Article: DENNIS MCCANN; Get going, as historic La Crosse is on the move

La Crosse One night last weekend I found myself in need of sustenance, so I called a favorite and familiar restaurant for a reservation and at the appointed hour walked hungrily from my downtown hotel to . . .

YIKES! Who moved Piggy's? For years it had been there on the Mississippi riverfront, serving ribs to men in bibs. Every time I went there it had been there, yet on the spot where I had envisioned yet another Piggy's dinner there was an office building. But hadn't I just talked to them? Didn't I have a reservation? How could I have a reservation for a place that wasn't there?

I'm happy to report that with a little help from a passing carriage driver I discovered that Piggy's had moved ...

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