Beloved in the Chicago area, Rosebud is coming to Boca Raton.
The 11th in the Rosebud chain, and the first outside of Illinois, the Italian restaurant and steakhouse, Mia Rosebud, is slated to open in mid-February along Palmetto Park Road.
The Rosebud chain is owned and operated by one man rather than a corporation, partners or investors. Rosebud is the passionate creation of legendary Chicago restaurateur Alex Dana.
Opening the original in the Little Italy area of Chicago in 1976, Dana said that he named the restaurant after his mother and that originally it was called “Bocciola della Rose.” That means “Rosebud” in Italian, but he laughed and said that too many people were having trouble pronouncing the name, or even finding the restaurant, so he thought “we better simplify this” and changed it to Rosebud.
Dana said his parents were huge influences on him and that one of his mother’s greatest joys was to see satisfied customers. “When she saw a customer with a smile on their face she was happy.”