Suzanne Hale, also known as “the Lovely Suzanne,” died in her sleep on November 8, her daughter, “Miss April” Shattuck, reports. The longstanding owner of beloved downtown diner the Roxy and onetime Empress of the Imperial Sovereign Rose Court, Hale was known as a staunch advocate for the Portland queer community, a chosen mother for many of the city’s unhoused youth, and an effervescent presence within the city’s restaurant scene.
Suzanne Hale spent more than 50 years of her life in the hospitality industry, once a waitress at Northwest Portland’s 24-hour restaurant Quality Pie before its 1992 closure. She became the force behind the Roxy in its early
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