(La Porte, IN) - The annual Dyngus Day celebration is today in La Porte. 11 bars offering polish food and drink specials along with music at some locations are on the designated route.
Buses taking people from bar to bar will run from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., said Howie Hunsley, chairman of the Dyngus Day committee and owner of Dick’s Bar.
Hunsley said he has the usual kluski noodles over mashed potatoes along with kielbasa and sauerkraut on his food menu.
Buttons will also be given out at each bar for people to wear for displaying their Dyngus Day spirit.
“We’re just going to have a really good time,” he said.
Cabbage rolls are the Polish food on the menu at Burger Bar and Grill, where everyone receives a button on a Hawaiian style necklace to drape around their necks, per owner Shelly Tanksley, who went on to assure that more cabbage rolls are being made this year after running out of them during last year’s Dyngus Day festivities.
“Once the buses start rolling, it gets a little crazy,” she said.
Bar owners are hoping the warm, sunny weather day will increase today’s turnout for the celebration now in its 36th year in La Porte.
