The Tacoma-born son of Italian immigrants, Victor Rosellini (1915-2003) founded a string of acclaimed and successful restaurants in downtown Seattle, beginning with Rosellini's 610 in 1950, and Rosellini's Four-10 in 1956. Well-known as Seattle's premiere host, Mr. Rosellini maintained a reputation for treating all diners with equal elegance and non-partisanship despite his relation to cousin Albert Dean Rosellini (1910-2011), the Democratic governor of Washington from 1957-1965.

In this image Victor Rosellini watches Chef Robert Carson prepare a salad for Thelma and Midge Clark, who along with the couple in the background, S. P. and Mrs. Killian, were long-time patrons of Rosellini's restaurants.

Caption information source: "Rosellini, Victor (1915-2003), Restaurateur and Epicure," by Michael Hood, HistoryLink.org Essay 3902
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.