Quaint Mountain Lake Lodge stood in for Kellerman's resort in the movie, and is where the studious Baby Houseman met dancer Johnny Castle and fell in love against a backdrop of Sixties-style drama. One of them, travel and film blogger Andrea David, spent time recently tracking down the exact spots at the country hotel where key scenes in the cult '80s movie were filmed - and matching them with stills from the movie. Plus, it’s just fun to say Piggly Wiggly.Thirty-one years on from Dirty Dancing's release in 1987, Mountain Lake Lodge in Virginia in the US, where it was filmed, is still welcoming film fans through its doors. Regardless of the store number and location, Piggly Wiggly will always stand as tribute to the modernization and dedication of one man’s dream to revolutionize an industry. While some, like the one in Slapout, Alabama, are known for a grand selection of locally-made goods, others have affiliated seed and feed stores next door, or surprising selections of freshly harvested meats, or even marvelous craft beer and boujee wine selections. In fact, Piggly Wiggly’s origins and innovations are undoubtedly part of the Southern psyche today, many with an individual flare of their own. Read more: 10 inventions you can thank Southerners for The Piggly Wiggly in Mountain Brook, Alabama, has a pretty extensive wine selection. And while the relentless behemoth of corporate America cast him aside, his legendary creation of the Piggly Wiggly Corporation has continued to prosper as franchiser for hundreds of independent and locally-owned grocery stores (all in the face of a saturated market of big-box stores, no less). Unfortunately, through a series of stock transactions in the early 1920s, Saunders lost control of Piggly Wiggly and had no further association with the company. (Denver Post via Getty Images)Īs shoppers in the 21st century, it’s hard to imagine a time when this format didn’t exist. This 1955 photo shows a new Piggly Wiggly store in Colorado.
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