FISH AND OYSTER RESTAURANTS

 

 

 

CROATIAN CUISINE

 

Regional Croatian Cuisine

Many Croatian traditional festivities are pronouncedly linked with food, crop harvest or threshing, grape harvest and christening of wine, completion of a house, religion (Catholic-Christmas, Easter, pilgrimages, local saints days), or memorable moments in a man’s life (baptism, weddings, birthdays, name-days, funeral feasts). Every holiday has its typical dish. Pork-and-potato stew is eaten on pilgrimages and fairs, codfish is prepared for Christmas Eve and Good Friday, pork is eaten on the New Year’s Day, doughnuts are an inseparable part of the carnival festivities, and in the south a similar fried sweet dish called hrostule. Ham and boiled eggs with green vegetables are served for Easter, and the desert is made up of traditional cakes ; kullen (hot-pepper flavored sausage) for harvest, goose for St.Martin’s Day, turkey and other fowl as well as sarma (meat-stuffed cabbage leaves)  are served for Christmas Day. On weddings, a variety of dishes with dozes of cookies (breskvice, paws, gingerbread cookies, fritule - plain fritters, etc.). Favorite food among masses of people on all occasions includes spit-roasted lamb and suckling pig, grilled fish, calamari on various ways, barbecue dishes-raznjici and cevapcici and mixed grill, prosciutto and sheep cheese or smoked ham and fishstew, venison.

 

The Cuisine of Dalmatia

The cuisine of Dalmatia and the islands follows the trend of the modern nutritionist. The method of preparation of foodstuffs (mainly cooking or grilling) and plenty of fish, olive oil, vegetable and self-grown herbs found near the sea is why this cuisine is considered very healthy.

Dalmatian wines, like olive oil and salted olives, have been praised from the ancient times, which the present names of some of the indigenous grape sorts reveal (Grk  from the island of Korcula, Prc from the island of Hvar). The famous wines include Dingac and Postup from the Peljesac Peninsula, Babic from Primosten, Vugava and Plancic from the island of Hvar. Posip and Grk from Korcula, Marastina from the island of Lastovo, Malmsy from Dubrovnik, etc. but also Prosecco (sweet desert wine), then very strong grape (loza) and herbal brandies (travarica, grapes with medicinal herbs) and liqueurs (Maraschino, Vlahov).

Although even today every place has its own way of preparing a certain dish, the cuisine of the islands represent a separate world with their distinguishing features, such as the cuisine of the islands of Hvar, Korcula, Brac (vitalac, a dish made of lamb entrails wrapped in lamb intestines and spike-roasted), Vis (spike-roasted pilchards, the flat cake with pilchards from Komiza and Vis, related to today‘s pizza). Fresh sea fish (dog's tooth, giltheat, seabass, grooper, mackerel, pilchard) either grilled or boiled or marinated, then mollusks (squid, cuttlefish, octopus), crustaceans (shrimps, lobster) and shellfish (mussels, oysters, date-shells) boiled, in fish stew or risotto. Of meat prosciutto is certainly unmatched, pork leg smoked and dried in the bora (from Drnis), served with dry, mostly sheep cheese (the famous kinds are those from Pag and Dubrovnik) and salted green and black olives and capers and pickled onions. Lamb is also very praised, especially boiled, baked and barbecued in the open fire (franjevacka begovica from Visovac, or lopiz from the island of Iz, then dried mutton (kastradina), roast beef, Dalmatian stew (pasticada) with gnocchi offered by many restaurants. Light boiled vegetable is also a favorite dish (Swiss chard with potatoes, tomato sauce) often a mixture of cultivated and self-grown vegetables, spiced with olive oil and wine vinegar, or served with meat (manestra - pasta with minced meat, arambasici - stuffed vine leaves).

Regions with plenty of freshwater are famous for frog, eel river crab dishes and oysters (the Neretva valley, Trilj and the Cetina basin). Typical Dalmatian deserts win with their simplicity. The most usual ingredients include Mediterranean fruit, dried figs and raisins, almonds, honey, eggs (rafioli, mandulat, smokvenjak, the gingerbread -cookies from the island of Hvar, rozata).

 

The Cuisine of Istria and Kvarner Regions

The cuisine of Istria and Kvarner regions represents a special Croatian cuisine, a mixture of the inland and coastal cuisine. These regions are rich in excellent fish and seafood, most valuable among them being north Adriatic scampi (prawns), calamari and shellfish from the Limski Kanal Fiord. After excellent prosciutto, cheese and olives, many traditional wine cellars offer fish soup, fishstew, boiled prawns, black and white seafood risotto as well as other dishes typical of the central part of the peninsula - the traditional wine soup, ragout (jota) similar to  minestrone (manistra, menestra), but also pasta and risotto dishes with famous truffles, self-grown precious mushroom species, "dug out" from the underground by specially trained dogs and pigs; these mushrooms have the reputation of an aphrodisias. Excellent Istrian wines include: Malmsy of Buje, Cabernet of Porec, Sauvignon and Merlot, as well as Terrano of Buzet, Zlahtina of Vrbnik, and sparkling wines Bakarska Vodica, etc. There are many fine restaurants in Istria, especially on the Opatija, Crikvenica, Rovinja and Porec littorals, in the interior and on the islands. (Croatian Tourist Bureau)

 

FISH RECIPES

 

Crab Cioppino a Croatian-Dalmatian Contribution

In February 1929, Sunset Magazine adopted the editorial policy that still guides it: a magazine of Western living for people who live in the West. Over the years, the recipes that have appeared in its pages have become a history of Western tastes. Such factors as climate, geography, and ethnic mixtures have shaped its regional life style. Informality and a willingness to experiment are a large part of everyday experiences in the West. They first presented San Francisco’s famous Cioppino in 1941, crediting its invention to San Francisco fishermen from the Dalmatian Coast (Croatia) Dungeness crab is the star of this robust shellfish stew; clams and shrimp add their flavors, too. It’s traditional to sop up the thick tomato and garlic sauce with lots of extra-sour sourdough bread.

San Francisco Style Cioppino:

 

1/4  cup olive oil or salad oil

1      large onion, chopped

2      cloves garlic minced or pressed

1      large green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped

2/3  cup chopped parsley

1      can 15oz tomato sauce

1      can 28oz tomatoes

1      cup dry red or white wine

1      bay leaf

1      teaspoon dry basil

1/2   teaspoon dry oregano leaves

12    clams in shell, suitable for steaming, scrubbed

1      pound large shrimp (about 30 per lb), shelled and deveined

2      live or cooked large Dungeness crab (about2lb each), cleaned and cracked

 

In a 6-8 quart pan over medium heat, combine oil, onion, garlic, bell pepper, and parsley; cook, stirring often, until onion is soft. Stir in tomato sauce, tomatoes (break up with a spoon) and their liquid, wine, bay leaf, basil, and oregano. Cover and simmer until slightly thickened, about 20 minutes. To broth, add clams, shrimp, and crab. Cover and simmer gently until clams pop open and shrimp turn pink, about 20 minutes longer. Ladle hot broth and some of each shellfish into large soup bowls or soup plates. Makes 6 servings.

 

Fish Dishes Dalmatian Style

This is a traditional method of cooking fish dishes on the Dalmatian coast. At the San Francisco Dalmatian restaurants using this method, chefs use Mexican charcoal because it retains heat better, they say, than briquettes. They ignite the coals at least one hour before cooking time. No trace of flame remains. The coals are both glowing red and gray in color.

 

Sea Bass: use a steak one to two inches thick, dip in vegetable oil mixed with paprika, salt and pepper. For a thicker slice, grill up to ten minutes each side, three or four inches above the coals; a shorter time and closer to the coals if thinner. If you're afraid that fish will burn or dry out if kept too long on the coals, place fish in a 400-degree oven for the final five minutes, using a pan to which you have added a couple tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.

 

Salmon Steaks: five minutes pre side for a one-inch thick steak. For rex sole (whole, in skin): about three minutes per side. For swordfish: five minutes per side. Times vary slightly according to the heat of the coals and proximity of grate. Sokitch of Tadich's broils fish about 11/2 inches from coals; Henry Chung of Mayes' places grate about three inches above coals.

 

Sanddabs and Rex Sole, Fried on a Grill: Clean and de-head fish. Dip in cracker meal or flour and place on a flat grill, medium hot (375), on a little vegetable oil, which can be seasoned with paprika, salt and pepper, or lard. Cook three to five minutes pre side. Debone the fish by whacking off the tail with an extra stiff spatula, then running spatula along either side of backbone. If flesh seems too moist or translucent, place filets in warm (not hot) oven for a minute or two. Figure three sand dabs or two sole per person.

 

Dominic Ivelich's Fried Sanddabs: Tadich's longtime chef, now retired, likes to cook all fish in a ridge-bottomed cast-iron pan broiler. He preheats the pan for five minutes, rolls the sand dabs in flour seasoned with salt, pepper and paprika, then fries the fish without oil over medium heat. Five minutes per side.

 

Dominic Ivelich's Striped Bass Filets: Using filets of the local salt-water variety (unavailable commercially), he dips each filet in olive oil seasoned with salt and pepper. Again, you need one of those cast-iron pan broilers with ridges on the bottom to keep whatever you're frying above the grease. Cook the fish for five minutes on each side on the pre-heated pan. Squeeze a few drops of lemon juice on fish before serving.

 

Boiled Sea Bass Dalmatian: The classic method of cooking fish, other than the gradele (grill) or charcoal broiled method, is that of boiling. Actually the fish is simmered gently in a simple court-bouillon.

 

Dominic Ivelich does it this way: For two bass steaks weighing one-half pound each: water sufficient to cover the fish in a saucepan, one clove of garlic, two bunches green onions cut up, one stalk celery, diced, salt to taste, potatoes optional. Simmer the water with all ingredients except fish for half an hour, add fish, cover and cook until it flakes at the touch of a fork - ten or more minutes, figuring ten minutes per inch of thickness. Serve with lemon.

 

Ned Boban's recipe calls for juice of one-half lemon, 2 cups water, 2 stalks celery, cut up, 1 onion, cut in half, one dash olive oil, salt and pepper to taste, one tomato, chopped, optional, one or two thick slices fresh sea bass.

Combine all items but sea bass in a sauce pan. Simmer twenty to thirty minutes. Add fish and simmer, covered, until done, ten minutes or more. Figure ten minutes per inch of thickness.

 

Ernie Aviani's Cioppino: This sort of dish, like bouillabaisse to the French, zuppa di pesce to the Italians, is no stranger to the Dalmatians, many of whom call it Brodetto.

For six to eight persons, you'll need 1 onion, sliced, 1 glass red wine vinegar, 1 clove garlic, chopped, salt and pepper to taste, 12 clams, fresh, 12 uncooked prawns, 1 cup parsley, chopped, olive oil, enough to brown onion and garlic, 1/4 teaspoon celery salt, 4 slices sea bass, fresh, 1 can solid pack tomatoes (large size), 1 live crab, disjointed, dash paprika, dry sherry to taste. Saute onion and garlic in olive oil. When golden, add wine vinegar. Simmer one minute, then add crab, prawns and clams. Saute on low flame for ten minutes, stirring occasionally. Add tomato, salt, pepper, celery salt, paprika and sherry to your taste. Bring to simmer, add fish, cover and cook 15 minutes or until fish done. Serve with French bread.

 

Dave Berosh: the young proprietor of Mayes', sits in his basement office, totaling bills on ancient adding machine. He does office work and admits he knows nothing about cooking. How, then, will the Dalmatian ways of fish cuisine be carried on with only one Dalmatian chefs left in his kitchens? Where are the young countrymen to carry on the traditions? Berosh sniffs with irritation. "The young Croatian boys are playboys'" he says. "Right away, they want to wear Italian suits and drive new cars. The kids want a job as maitre d' right away. And they want girls." What has happened since his father's day, he explains, is that the Croatian schools now make the study of English compulsory, hence no young man need scrape a living by dishwashing any longer. What about the future of kitchens such as Mayes'? "In the future," muses Berosh, fingering a pencil and staring at a wall, "I think your chefs will all be oriental. They see something done once, they always do it that way."

 

Walter Seput has finished ordering fish for the day and now prepares the tiny bar at Sam's for the midday rush of patrons. He no longer seems concerned, if he ever was, that the famous kitchen lacks a zemljak. For the future, he thinks that each chef can somehow pass on Sam's traditions to his successor.

 

Tadich Grill and Chefs

"Where do I get chefs?" asks Tadich's Steve Buich, his eyes flashing. "I steal 'em," he says. Can't you ask the union to supply a Dalmatian chef, skilled in cooking fish? "It is like asking," Buich says, "a blind man for his eyes." (Adams 1976)

 

Squid With Rice, San Pedro Style

Active Work Time: 20 minutes  Total Preparation Time: 2 hours

Chris Lisica contributed this recipe to "Around the World; Around Our Town: Recipes From San Pedro Book 2." In the book, the recipe suggests serving the squid over rice cooked separately, but Lisica recommends cooking it in the pot with the squid and sauce.

1/4  cup oil

1     large onion, chopped

3     pounds squid, cleaned and cut into rings

4     cloves garlic, chopped

1     green bell pepper, seeded and chopped

1/2 cup parsley, chopped

2    (8-ounce) cans tomato sauce

      Salt, pepper

13/4 cups rice

Heat oil in heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Add onion and saute until lightly browned. Add squid rings and tentacles and saute together. Add garlic, bell pepper, parsley, tomato sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Squid will release liquid. Cover and simmer over low heat until squid is tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours, adding rice last 30 minutes. Stir regularly.

8 servings. Each serving: 302 calories; 425 mg sodium; 222 mg cholesterol; 9 grams fat; 37 grams carbohydrates; 18 grams protein; 0.59 gram fiber.

Lisica has edited two cookbooks that raise funds for the San Pedro branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. Both are titled "Around the World, Around Our Town" and both include Croatian dishes. Lisica's recipe for mostaccioli is in the first book, published in 1986.

Lisica's parents came from Selca, a village on the island of Brac.   Early immigrants were not popular with their non-Croatian neighbors, she says. "We were too noisy. We drank wine. We ate strange food. We ate things like squid, and you know how codfish smells, and sauerkraut. It wasn't what people were used to. Once they tasted it [Croatian food], it worked out differently."

 

Drago's Charbroiled Oysters, Louisiana

Ingredients:

1/2 dozen Louisiana oysters

1 tbsp. butter garlic sauce (see recipe)

Parmesan cheese and Romano cheese

On outside grill, place half dozen oysters (on the halfshell). Put 1 tbsp. butter garlic sauce (see recipe) and sprinkle Parmesan cheese and Romano cheese on each oyster and allow to saute in shell till oysters curl. Serve hot.

Caution: We recommend cooking on an outside grill because of intense heat and smoke.

Butter and Garlic Sauce

Ingredients:

10 ounces melted margarine or butter

1 tbsp. black pepper, white pepper, granulated garlic

3 tbsp. minced garlic

And of course, you can add additional flavor to any Louisiana Seafood recipe with a few shakes of TABASCO brand Pepper Sauce. Chef Tommy Cvitanovich, (Internet 2002)

 

Steak Jurisich, New Orleans

Filet medallions served over our creamy oyster sauce and topped with flash-fried oysters in a garlicky butter sauce. House of Seafood Chef Andrew Jaeger New Orleans

(Internet 2000)

 

Oyster Shooters a La Uglesich, New Orleans

I watched Gail Uglesich of Uglesich's Restaurant on Baronne Street in New Orleans, Louisiana make these for Martha Stewart one morning. She was kind enough to give out the recipe as she went along, but I'm guessing on total yield. It's one of the many (and often-changing) astonishing appetizers served before the astonishing entrees at Uglesich's, one of the best places to eat in the city.

2     cups olive oil (not extra-virgin)

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

4     tablespoons Steen’s Cane syrup

1     teaspoon each of salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

2    tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes, minced (dried, not packed in oil)

2    dozen large freshly shucked oysters, in their own liquor

Shuck the oysters, reserving the shells. Mix the first 8 ingredients, and let the marinade sit. The longer it sits, the better it gets. Sauté oysters over medium heat in four batches in about 1/2 cup of the marinade for each batch, until they just start to curl. Do not overcook! Place each oyster back in a shell. Drizzle a little bit of the hot marinade from the pan onto each oyster. Keep warm until all batches are done. Serve 4 oysters per person, on the half-shell, on a bed of romaine lettuce. YIELD:  6 appetizer servings. Chuck Taggart (Internet 2000)

 

Shrimper's Sauce, Mississippi Style

The fisherman out on the shrimping boat eats but one meal a day, and that's when the day's work is done. His recipe for Shrimper's Sauce has been handed down through many generations of fishermen and, although based on Creole recipes of 200 years ago, it shows by addition of salt pork the Croatian influence among shrimpers.

1/2 cup cooking oil

1 cup chopped salt pork

3 onions

1 can tomato sauce

3 cups hot water

1 teaspoon chili powder

2 cloves garlic

2 bay leaves

1 sprig thyme

1 teaspoon celery salt

salt and pepper to taste

Directions: Fry the chopped salt pork in the oil; add the onions, chopped fine, and fry but do not allow to burn; add tomato sauce, then the boiling water, and never let the water stop boiling; add chili powder, minced garlic and the remaining ingredients. Cook slowly for about 30 minutes, stirring frequently. The sauce made, the cook sets it carefully aside and looks over his supplies to decide what the meal will be.

 

Fried Oysters, Mississippi Style

1 cup of seasoned corn meal

Prepared egg dip

1 cup bread crumbs

Directions: Use large oysters, looking them over carefully for bits of shell. Wash and roll in seasoned corn meal. Let stand for 10 minutes, then dip in prepared egg dip, and roll in bread crumbs. Let stand another ten minutes. Fry only three or four at a time in hot fat.

To Prepare Seasoned Meal:

1 cup corn meal

2 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons paprika

Directions: Mix and sift three times.

 

To Prepare Egg Dip:

1 egg

1 tablespoon Worcester sauce

1 tablespoon. Salt

1 teaspoon paprika

6 teaspoons of oyster liquid

1 tablespoon grated onion sauce

Directions: Beat well together to mix. To prepare bread crumbs, put dried, stale bread through food chopper.

They were collected for a cookbook called Possum and Pomegranate. John T. Edge, director of the Southern Folkways Alliance at the University of Mississippi, unearthed them for Hidden Kitchen's producer Jamie York. Some of the recipes did not carry attribution information; nobody knows who wrote them. These recipes are untested. Return to 'America Eats': A Hidden Archive from the 1930s. Nov. 19, 2004.

 

Louis Trebotich Fish Cooking Biloxi Style

Biloxi fisherman emphasize they had no time on board to be lazy or rest, however, meal times provided a short respite from work. The Biloxi Schooners had only a charcoal stove with room for one pot. The cook, an appointed crew member, prepared everything in that one pot, slumgullion style (one ingredient over another in the same pot). Of course, the typical menu included seafood. Shrimp or oyster spaghetti, gumbo, jambalaya, courtboullion, and the Dalmatian bakelar (dried fish) were common meals. The Biloxi bakeries made a special bread for the fishermen called "boat bread" which sold for a nickel a loaf. Boat bread or hard tack accompanied every meal. While the meal was sure to tempt the palate, the choice of beverages usually did not vary: coffee, Barq's rootbeer (originated and brewed in Biloxi), or claret wine (sweet wine) with a little water in it, "so it don't make you droopy."

Time and time again one hears of the culinary talents of the Biloxi fishermen who learned their craft on a boat. Even today at the Slavonian Lodge, the Fleur de Lis Club, or at home the men will take charge of the kitchen. Steve Trebotich was the cook on board a boat for eleven years, and still cooks today. When I interviewed him and his brother, Steve was busy preparing gumbo. Louis testifies that Steve was the best cook on the water. Steve said he had no choice in the matter, but now he enjoys sharing his skill. Trebotich, Louis and Steve.  24 November 1992, Biloxi, Mississippi.

 

FISH AND OYSTER RESTAURANTS

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NAME                                       YEAR  OCCUPAT       COMMENTS                                ACTIVITY               LOC              ORIGIN

 

ANDRIASEVICH, NIKOLA   1892     Restaurant                                                                  Los Angeles                California       Konavle

ANTICH, MARTIN                  1900     Restaurant                                                                  Aberdeen                     Washington   Croatia

ANTONIOLI, G                        1885     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Budva

ANTUNOVICH, FLORIO       1899     Restaurant          Queen Restaurant                            Los Angeles                California       Konavle

ARCICH, JOHN                       1935     Restaurant          Good Fellows Grill                         San Pedro                    California       Brac

ARNERICH, FRANK              1980     Restaurant          California Grill                                Watsonville                 California       Brac

ARNERICH, FRANK              1935     Oyster House     Oyster Loaf                                     San Jose                      California       Brac

ARNERICH, GEORGE            1901     Fish House        Good Fellows Grotto                      San Francisco              California       Brac

ARNERICH, JOHN                  1980     Restaurant          California Grill                                Watsonville                 California       Brac

ARNERICH, PAUL                  1980     Restaurant          Royal Grill                                      Watsonville                 California       Brac

AVIANI, ERNEST                   1930S   Fish House        Neptune Fish Grotto                       San Francisco              California       Brac

AVIANI, ERNEST                   1927     Fish House        Saddle Rock Grill                           San Francisco              California       Brac

AVIANI, PETER                      1894     Restaurant                                                                  Portland                       Oregon          Brac

BAJURIN, DAN                       1937     Fish House        Popeyes Fish Grotto                       San Francisco              California       Hodilje

BAJURIN, JOHN                     1872     Restaurant                                                                  New Orleans               Louisiana       Hodilje

BAKULICH, MATO                1897     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Brac

BALICH, M                              1927     Fish House        US Rest & Oyster Parlor                San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BALOVICH, JOHN                 1877     Restaurant                                                                  New Orleans               Louisiana       Brac

BANOVAC, BOB                    1977     Fish House        Park Place Seafood                         San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BARBAROVICH, DAN          1900     Restaurant                                                                  Astoria                        Oregon          Brac

BARBICH, ANTON                 1889     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Silba

BARBICH, JOHN                    1897     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Silba

BARCOTT, JOHN                    1921     Oyster House     California Oyster House                 Tacoma                        Washington   Vis

BARCOTT, PROSPER             1921     Oyster House     California Oyster House                 Tacoma                        Washington   Vis

BARISICH, M                          1913     Oyster House     Oyster Grotto Rest                          Fresno                         California       Hvar

BASICA, VICKO                     1921     Restaurant                                                                  Monterey                     California       Mljet

BASICA, VINCENT                1920     Restaurant          Owl Cafe                                        Monterey                     California       Mljet

BATISTICH, JOHN                 1980     Restaurant          State Grill                                        Watsonville                 California       Korcula

BATIZA, FRANK                    1888     Restaurant                                                                  Watsonville                 California       Dalmatia

BEBAN, ROKO                        1887     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Zlarin

BEGOVICH, DINKO               1922     Fish House        Mayes Oyster House                      San Francisco              California       Trpanj

BEGOVICH, DOMINICK       1937     Fish House        Polk and Sutter Oyster House        San Francisco              California       Trpanj

BEGOVICH, DOMINICK       1938     Fish House        S S Dominick and Johnny              San Francisco              California       Trpanj

BEGOVICH, JAMES               1886     Restaurant                                                                  San Diego                   California       Dalmatia

BELISICH, JOHN                    1880     Restaurant          Vienna Chop House                       Portland                       Oregon          Dalmatia

BENKOVICH, ANDRIA         1910     Restaurant          Peninsula Lunch                             Monterey                     California       Mljet

BENKOVICH, NIKOLA         1910     Fish House        Benkovich Grill                              Monterey                     California       Mljet

BENNIS, MARCO                   1880     Restaurant                                                                  San Diego                   California       Dalmatia

BENNIS, S                                1883     Restaurant                                                                  San Diego                   California       Dalmatia

BERETICH, MARTIN              1900     Restaurant                                                                  Aberdeen                     Washington   Croatia

BEROS, DAVE                         1981     Fish House        Mayes Oyster House                      San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BEROSH, MARIAN                1930S   Fish House        Neptune Fish Grotto                       San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BEZICH, MARION                  1921     Oyster House     Mecca Oyster House                      Tacoma                        Washington   Dalmatia

BEZMALINOVICH, ANDR    1926     Restaurant                                                                  San Pedro                    California       Brac

BILAFER, MITCHELL            1910     Fish House        Saddle Rock Grill                           San Francisco              California       Budva

BOBAN, JOHN                        1879     Oyster Saloon                                                            Sacramento                  California       Dalmatia

BOBAN, NED                          1981     Fish House        Mayes Oyster House                      San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BOGDANOVICH, M               1918     Restaurant          Martin's Cafe                                  San Pedro                    California       Vis

BOGOVICH, JOHN                 1878     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BONACICH, EDWARD          1884     Restaurant                                                                  Santa Cruz                   California       Brac

BORIES, JOSEPH                    1855     Fish House        Louisiana Restaurant                       Sacramento                  California       Dalmatia

BOSILIO, JOHN                      1930     Fish House        Miramar Fish Grotto                       San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BOSKOVICH, NICK               1980     Restaurant          Loma Linda Restaurant                   Watsonville                 California       Cilipi

BOSKOVICH, NIKOLA         1930     Fish House        Miramar Fish Grotto                       San Francisco              California       Cilipi

BOSNICH, TONY                    1930S   Fish House        Miramar Fish Grotto                       San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BRAGATTO, MICHEL            1878     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Losinj

BUDICH, MICHAEL               1871     Oyster Saloon                                                            San Francisco              California       Dalmatia

BUICH, LOUIE                        1933     Fish House        Tadich Grill                                     San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, LUKO                         1980     Fish House        Gelcos                                             San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, MARY                        1989     Fish House        Tadich Grill                                     San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, MITCHELL L             1989     Fish House        Tadich Grill                                     San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, MITCHELL S             1933     Fish House        Tadich Grill                                     San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, NIKO                          1980     Fish House        Gelcos                                             San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, ROBERT T                 1964     Fish House        Tadich Grill                                     San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, STEVE L                     1964     Fish House        Tadich Grill                                     San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, TOM                           1933     Fish House        Tadich Grill                                     San Francisco              California       Grbovac

BUICH, VLAHO                      1980     Fish House        Gelcos                                             San Francisco              California       Grbovac