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A St. Paul icon drive-in restaurant will close permanently on Sunday, April 3, 2011, unless historic preservationist and hot-rod enthusiast can halt the sale of the property to the neighboring Episcopal Homes senior facility. Porky's has been in business for decades; the present owner started to work there years ago as a teen-aged car-hop. On week-ends it has been the gathering place in the summer for vintage and hot-rod car owners who congregated there to talk and to compare cars. When I visited the restaurant on Saturday there were lines of several hundred nostalgic customers patiently waiting in line for their last Porky's meal. Tomorrow I'll show you a photo of one of the loyal patrons. To read about Porky's history and to see a slide show of the drive-in restaurant,
click here.
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APRIL IS POETRY MONTH: POEM #3
At the Center
In Kansas, on top
of an old piano,
a starfish, dry
as a fancy pastry
left sitting there
during a wedding,
spreads its brown arms
over the foam
of a white lace doily,
reaching for water
in five directions.
--Ted Kooser
