California's Oldest Existing Restaurant Has Served Up Seafood For More Than 175 Years - Chowhound
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In 1849, gold fever had overtaken San Francisco, turning it into an instant boomtown, with 4,000 people arriving by ship each month. The city's population swelled from around 1,000 residents in 1848 to 25,000 by 1850. Into this chaotic scene came three enterprising Croatian immigrants — Nikola Budrovich, Frano Kosta, and Antonio Gasparich — who set up a tent on the busy Long Wharf where hundreds of ships were…
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