Deanieâs Seafood owner Barbara Chifici passes away at age 77 Barbara Mrs. Barbara Chifici (Source: Chafici Family) By Tiffany Baptiste | January 24, 2021 at 4:57 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 4:57 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Barbara Chifici, owner of Deanieâs Seafood Restaurants and matriarch of the Chifici Family, has passed away. She was 77.
Family members say Chifici, who was also known as Mrs. Barbara, passed away late Saturday night at Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner from Coronavirus complications.
Chifici, who came from a large Italian family of New Orleans restauranteurs, married her late husband Frank Chifici in 1963. The two operated two restaurants, Chificiâs Restaurant in New Orleans and Gramboliâs in Metairie, before buying the Deanieâs Seafood Restaurant and Market in Bucktown in 1982.