Victorin Dol Age: 47  Working at a Restaurant

This listing something not restauranteur related

This person is not Croatian, but important to the project

Date: 1887 Jan 1

Name on Reference Document: is a Proprietor at

301-325 N Main St. (Downey Block), Los Angeles which is a restaurant named "Commercial Restaurant".

Notes:

Connection:
Victorin Dol, proprietor Commercial Restaurant, Downey Block, res 222 North Main, rear
But in the restaurant section Louis T. Pegot is listed as the Proprietor Commercial Restaurant, 221 N Main St. (which would be across the street from Dol's residence)
Maybe more than one Commercial Restaurant
From 1887 Los Angeles City Directory (Corran). p164. Click for complete doc.
Person (ID: 124):
Dol is written up in The Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining (p. 529)
He was brought to Los Angeles circa 1877 by his uncle-in-law to take over the Commercial Restaurant.
He progressed and he and his wife bought real estate and started other enterprises.
Victorin Dol, res 108 New High
By 1889, Dol had moved to a building across from the all-powerful Los Angeles Times. Renamed the Maison Dorée, the restaurant was advertised as "L.A.'s Delmonico," an homage to the famous New York City restaurant.

Address (ID: 24):
Downey Block, NE Corner Temple and Main.  Commercial Restaurant. 1887 Los Angeles City Directory.p 164. Dol
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