"Drago and Klara Cvitanovich founded their restaurant in Metairie, Louisiana, and with their son's invention of the charbroiled oyster, their business became famous throughout the region. This fascinating history of the family and restaurant presents the amazing saga of Drago and Klara separately emigrating from Yugoslavia after World War II, meeting at the New Orleans Mardi Gras in 1958, and embarking on a whirlwind courtship. The book follows their story from their modest beginnings to the delicious successes that their customers enjoy today"--