I know I said this blog would expire, and someday I'll get around to it but for now I have something fun to share.
For all of you Minnesotans out there- Aaron and I had our MN Reception held on the grounds of the Little Log House Pioneer Village. Such a pretty and secluded location- we were so happy to have celebrated here with MORE friends and family in honor of our February wedding.
ANYWAY... the recently late and great classic Porky's Drive-In will be moving to this very location! Here's the story and a news write-up on it! {I told my mom, with paying for hall rental and what not for our reception, I like to think we are also part owners now- hahahaha I kid, kind of ;)}
*Porky's drive-in moving to Hastings
"Collector Steve Bauer and his family announced Monday, April 11, that
they were bringing the longtime St. Paul landmark restaurant,
Porky's, to Hastings.
Bauer and his wife, Sylvia, and their family operate the Little Log
House Pioneer Village here. They will add Porky's to their collection
of buildings.
Porky's operated as a popular drive-in diner on University Avenue
until April 3, when it closed.
"It's such an important part of the community," he said Monday. "To
see this thing go into a Dumpster, it's not what should be done to
stuff like this. The memories aren't something you can just make up.
They were built in here. There are all kinds of stories."
Bauer said he met a Twin Cities man named Tim Dowd who met his wife
at Porky's 52 years ago.
"She waited on him, and he thought she was sort of a cute little
girl," Bauer said. "He asked her out, and asked her what time she got
off work. Three months later, he proposed to her in that parking lot.
"It's just stuff like that (that made us want to save the building)."
The main Porky's sign was not part of the sale, but several other
pieces of the restaurant will make their trip to Hastings in addition
to the building. The restaurant will not be operating as a
restaurant, but will be dismantled, put back together and brought to
life in time for the Antique Power Show, set for July 29-31.
The Little Log House Pioneer Village is located south of Hastings off
Highway 61 at 220th Street."
