BEFORE & AFTER: Old North Dayton’s famed Amber Rose gets new look

The Amber Rose in Dayton has quite a story to tell.

The European Restaurant at 1400 Valley St. was one of several restaurants damaged after the Memorial Day tornadoes. Before that, it survived a flood.

Today, Amber Rose has a brand-new exterior look that is getting a big reaction from its customers on Facebook.

The exterior has transformed from a pale yellow to a deep blue.

Thought we'd share this picture of our updated look! Your thoughts?

Posted by Amber Rose Restaurant and Catering on Friday, October 18, 2019

TORNADO DAMAGE

The restaurant reopened on June 12 just a few weeks after the storms. Windows were destroyed and an exterior wall were damaged in the storm.

Credit: Amelia Robinson

Credit: Amelia Robinson

“I felt pretty fortunate that we still had a building, that we still had a business. A lot of those businesses and people’s homes were just wiped out. So I felt lucky,” owner Joe Castellano told us when the restaurant reopened.

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RESTAURANT’S HISTORY

Built in 1910 by Sigmund Ksiezopolski, the building held a general store and deli named Sig’s up until the 1980s. Elinor Sluzas bought the building in 1989 and opened her restaurant in 1990.

In its time, the Amber Rose’s building has withstood the 1913 Flood and a fire in 1989 right before what is now the Amber Rose was set to open.It’s also rumored to be haunted. But that’s another story for another day.

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