Yaw's is returning.



Portlanders who have been around for few decades might recall the glory days of Yaw's Top Notch, when the Hollywood District burger joint still churned out toasted-bun burgers, gravy fries and thick milkshakes. The restaurant closed in 1982.



As first reported by the Mid-County Memo blog, Steve Yaw, grandson of the original owners, plans to open a new Yaw's by July at 11340 N.E. Halsey St. (the former Gossip Restaurant & Lounge) in the Gateway neighborhood.

From Steve Yaw:

"The famous Yaw's hamburger with toasted buns and gravy fries, Green River soft drinks, thick milkshakes, homemade mayonnaise, relish, pickles, berry tarts and pies; and the car-hop service and Tootsie Roll cop, made Yaw's Top Notch a destination location for Portlanders; people sometimes waiting more than an hour to get a seat."

The original Yaw's opened in 1926 and closed in 1982. Former Paul Revere & the Raiders frontman Mark Lindsay tried to revive the signature Yaw's burger at his short-lived Rock & Roll Cafe in the Hollywood neighborhood in 2007,

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