The successful hotel and bar was owned throughout the 1960's by Mr.John Nunez. Nunez was forced to sell the property as the state had plans for the construction of the Carlson Freeway (I 580). The freeway was eventually completed without disturbing the property.
Hotel Mac | |
 Hotel Mac in 2022 | |
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| Location | Richmond, California (Pt. Richmond) |
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| Coordinates | 37°55′38″N 122°23′05″W / 37.927342°N 122.384800°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Part of | Point Richmond Historic District |
History edit
The original hotel was built in 1911 and named the Colonial Hotel. It served many different people, but mostly workers from the nearby Standard Oil refinery (now the Chevron Richmond Refinery). In the 1930s it was purchased by J. V. McAfee, a former manager at the Claremont Hotel. He also changed its name to the Hotel Mac.[1]
Beginning in the 1940s and 1950s, however, Hotel Mac began to lose its popularity and character. In 1971 a fire damaged the structure, and it closed for business. In 1978 Bill Burnett and Griff Brazil formed a company to restore and reopen Hotel Mac as a fine dining restaurant. The hotel also reopened.[1]
In the fall of 2020, the restaurant's owner shuttered the restaurant's doors as a result of lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Today edit
Both the hotel and restaurant closed during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but the hotel reopened in 2021. The restaurant was sold to new owners, Richmond restaurateurs Blanca Zepedalomeli and her husband Juvenal Magna, who opened the restaurant and bar, now named Ristorante Biancoverde, on July 13, 2023.[3][4]
The hotel is notable because each of its 10 rooms are decorated with slightly different styles and color schemes.[5] Hotel Mac is a contributing property to the Point Richmond Historic District, and was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b The Hotel Mac
- ^ "Closings Worry Point Richmond Business Owners". November 30, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- ^ Restaurant Realty. "LEASED – POINT RICHMOND'S HISTORIC HOTEL MAC'S RESTAURANT & BAR WILL REOPEN IN 2024". Restaurant Realty. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ Della Penna, Joanna. "Hip Italian spot opens in Richmond's historic Hotel Mac". Oaklandside.org. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ The Hotel Mac
- ^ "National Register". Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
External links edit
Media related to Hotel Mac at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
