of reverse while leaving and crashed through the front wall. Mo saw the humor in the situation, and consoled the distraught woman, saying, "Well, we'll just put in a garage door so we can open it and you can drive in anytime if that's what you want to do". On warm sunny days the door is opened transforming Mo's into a sidewalk cafe. The door itself, pictured at right, remains basically unchanged since its installation and features a picture on its interior showing a woman driving her car through the door, an alarmed look on her face. Expansion Over the years Niemi opened additional Mo's restaurants, one across the street from the original in Newport overlooking the bay (Mo's Annex) and Mo's West at Otter Rock. The original Mo's was also remodeled and expanded several times, in addition to the restaurant the building now houses a clam chowder factory which provides the base for the restaurants. It is also sold online and is distributed to grocery stores in 14 states. Over the course of a year, the factory will make over 500,000 pounds of fresh chowder. The factory will process one ton of bacon a week and one ton of potatoes per day. The original restaurants in Newport and Otter Rock are family owned and operate as Mo's Enterprises. In 1970 Mo partnered with another Newport business owner, Tom Becker, to purchase an oyster farm and formed a company that would become known as Newport Pacific Corporation. This company now owns and operates additional Mo's in Astoria, Seaside, Florence, Lincoln City, Cannon Beach, and in the Portland International Airport. Mo Niemi died in 1992. Several of Niemi's surviving family serve on the board of directors of Newport Pacific. Recognition In 1999 Mo's clam chowder was served at a Smithsonian Institution luncheon honoring "Best American Regional Foods". In 2001, Cindy McEntee, owner of Mo's Enterprises, was named the Small Business Administration's Small Businessperson of the Year for Oregon and was the first runner-up (of four nationwide nominees) for SBA's National Business Person of the Year. She was lauded during the Oregon presentation "for continuing a tradition of great food and outstanding generosity to employees, customers and community. (McEntee) demonstrates that commitment to serving fellow human beings is the path to business success". Rogue Ales, an Oregon craft brewery, also headquartered in Newport uses a portrait of Mo on one of its