Rosebud is a historic

diner A diner is a small, inexpensive restaurant found across the United States, as well as in Canada and parts of Western Europe. Diners offer a wide range of foods, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a com ...

building at 381 Summer Street in

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, near

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. The diner was built in 1941 by the

Worcester Lunch Car Company Worcester Lunch Car Company was a manufacturer of diners based in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1906 to 1957. History In 1906 Philip H. Duprey and Grenville Stoddard established the Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company, whic ...

for the Nichols and Perivolaris families. It was added to the

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in 1999. The original lunch car was 400 square feet. At some point, an addition of over 3000 square feet was made to the back containing a full kitchen (as opposed to the original small grill area behind the counter) and additional seating. 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. however the original interior was completely removed and the business name changed to "Rosebud American Kitchen and Bar", reflecting the shift from a diner-style business model to a mid-tier table service restaurant. The diner made a cameo appearance as "Rose Diner" in the episode entitled
Wachgeküsst
("Awakened with a Kiss") of the German TV network ttps://www.zdf.de/serien/ ZDF(Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) " Katie Fforde" series, (2019, season 10, episode 2).

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