This view shows the main entrance and the new lobby. (We Grind Our Own) fully-aged steer beef.” The new restaurant housed Take-Out Service, Car Hop Service and Counter Service. Bob Svilar the “Tootsie Roll Cop” handed out tootsie rolls to the youth who cruised into the restaurant.
When you drove up for Car Service, a waitress on roller skates would take your order. Yaw’s Top Notch became the place to be or be seen for hundreds of local high school youth. In 1955, Yaw’s opened a brand new restaurant at 2001 NE 40th Ave at Tillamook Street. Some of the helpful Top Notch staff that greeted customers. Car hop service was added in 1941 and the Take-Out Department opened in 1952. This photo was taken about 1940.Īn interior view of Yaw’s Top Notch at 1901 NE 42nd Avenue. Yaw’s built their reputation on quality service and good food. On June 6, 1936, Yaws Top Notch opened in their new location at NE 42nd and Hancock Street which was a block away from their old location. Soon thereafter Englebert Franz of Portland’s Franz Bakery developed the very first hamburger bun at the request of Yaw’s Restaurant. and Grace Yaw opened Yaw’s Top Notch Restaurant in 1926. One of Oregon’s longtime eateries, Yaw’s Top Notch, was very popular and it served several generations of Portlanders. Yaw’s would grow to become America’s Drive-In and “The House that Hamburger Built.” This building was expanded four times in its first four years. Yaw’s was famous for its burgers, gravy fries and berry tarts. It began as a small 14-stool restaurant on NE 41st Avenue just off Sandy Blvd in Hollywood. The first location of Yaw’s Top Notch Restaurant opened on July 24, 1926.
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