Little is known about the Rose City Club Tavern, except below. More information and research is needed.

Per papers called Chronology of Portland’s Gay Bars – author unknown, “First listing 1930 1960, 1967 listing, closed 1972 or 1975].

Per Northwest Gay Review June 1977, “Closer to the Bus Depot, in one small area, was the Reed, Brown Jug, Rose City and Buddy’s Post Tavern. The area was like a public market, heavy with an invigorating smell of the sea. As with Dinty’s and The Lotus, they were hangouts for the Navy’s emissaries. Shopping for the market’s enticing morsels was a daily routine. Some of the salads tossed—fresh, green, or wilted—ad more kick in its over-ripe 180 proof dressing than was in its basic seafood-|(the tavern area is gone now, but the post and jug area is still an entertainment center—the Funland Arcade.) [Note Funland is now gone as well – it was on the corner of 3rd.