Pertsonak
Pertsonak
cooks, owners, families — 8 of them.
Michelle Anchustegui
The Triangle in Sweet, Idaho cooks her dishes; her family keeps them on the menu.
Dan Ansotegui
Opened Bar Gernika in 1991, The Basque Market in 1999, and Ansots. Three doors on or beside the Basque Block, from one family that arrived in Idaho in the early 1900s.
Jose Mari Artiach
Came from the Basque Country to herd sheep, and opened Leku Ona on the Basque Block in December 2005.
Louis Erreguible
Opened Louis' Basque Corner in Reno with Lorraine Erreguible in 1967.
Maria Epifania Lamiquis-Inchausti
Born 4 February 1903 in Bizkaia. Her descendants opened Epi's in Meridian in 1999 and named it for her.
The Lekumberry family
Bought the J.T. in Gardnerville on 1 April 1960 and have run it since.
Anamarie Lopategui
Started Ogi Deli in Elko on her own Basque side, with sandwiches, and grew it into a pintxo bar.
The Maitia family
J.B. and Mayie Maitia opened Wool Growers in 1954; their daughter Jenny and granddaughter Christiane run it.