Named after owner Roman Kremnev’s son, Rosales operates out of what was once Ray’s Boathouse, a long-standing pub in the Kirkendall neighbourhood. When Kremnev took over the space in 2024, he wanted to keep it accessible to the local community but make it more family friendly. Cue big booths, milkshakes and buttermilk pancakes sized to share. The menu is equal parts homey and elegant and lists diner classics that Kremnev has skillfully elevated using fresh local ingredients whenever possible. The popular herbaceous meatloaf—which controversially doesn’t contain ketchup—is poached in a steam bath and then quickly seared moments before it hits the table. It comes with grilled lemony green beans, a small mountain of mashed potatoes and rich gravy. But best of all, Rosale’s very good drip coffee, roasted by Detour, is bottomless.