Perry's
arrived to Canada in 1956. He immediately started work in a kitchen,
El Plaza Restaurant in Billings Bridge Shopping Centre. Three years
later, Perry opened a Snack Bar in an Ottawa Bowling Alley. He later
sold his Snack Bar and moved to Perth in 1961 and was a short order
cook for The Perth Restaurant. Three months later Perry bought his first
official restaurant on Hwy. #7, Harry Rider's Diner. His down payment
was the $42.00 in his pocket. He ran that business successfully for
5 years. Perry did some traveling after selling the Diner. He went to
Brockville, then to Ottawa and Alymer Quebec operating a catering business.
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Perry (middle) El Plaza Restaurant, 1956 |
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1961, successful playboy businessman |
In
1975, Perry came back home to Lanark County. He opened Perry's Restaurant
in the Village of Lanark and was very successful with his establishment
untill 1990 when he sold it and moved into the Town of Perth. Out of
work only temporarily, he opened Perry's Take Out on Wilson Street W.
with his wife Shirly and younger daughter Demetrie. All of Perry's many
friends throughout Lanark came and had great food untill his retirement
in March 2001. Perry tried to retire but it was a big disappointment.
Perry loves to be in a kitchen or close to a grill, as well as love
to make people laugh and smile with his great cooking, he opened Perry's
BBQ in
June 2001. |