Roake's

A c1938 Roy Dowell diner in Milwalkie, Oregon

True Diner

18109 SE McLoughlin Blvd
Milwalkie, Oregon 97267

Phone: (503) 654-7075

Status: Open for business

Hours:

Monday to Thursday:
10:30am to 8:00pm
Friday and Saturday:
10:30am to 9:00pm
Sunday:
10:30am to 8:00pm

Website: http://www.roakesthehotdogfolks.com/

Last Updated: Jan. 18, 2019

Notes:

99RP+VF Jennings Lodge, Oregon

NW corner w/ SE Arista Dr.

Cash only.

Originally Jiffy Way Lunch, and kept that name even through ownership changes up to 1976, though was better known to most people as “Long John’s” from 1943 on. Famous for franks and burgers.

There is a second location at 1760 NE Lombard Place in Portland (503-289-3557).

This Depression-era diner’s website includes a history of its maker. With lumber loaned by the Carlton Lumber Co. of northeast Portland, Roy Dowell constructed thirteen (13) 8’ X 20’ mobile diners in their yard, repaying the lumber upon sale at $1000-2000 each. Dowell diners went to Barlow, Hubbard, Dee Lake, and Tenino, Washington, though this is the only one known to still exist.