Porky's, St Petersburg 1946 Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Opened in 1937 as Ben

Opened in 1937 as Ben Marden's Riviera Russian born impresario Bill Miller bought the nightclub in the late 1940s

situated only a few hundred yards away

The rather magnificent cat on the front and back of the menu cover also featured on a neon sign on the outside of the restaurant and on the establishment’s advertisements in newspapers

Roadhouses were mostly located on the edges of towns or along a road

no matter how much it was exposed to the elements

Porky's, St Petersburg 1946 Sizes:A4 (210x297mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Opened in 1937 as BenIt would have been hard to miss Porkys restaurant in St Petersburg, Florida, because a giant neon pig was erected on the roof and could be seen for miles around. This menu is dated 1946 and is signed by the owner, whose nickname was Porky. We have yet to find out his real name but the menu says Porkys, next to the dog track on Sandy Boulevard, was a Frank G Horvath enterprise. The restaurant served early evening dinner plate specials that included