Updated July2, 2007    URL is www.tentativetimes.net/arnolds/index.html
Pages:  Home, pictures 2, pictures 3, the car show, and the menu!

Arnold's Fabulous Fifties Drive-In

222 North 13th Street (Hwy. 27), Decatur Indiana 46733
Phone 260-728-4740, Owner: Lori Collier

The 2007 Car Show at Arnolds is
the weekend of July 13 this year!!

Arnolds Tenth Birthday!!!!

Special plans are afoot (or askate) for Arnold's
10th Anniversary Celebration
 Friday, July 20th through Sunday, July 29th, 2007. 
Great give-a-ways, food specials and more!
 

 Welcome to Arnolds! Eat outside under the canopy or at picnic tables, when the weather permits, listening to the 50's music, or eat inside to enjoy all the extra memorabilia. Music inside too, as well as videos of 1950s and 1960s shows all the time.

Hours may possibly be Monday thru Saturday 10:30 a.m. to around 10 or 11 p.m. (Sunday opens at 11:00 a.m.) You should phone in to verify the hours.

Arnold's is a great place for the whole family, including the Dilley sextuplets shown here in 1999.

Arnolds is owned by Lori Collier.  The building used to be a Penguin Point restaurant owned by her grandparents.
Lori has made quite a few changes!  See parts of her menu on www.tentativetimes.net/arnolds/menu1.html
and see a retrospective of the 2004 big Car Show at Arnolds starting on www.tentativetimes.net/arnolds/arncars.html

     Magdalen Leonardo came from New York, and Neil Douglas (website at www.neildouglas.com ) came from Bristol, England for a soda and a breaded tenderloin at Arnold's. They said it was well worth the trip! Update: Neil is now in London.  He graduated with honors and is painting and exhibiting in London these days. Magdalen is teaching school out west!

  

All the waitresses are dressed just right, and they are bundles of energy, cheerful and helpful. In the winter you eat inside, but in better weather the curb service rocks. Music all the time, inside and out. Rock on!

 
Lori sometimes can take a quick break from the kitchen to visit with friends and family. Here she is with a legendary Decatur, Indiana basketball player who made it big time. 

He's Irv Inniger who played on three straight sectional championship teams, 1961, '62 and '63, for the Berne Bears. He was recruited by Bob Dro to play at Indiana University in Bloomington.  The Hoosiers won the Big Ten title his senior year. 

Irv was head coach at North Dakota State for 14 years, where he had more wins than any other coach.  He is now the Athletic Director for North Dakota State.

Page two, more cool photos of Arnold's
Be sure to visit page three of Arnold's pictures
and remember to visit the car show and
Drool through the excellent menu of food at Arnolds
on line now for your viewing pleasure! Do not exceed recommended dosage of nostalgia.

This site was created in friendship by Sandra Weinhardt , email secop@parlorcity.com
All errors are my fault.

Are you ready for a rumble?? Check out Bob East's site for The 50s Drive-in.  Music and graphics from a cruiser in Michigan City, Indiana!