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| "Road Dawgs" from the "Smokin' Spokes" bicycle club made their annual trek to The Port from their home base in Chicago.These guys are AWESOME! (and thirsty, too.) |
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Lorraine Munson & Star Baker, "The Calumet Cuties" won the trophy for best costumed team at our 50th anniversary Road Rally. (Aug 11, 2007) |
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Members of the Valpo Vette Club gather to enjoy Frosty Mugs of homebrewed root beer, fries, a beautiful evening, & good friends on Corvette Cruise Night at The Port. |
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Jeremy & Liz. Natalie & Randy. Two Port carhops & their dates stopped by on prom night to let us see how gorgeous they are! |
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| Becca admires the debonair Pat & his cute Port carhop girlfriend Tiffany when they stopped by to share prom night with those of us who worked that night! |
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Jackie, Emily, & Rachel get to check out the interior of the 1930 Model A. That makes this a photo of 4 beauties! |
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| Carhops Emily Smith, Jackie Gill, & Rachel Love admire the 1930 Model A Street Rod driven by Wally Booth of Hobart. Wally's buddy Ken Hull, who owns the car, declined to be in the photo. He'd rather show off his cool car! |
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Car hops Alyssa Penning & Liz Dunlap try out the "rumble seat" of Bob Meek's '35 Plymouth. |
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| OOPS! Who crashed into the back canopy support? Having a little fun at the crash site are Tiffany, Zack, Missy, Sarah, Jordan, Tori, &Natalie |
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Natalie Gibson & Mallory Yzaguirre check out Ted Pfeiffer's "little red Corvette" on Corvette Cruise Night (6/14/07). A few of the other beauties are seen in the background.
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| Port girls Kristina Nolan, Missy Frye, Tif Schuman, & Natalie Jackson are some of our friendly, cheerful staff waiting to serve you! |
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A local family enjoying frosty mugs of root beer and our Classic Cruiser Kidmeal cars. |
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| Kylee Barnett enjoying her daily treat. |
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Cooper (the dog) & Jerry make their regular stop at The Port Drive-In for a frosty mug of root beer. Jerry has been coming to The Port since he was a kid! Natalie Gibson is the cheerful car hop. |
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| Sodas, Sundaes, Shakes, Malts, & HOME-BREWED ROOT BEER! |
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The Port is Porter County's only drive-in restaurant. |
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| Professional photograph by Dan Bruhn. |
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Terry & Tristan, catcher for the Port Little League team, on opening day 2006. |
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| Chloe & Macey Watkins model their Port Drive-In
t-shirts. They come after church every Sunday with grandparents Jeff & Beth
Crothers because it's Chloe & Macey's favorite restaurant! |
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Car hops Katrina Stowers, Sarah Christophersen, Felicia
Klumpp, & Liz Dunlap invite you to try one of our 50 flavors of shakes
& malts. Oh, yeah, the dude in the middle is Terry, The Boss. |
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| Classic Cruisers--over a dozen--collect them all! |
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Larry Beck, father of 3 Port alumni (Kathy, Lisa, & Carol) stopping by for a root beer break on his way from one field to another. |
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2007 isn't the only year we've had a snowy spring! Here's a photo from the early 1970's. (pre-dining room) No boards on the windows means we were open for the season. What else is missing in this picture? |
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An aerial view of The Port from Google Earth. |
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| 50 YEARS! Owners Terry & Beth are shown receiving their Half-Century Award from Governor Mitch Daniels & Lt. Governor Becky Skillman. |
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?, Jo Ellen Bush, Paula Deiotte (?), & Mary Ellen Keene. If you're in this picture from the early 70's, come in and identify yourslf to receive a free chili dog & root beer! |
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| Ladies from the CHS class of '62 recently had a luncheon/reunion planning session at The Port. |
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