The family behind the popular Restaurant Mediteran got its start in Bosnia, a country they escaped 20 years ago for better opportunities, first in Croatia, then Germany and finally the United States.
According to excerpts from the article:
While the disquietude of their experiences in Bosnia has been eased with a new life and successful restaurant — downtown Lansing’s Restaurant Mediteran — the memories of a devastated homeland linger.
“The war was very rough, very violent,” Igor Jurkoic said. “We didn’t have any other choice but to leave the country and look for safer place. We could either leave or stick around and die.” He returned to Bosnia on vacation a month ago. "It's changed now, but since we have found our peace here, it would be ridiculous for us to go back, since we got bad memories and everything else."
Jurkovic's family came to the United States in 1999, unable to speak English. But within six years, they manifested the American dream into Restaurant Mediteran.
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