Louisiana oyster impresario Chris ‘Bozo’ Vodanovich dies at 86
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [New Orleans Advocate] By Ian McNulty - December 19, 2014 -
Bozo’s restaurant never gave off much glitz, not at its original location tucked away in Mid-City nor during its second chapter on a Metairie side street off Causeway Boulevard.
But the memorably named restaurant was renowned for the quality of its raw oysters and fried seafood, and during a heyday that stretched for decades beginning in the 1950s, it was known as a place for figures from the worlds of entertainment, politics, sports and the media to see and be seen.
Tommy Cvitanovich, proprietor of Drago’s Seafood Restaurant, said, “He took such pride in what he did, especially the oysters. He insisted on frying them himself, always. No one fried oysters like Mr. Chris.”
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