(La Porte, IN) - Additional upgrades have been made at Stone Lake Beach in LaPorte, with more planned this year. Local restauranteur, Kostka Krave, is now preparing the food offered at the beach house.

 

A variety of pasta, Caesar salad, cheese toasties, and root beer floats is among the new things added to the menu, along with the traditional hot dogs.

 

“We’re excited this is no longer a park department program offering food. Amazing menu. Just one of the new special things that are happening to get you out all summer long at Stone Lake Beach,” said Mayor Tom Dermody.

 

La Porte Park Department Superintendent Mark Schreiber said other new amenities include an outdoor concrete ping pong table and new showers to be installed soon for people getting out of the water to rinse off.

 

In addition, the kitchen in the beach house has been renovated, and the outside of the beach house will be repainted next week.

 

There will also be kayak rentals at the beach. The upgrades come after improvements were already made to the playground at the beach, which will soon have 5,000 pounds of new beach sand coming.

 

The beach with lifeguards will be open starting tomorrow until the end of summer vacation from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. He said the Healthcare Foundation of La Porte is investing in many upgrades.

 

Schreiber said there’d been a 67 percent increase in attendance at the beach from 2019 to 2021 since the improvements began.

 

“We know people want to be here, and we want to give you the best amenities possible,” Schreiber said.