![]() ![]() ![]() Weil, who loved to cook, was such a jazz fanatic he came up with the idea of offering free jazz at his eatery on Saturday nights. Over time, as the couple got older, they closed three of them, but one still remains on Jefferson Street in Santa Fe. “He had a big heart.”įor Weil, music and food went together - all the time, if possible.įor years, Weil and his wife Barbara Jo (BJ) ran four Bumble Bee’s Baja Grills in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. “He had to ride the biggest horse, wear the biggest hat and always had a big smile on his face,” said his daughter, Linda Weil. Weil died July 2 in Mérida, Mexico, where he had lived for several years, of a coronavirus-related illness. They called him Bumble Bee Bob after a little-known ranching community in Arizona.Ī rancher as well as a philanthropist, jazz aficionado and restaurateur, Bumble Bee Bob Weil helped start the annual New Mexico Jazz Festival and played a role in the development of Las Campanas. Restaurant owner helped promote jazz in New Mexico Here are some very nice things people are saying about our dear Bumble Bee Bob: ![]()
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