Rose's Restaurant Coupons

In 1956, a tiny widow from Ohio named Rose Naftalin moved to Portland and opened a small restaurant on NW 23rd Avenue. Rose spent the next 10 years in the kitchen—where she insisted on preparing many of the entrées and desserts herself. Soon her authentic New York-style deli fare, pastries and cakes attracted throngs of locals. And as the word spread, out-of-towner visits to Portland weren’t complete without a meal at Rose’s. In 1966, Rose retired to write a cookbook and sold her namesake restaurant to Max Birnbach. A veteran of Portland restaurants, and already in his sixties, Max took over the reins at Rose’s and faithfully carried on for another 24 years—well past his 80th birthday....