when is this establishment set to open??

March has come and gone, now it's scheduled for August 27 (they say)!

http://marklindsaysrockandrollcafe.com/

Mrs merkin: I believe August 27th will stand as the general public's debut of the restaurant.

Start forming the line outside!

but, but, but I wanna go to the VIP opening with YOU!

Sign up to be a Heavy Hitter and you could be one of the first through the door!

http://khits1067.com/pages/766491.php

Or, we could all camp out like the Ikea loons.

Anyone taking side action for bets on the closing date?

So let me get this straight. Mark Lindsey is opening up a cafe , and will be broadcasting his show on K-hits live from his cafe???
Thats actually a really cool idea.
Hey Mark, give us a head start on the menu, will ya?

Radiorat: I'm guessing a closing date (or a sale or at least a top-level management change) by 5/08.

At worst, it'll be the newest Hooters.

I'll pick Feb. 3 as the day the menu died.

Since watching my local Tower Records location close and be re-targeted for today's retail environment, I say the restaurant will probably become, a Mattress World.

AND! They're gonna have Brad Dolbeer doing remote broadcasts from atop one of those mattresses. "And that was Jim Croce (long pause) Operator."

I still think Craig Adams should repace Mr. Dolbeer on middays. Nothing against Mr, Dolbeer BUT he sounds really monitone on the air.

What happends if K-hits starts to tank in the ratings and the format switches, what will happen to Mark Lindseys Cafe???

The food at Lindseys Cafe will be stale, just like the playlist on K-hits. HA!

From what I have read in the Oregonian about it (there was one or two articles in the past few months) - it's supposed to bring back some of the Yaw's food.....is that right? Apparently Yaw's was a very popular place, and Mark wants to recreate some of that.

From todays Oregonian A&E Section:

http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1187220 327256170.xml&coll=7

Thanks for posting that, Craig.

I found this amusing:

>>An additional "rock star" menu will focus on healthier "organic, free range and vegetarian" choices<<

Wow. The definition of 'rock star' sure has changed.

">>An additional "rock star" menu will focus on healthier "organic, free range and vegetarian" choices<<

Wow. The definition of 'rock star' sure has changed. :-)"

Probably because they have to live to be a thousand years old to see a dime. :0)

I think it is an interesting concept with some legs, but I sure hope everyone involved is prepared to lose money for a while. This restaurant could fill a niche, since there really are few unique Portland rooted places to eat out anymore. I miss Farrell's, Waddle's, Rose's Ice Cream and the Organ Grinder every bit as much as Yaw's, so a place that is old school and local is always on my radar. I hope it takes off!

It seems to be just a couple of blocks off of the MAX line...I'll give it a try next weekend before the Gordon Lightfoot show.(gotta get my fries and gravy...)

Yup, corner of NE 42nd Ave. and NE Sandy Blvd. TriMet routes 12-Sandy Blvd. and 75-39th Ave./Lombard provide direct service to the location.

So they are opening next Friday huh? Does that mean this Saturday will be the first LIVE show on K-hits from Mark Lindsays Cafe??

So they are opening next Friday huh? Does that mean this Saturday will be the first LIVE show on K-hits from Mark Lindsays Cafe??

No. The first live show from the Cafe will be on Saturday August 25th with the general public opening on Monday August 27th. The Oregonian reporter got Friday in there by mistake I'm guessing.

free range vegetarian" choices<<

Nothing better than free range carrots.

Ha! They run free on subsidized grazing land next to the Boneless Chicken Ranch!

(Thanks, Far Side)

The first live show from the Cafe will be on Saturday August 25th with the general public opening on Monday August 27th. The Oregonian reporter got Friday in there by mistake I'm guessing.

bummer for me...I guess I'll just have to eat downtown...or maybe ride MAX out to IKEA and have some meatballs...

The oregonian also mentioned live K-Hits shows 6 nights a week. Is that a mistake also? I'd say once a week would to good to avoid burnout!

All I know is a superstar from the 60's has chosen Portland,Oregon as a place to share some of his life. How groovy is that? And yes I plan to ask for Mark's autograph when I see him at this Friday's VIP night.. I'll try not to look like a stalker!

Superstar????????????
You must live in a teeny tiny solar system.

Paul Revere and the raiders, featuring Mark Lindsay were one of the first superstar groups.

They were everywhere, on TV, radio and even a few movies.

Hey radioRAT! Jealous?????

Paul Revere and the Raiders, played great music, some of it even had social significance. and they were fun to watch.

And they had a great wardrobe too!

("Kicks" has always been one of my favourite 60's tunes.)

Aside from thier great music, many of which were hits, they appeared DAILY on national TV, via ABC's "Where The Action Is". Mr. Lindsay was on the cover of all the "teen" mags of the day, like "Tiger Beat", "Teenbeat", "16", "Hit Parader", etc.

So yeah, I'd say he qualifies as a superstar of that day.

I've never understood why some people downplay the success of some entertainers like the raiders, hermans hermits, dave clark etc.

They were very popular, and played fun music.

RadioRat, How old are you? Do you live in Southern Idaho by any chance?

MrsMerkin: Old enough to have seen the Raiders, the Kingsmen, and the Tikis & the Fabulons when I was in high school. Not in Idaho.

Elvis was a superstar of the 60s. Elizabeth Taylor was a superstar of the 60s. The Raiders were the boyband of 1966-67, little Hooties or David Casssidys. They had the staying power of cotton candy. After 40 years, old men need to stop saying "groovy." It makes them look pathetic.

Amen folks! Mark was in a HUGE BAND.

Name the other 60s rooted bands who also scored with top hits in the 70s and you will start to get the scope of it. Narrow it down to acts that had a solo effort also chart in either decade and the list gets a helluva lot shorter. Here's a handful: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Four Seasons, The Who, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and Jefferson Airship. Yeah, that kind of big.

Just because folks have ties to our fair city, that fact does not make them less important or less popular. This reminds me of another recent thread where some pretended that the Northwest is second fiddle. We are just as fertile a cradle for great music -- and many other arts -- as any other region in the World. Like so many wonderful things about our home, the natural humbleness takes over and we "aw shucks" about heaps of pretty phenomenal local stuff.

And it WAS groovy!

Sometimes even HEAVY!! (Another late 60s/early 70s term...)

Let's not forget Paul Revere & The Raiders were so popular on TV's "Where The Action Is" that Dick Clark and abc gave them their own TV show "Happening '68" hosted by Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere & The Raiders.

In a little town in Idaho, way back in 61
a man was frying burgers gee it seemed like lots of fun,
but to his friend the bun boy he confessed his misery,
I think I'd like to start a group so, come along with me.

And all you stations across the nation,
please play our records for your congregation...

(only a hardcore knows this one!)

Thanks to Mark, and the band, WIXY radio, and a pocket transistor circa summer 1966...I discovered the fun of Rock and roll.....

Phil Stanford has a nice little blurb today on Mark's Cafe.

PR&R a "boyband"???

LISTEN to the music. Go into the album cuts. Some credit them with being at the roots of heavy metal ("Kicks", "Just Like Me").

To equate them with David Cassidy is just ignorant. You may have been there, but you didn't really hear it.

The term "boyband" was undefined at the time...In fact, that term came about over 25 years later. We just had fun listening as they had fun performing!

Cassidy was around for about a year, PR&TR was around for years. To call them a "boy band" would be like callng the Beatles or Stones a "boy band".

I agree, When I hear the term "boy band", I think of those no talent ass clowns from the late 90's that had very little talent Ie- Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, ect. Calling the Beatles a boy band just doesn't seem right!

Recorded Oregon bands of the '60s: http://garagehangover.com/?q=taxonomy/term/20/9

Slow server, be patient.

Found via http://stumptownconfidential.com

Roger(not Hart), that's the flipside of "Him or Me(What's It Gonna Be)?" They released it at the same time on the Greatest Hits album and I think I have it on the anthology CD collection. The name in my head is "The Legend of Paul Revere". Does that sound right?

You are correct on all counts........

fun song...

Don't miss the PAUL REVERE & THE BURGERS story in the Oregonian 8/24 page D1

"He'll record his Saturday night radio show here in a new K-HITS studio (expect other live programs on weekdays).

So, who's going to the grand opening?

I do want to go, I've heard so much about the famous Yaw's burgers...but I think I'll wait until after the grand opening.

I also want to see some of the memorabilia.

any chance of Lindsay performing at this cafe???

My grandma is 94 now. She worked at Yaws for years. Everything is new to her again - I bet she'd like it. Perhaps even remember it. Could be neat.

Just dropped by the Rock And Roll Cafe a couple of hours before the opening. A big tent is set up behind the building and restaurant employees are swarming about, setting up all the restaurant stuff. Got a look at the broadcast booth, looks nice and so does the restaurant itself. Looks like they've laid down some bucks!

Has anyone been inside and had actual food and drinks yet? The place looks gorgeous, and it's a nice addition to my 'hood, but I'm waiting for an investigative report from someone here...regardless, we're going to try it this weekend.

My dad and I are going to check it out next week, can't wait! I love the idea of a live broadcast from a restaurant, just wish it were KISN instead of KHITS, nothing against the hit machine, just feel that a true oldies format would be better.

The broadcasting booth is right there in the corner front windows, it looks pretty cool at night all lit up, and they've had huge spotlights blazing out front...I love those things and you hardly ever see them anymore. When I was a kid, I thought those always meant something BIG was going on, and sad that I was missing out on it. (My dad had NO sense of adventure, or else maybe he knew it was at a used car lot or something...or Tom Peterson's?)

Whomever goes there first, or if you have already been, please fill us in!

Mark Lindsay's Rock and Roll Cafe is quite the show,and after tasting my first Yaw's Top Notch Burger I can say the food was (pay attention RadioRat) Yummy in my Tummy, Far Out and Groovy to the Max.
Still something strange has been happening at the Ring house.Mark Lindsay's been in my dreams all this week. Must have been the big pickle you get w/ the burger!

Val, exactly how big IS that pickle?

Get your head out of the gutter would ya.....Geeeeeez

Over six inches Merkin, way too big for you

Heck, if you are a record, you can have seven inches and still be single.

Stop it Littlesongs you're making me BLUSH!!!!

Well aren't most men like a 33 on 78 speed were love making is involved? No long-plays!

It's the diameter, silly!

BTW.....in case you guys over here don't venture over to the dark side.....there are plans in the works for a little get together at this very place. Tune into:
http://feedback.pdxradio.com/show.cgi?tpc=2186&post=197375#POST197375
for further updates on the date and time.

We just drove by and it's packed, with guys in the broadcast booth and lots of folks watching and waiting outside. We're going tomorrow night!

Mrs Merkin you'll see for yourself just how big the pickle is when you go there tonight. Actually it was more long than big.

Val, since you're a VIP and celeb, you probably got the best one, but I'm taking a tape measure, just in case!

Film at 11.

Be ready with the digital delay panic button for this one!

So I finally got to dine at the Rock & Roll Cafe. The Yaws food is great and it does seem like a step back in time. I think the shakes are the most nostalgic, and I noticed the Burgers were ordered by just about everyone I saw.

The customers are generally 55-75 years old, at least when I was there.

Tons of Mark Lindsay gold records, photos and stuff on the walls.

They have coasters with the K-Hits logo on 'em and a promo for the K-HITS Dialing For Dollars contest and a bit about signing up on the KHITS website.

It was busy!

My wife and I visited Mark Lindsay's Rock & Roll Cafe, during the live broadcast on Saturday night. The place was great, and it was fun to watch Mark (and company) in the K-Hits broadcast booth. People were outside the windows, watching the broadcast and taking pictures. We saw people of all ages enjoying burgers, shakes, and rock & roll oldies. Mark was even enjoying a nice big ice cream sundae during his show!

It's been open a few weeks now. Other than the two reviews how is the Rock and Roll Cafe doing? I haven't made it over there yet but I plan on going soon. Can you get near the place on a Saturday night?

It seems to be jammed most of the time! I think that's a good sign for a business.

Glad to hear that. I am pulling for them to succeed. I may try on a less busy weeknight but I would love to go when Mark is doing his live show on a Saturday.

yeah

This can't be good:

Legal spat over Portland's new Rock & Roll Cafe
Posted by The Oregonian September 24, 2007 11:37AM

Former rocker Mark Lindsay's Rock & Roll Cafe opened last month brimming with nostalgia for a famous Portland band and legendary local fare: Yaw's Top Notch hamburgers and pies.
Turns out there's a problem: The Yaw family didn't sign on.
Stephen Yaw and his daughter, Heidi Galusha, filed a federal lawsuit today accusing the new restaurant owners of capitalizing on the family name without permission.
Shawn J. Kolitch, a Portland attorney who represents the Yaws, said the family had been in negotiations with the restaurant's owners.
"The parties had attempted to enter into a contract, which fell through," Kolitch said. "And we're hoping on behalf of the Yaws that negotiations will resume."
William O. Geny, a Portland attorney who represents the restaurant owners, was out of town today and not immediately available for comment.
The Yaw family ran restaurants in Oregon and Washington starting in 1926 for more than 75 years.

I thought that one of the Yaw family members is a partner or investor in the cafe? Did I imagine it?

So, what's the rest of the story? Is there a problem?

In talking with one of the investors, the story is they brought in Stephen Yaw and his daughter, Heidi Galusha as "consultants" and were set to pay them a monthly fee for the use of the Yaw's name, even tho the Rock & Roll Cafe actually now owns the Yaw's name and has a federal trademark filed. Bottomline, it looks like the lawsuit has no merit and the investors believe it will be dismissed in short order.

Good News! Thanks for the update.

Theres much more to this story. Phil Stanford will have an up-date Friday on this developing story. Yaw's got suckered.

I've eaten there 3 or 4 times now (I work right behind it) and the burger was only so-so but the pulled pork sandwich was great! The customer service was poor the first couple of times but I chalk that up to being brand new. I hope it lasts, something really unique around here, and truly local.

Here's the story, and comments:

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=119093788281985100

Copyright, trademark and patent laws are pretty clear, if you let one lapse, you lose the rights to it.

Actually, our copyright laws are something of a maze due to amendments over the years, most notably our adoption of the Berne Convention in 1989, then that tragedy for researchers, the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 ("Sonny Bono" aka "Mickey Mouse"), which offered an additional 20-year renewal to the tons of stuff from the thirties, the public availability of such many had been waiting on. The forties won't become free within my lifetime.

A handy thumbnail summary: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

Plus of course the who-can-understand-it DCMA.

Looks like everything published "with notice" after 1963, or even without after 1977, is locked up beyond our lifetimes, folks. Sadly, only pre-1928 is certain to be PD today, as between then and 1964 requires research of renewal, which due to the byzantine transfers of ownership in media, is impossible in most cases to determine without an army of attorneys.

Recipes are a special category, however, which is a bit clearer. Generally, copyright doesn't apply: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html

A commentary: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010300316. html

BC's info makes it sound like a contract... um... beef.

I don't think its the recipe's, but the "Yaws" trademark, that is at issue.

We ate there last night. It was a very pleasant experience and I was surprised to find not only the Yaws menu but also that of Meier & Frank! There are lots of pictures and several gold and platinum records hanging on the walls including at least 2 by Gerry Rafferty, which I don't quite understand because they were issued to Mark!

Mark was head of A & R for United Artists Records during the period Gerry Rafferty recorded and released his "City To City" album. You saw the Gold Album for 500,000 copies sold and the Platinum for over a Million, plus there is the "Baker Street" Gold single from the album which also sold over a million copies. Singles & albums are judged differently by RIAA. A platinum single would be 2 Million copies.

In case you didn't see Saturday's (11/17/07) Oregonian... Owners of Mark Lindsay's Rock & Roll Cafe said Friday that they'll drop Yaw's Top Notch food and memorabilia, ending a dispute with the family behind Portland's iconic burger joint. Owners say the Yaw's name legal challenge became a "distraction."

Steve Yaw and his daughter, Heidi Galusha, say they didn't receive the payment they were promised and didn't have enough control over the food.

Yaws will not stand on it's own. They tried in Vancouver and it failed. They should have tried harder for a deal because now it will just likely go away again and likely this time forever.

Mark Lindsay has enough of a trademark all of his own.

Does he really need Yaw's? I dont think so.

Cool idea but not worth all this trouble since he pretty much has a bigger brand than Yaws ever did.

If the food was bad or a poor use of the Yaws image then i could understand but according to reports here and elsewhere they did a pretty good representation.

Yaws should welcome such a tribute to their own name and brand... assuming fair compensation... unless of course they are planning to use it again themselves.

I dunno about "Yaws" anymore . . . especially after reading a letter-to-the-editor from an African-American Portlander who told of not being allowed to eat at Yaws when he was growing up because of his race.

Maybe it is time to leave Yaws in the past. Mark Lindsay sound like a decent image to build a brand around.

I used to frequent Yaws back around 1962. For the life of me, I couldn't tell you now what that hamburger tasted like. I don't remember. We went there because of the "social" scene. The food was secondary.

We also used to hang out at the Speck on Foster and Powell. I do remember that hamburger because it had a distinct different flavor. This was also a "social" place. But the burgers were distinctly different. There is nothing today that resembles what was then with Yaws, Speck, Flanagans, Bonnies,Skyline...etc. There was even a place in Salem and Kelso that we would just drive to for a hamburger back then. Don't remember the names of them. All that nostalgia is gone with the proliferation of fast food joints on every corner, now.

I think the Rock and Roll Cafe was the best bet the Yaws had for keeping their name going. Even if they started up again by themselves, it wouldn't be the same. For them to make it a success, they would have to tear down the McDonalds and rebuild Yaws as it was. Even so, what makes it now is the memories of the generation that seems to be ignored these days. Except for initial curiousity, I doubt todays current potential new customers would flock to it. People now are into the McDonalds/Burger King/Carls/JackinBox/Etc.............

Hmmmmmm. Sounds like the daughter is a money grubber. They are the ones tarnishing the Yaw name and image, NOT Mark and the Rock & Roll Cafe.