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For those times when weather has you stranded on the Cape, or you need a shopping break, ex-islander Susan Fernald, now a Cape resident and lover of fine restaurants, sends us a dispatch from time to time.

Looking for a few good breakfasts?

What a great find is Perry’s . . . a good old fashioned breakfast, and it’s served ALL DAY! In addition to numerous choices on the standard menu, Perry’s has a daily board offering soup, several quiches, (all sell out quickly - they are that good) and omelets of the day. The numbered breakfast specials range from #1 (one egg with buttered toast for $2.25) to #12 (lox scramble, eggs, onions, bagel & cream cheese for $7.75). The most expensive is the Delmonico steak, 2 eggs home fries and toast for $8.50. The home fries are made right there with peppers and onions, and cooked with a bit of crunch . . my favorite.

I had a mushroom, onion and swiss cheese omelet with home fries and toast for $6.25, my friend Wendy had a zucchini and swiss omelet with home fries and toast for $5.25. The grits ($1.25), one of ten 10 sides to choose from, were perfect: slightly salty with lots of butter. The omelets were well sized, hot, with the both the filling and the outside cooked just right. If you can’t find what you want on the menu, you can create your own omelet, with about 20 ingredients to choose from. The ketchup is Heinz, if that is as important to you as it is to me.

Lunch looked good too. We were disappointed that all three quiche specials had sold out by noon, but they do open at 5 a.m. We saw the Mob Burger, served with mushrooms, onion and bacon, good fries and a pickle for $7.75.

Perry’s is also a bakery with breads, cakes, cupcakes, and their famous muffins.

The ambience is that of an old-fashioned no fuss breakfast place with a counter. The waitstaff is friendly, the service quick, and the kitchen in view for all to see.