The Rosebud (diner)

The Rosebud
The Rosebud Diner
Location Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′40″N 71°7′17″W / 42.39444°N 71.12139°WCoordinates: 42°23′40″N 71°7′17″W / 42.39444°N 71.12139°W
Built 1941
Architect Worcester Lunch Car Company
Architectural style Other
Governing body Private
MPS Diners of Massachusetts MPS
NRHP Reference #

99001125

[1]
Added to NRHP September 22, 1999

The Rosebud is a historic diner at 381 Summer Street in Somerville, Massachusetts near Davis Square.

The diner was built in 1941 by the Worcester Lunch Car Company for the Nichols family.[2] The diner was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

In 2013, after 40 years of the family's ownership, Evangelos Nichols sold the Rosebud to Martin Bloom. Bloom, the founder of a chain of Italian restaurants called Vinny Testa’s and owner of the Mission Oak Grill, promised to leave the exterior untouched.[3]

the Rosebud Diner in 2012
The historic marker sign on the face of the Rosebud Diner

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Diners of New England" By Randy Garbin, Edition: illustrated, (Published by Stackpole Books, 2005) ISBN 0-8117-3141-3, ISBN 978-0-8117-3141-6
  3. ↑ "Vinny Testa's founder Martin Bloom to take over Rosebud Diner in Davis Sq.". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved August 1, 2013.