Schoop's Hamburgers is a 1950s-style hamburger restaurant with 21 locations in northwestern Indiana and the southern Chicago suburbs. The first restaurant was opened in Hammond, Indiana, in 1948. The chain started in 1984 in Munster. In August 2008, Barack Obama made a campaign stop at a Schoop's restaurant in Portage, Indiana, during his campaign for the presidency in 2008. During his visit, Obama ate one french fry and ordered four hamburgers.