Sub Rosa started out as an HTML exercise that got out of hand. You have heard of fantasy sports teams. This is a fantasy restaurant, but the celebrity chef is my wife. This is merely a tongue and cheek snapshot of our lives in the guise of a secret eatery. The food we like. The music we listen to. The wine we drink.

Sub Rosa is a virtual restaurant located in Dundee, Oregon. Quite underground and secret. As the name implies - what goes on here stays here.

sub rosa \suhb-ROH-zuh\, adverb : Secret; private; confidential

Sub Rosa comes from the Latin, literally “under the rose,” from the ancient association of the rose with confidentiality, in reference to the use of a rose at secret meetings as a symbol of the sworn confidence of the participants. The ceilings of Roman banquet-rooms were decorated with roses to remind guests that what was spoken sub vino (under the influence of wine) was also sub rosa.

Here are some pages you shouldn’t miss:

Reservations are hard to come by: http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaReservations.html

Nude barbecue and clothing optional dining: http://subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaNude.html

Reviews and what people are saying about Sub Rosa: http://subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaReviews.html

My office and wait staff: http://subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaBackOffice.html

Here are some recipes we posted awhile back:

Smoked Salmon Hash - fried potatoes, smoked salmon and crème fraîche http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaSalmonHash.html

Hazelnut Zabaione Semifredo - Toasted hazelnuts, frozen custard and this elixir of chocolate, espresso and Marsala are to die for. One bite and you are whisked away to Italy. http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaHazelnutZab.html

Venison - with rosemary potatoes and horseradish sauce. The Bambi special. http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/VenisonRosemaryHorseradish.html

Sub Rosa’s East Indian Thanksgiving dinner. What would happen if Bombay got ahold of our traditional holiday meal? http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/indiathanks.html

Our wine list (really just what we have in our cellar at the moment) http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaWineList.html

Our beer list (still mining our aged barleywine collection) http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaBeerList.html

As always, there are many new songs posted on our music pages.
Songs for lunch, dinner and after hours. http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaMusic.html
http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaMusicArchive.html

Mike Sherwood
Linda Lausmann
Sub Rosa
Dundee, Oregon