Original Perry's or Mr. Perry's, Sacramento

Perry and Sophia Potiris opened the Original Perry's in 1968 at the local Arco station. The eatery, then known as Trukadero, was the first of Arco's coast-to-coast chain of truck-stop diners. Lines began to form for their fluffy omelets, fried chicken, and gravy-smothered meatloaf. When Perry and Sophia decided to retire from the restaurant world, they turned over the reins to a longtime employee who began his own career with them as a busboy at age 16.