![]() One can find but a handful of them on the stretch between the Seattle city limits and Federal Way, including the Bernie and Boys Market, which opened the same year that Rose's did in 1937.īernie's, 9 miles north of Rose's in Tukwila, bills itself as the "Home of the Live Butcher." News that Rose's isn't going anywhere anytime soon means that old Highway 99, which was built by the federal government and completed in 1928, won't lose one of its few remaining old-timers. Gennette said that on a recent Sunday, the crew at Rose's served 350 dinners. ![]() Many other people obviously have the same taste. "Mainly because they've got the best chicken in the state," she said. What keeps her coming back is hardly a culinary mystery. She is a Puyallup resident who has been dining at Rose's for the past 50 years. ![]() That's good news to regular customers like Pat Hoffman. There are no plans to develop the land around Rose's, she emphasizes. "Any rumors that it is going to be developed in the next few years are strictly rumors," she said. "I'm sure they're going to develop it somewhere down the road," he said.īut Gennette's fear is unfounded, according to Laurie Jewett, Development Services of America vice president. The Seattle firm owns the historic building at 26915 Pacific Highway S., and the 10 acres of brushy land behind it in Des Moines. He fears the steady stream of traffic along the highway will prove too tempting for Development Services of America. Restaurant owner Jim Gennette doesn't say much to dispel that notion. ![]() Its famous old-fashioned chicken dinners served on lace-covered tables still draw big crowds.īut its weathered neon sign and readerboard with missing letters ("Chicken and bs to go f r the per bowl") give the impression of a place that may be not only be out of place, but out of time. Rose's Highway Inn is one of the few pre-World War II businesses left on the highway that runs through one of the fastest-growing areas in the state. On Pacific Highway South, amid the countless new fast-food restaurants and strip malls, sits a 61-year-old landmark to home cooking and tradition. ![]()
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