Nick's Cove is the site of a long-standing restaurant and vacation camp in Marin County, California.

[3] Croatian immigrants began settling in and around Marshall, California, a few miles south of what is now Nick's Cove, in 1900.

[4] In 1999, restaurant developer Pat Kuleto purchased the property in conjunction with chef Mark Franz.

[6] They encountered major environmental challenges as a stream flows beneath the restaurant's kitchen, and specimens of the California red-legged frog, a threatened species, were found on the site.

Saddled with the burden of $13 million in debt during a time of economic insecurity, the venture was unable to become profitable.