Perucci’s Italian Restaurant
Even though recently renovated, upon your first step into the restaurant, you will not find it hard to believe that Perucci’s has been serving classic Italian food since the 1970s, no matter whether you have visited its former or current location – both small and rustic, conveying a rural Italian countryside ambiance. Nothing has changed at Perucci’s (other than the address) for decades. The omnipresent owners generally stay out of the kitchen and away from the service, mostly mingling with the local regulars, as Perucci’s is not on the tourist list of restaurant destinations. And for good reason, because the classic Italian menu is less than inspiring to often curious vacationers, and none of Perucci’s dishes suggest its geographic location – only a few miles from the beach. The bar is quaint and almost begs you to enjoy an appetizer and a bottle of Chiante, but the menu is not curious and neither is the food. Perucci’s does not stray from the same classic Italian dishes that you might find in any restaurant catering to the local 5:30 dinner crowd, and maybe that’s its secret – keep delivering the same food with the same service to the same OGs, and they will return.