Perth and Highway #10, were pretty busy, for a Monday morning! The dandelions were glorious!
Still some flooding.
Lunch at Cabotto's
- 1868 – It was Kemp’s Tavern, a hotel and tavern, for travelers who passed by on horses.
- 1871 – The tavern was closed due to the railroad, people began to travel by train. It became a base for construction projects such as the railways and the cutting and hauling of wood for wood-burning locomotives.
- 1910 – Bought by a young physician from Carp for a country estate named ‘Burlingame Farm’.
- 1911 – It was sold again.
- 1919 – It became a farm for milk and cattle.
- 1926 – Hydro was installed.
- 1978 – It became Café Luigi’s.
- 1982 – The Chequers restaurant opened.
- 1985 – The building was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.
- 1998 – It became Kemp’s Steakhouse.
- May 2003, Vincenzo Pucci bought it and began a new chapter in the buildings history by moving his long established Cabotto’s Restaurant to the building.
