ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — For Steve Cannone, opening the new Perrytown Tap House is more than a new business venture. The work he put in for months to get the bar and restaurant up and running is a tribute to his late best friend.
“Jason Hunt was working hard on opening up the place and on December 30, he died suddenly in his sleep from a heart attack,” Cannone said. “I made a promise to him to fulfill his dream and partnered up with his father, Joseph.”
Cannone is the general manager of the Perrytown Tap House, which opened this week in the space that was the longtime home of the Perrytowne Tavern. That establishment closed several years ago.
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Cannone brings previous restaurant experience to the tap house, having worked at places such as Tequila Cowboy and Shorty’s Pins X Pints, both on the North Shore. He and Hunt both were at Shorty’s when Hunt began advancing plans to open the Perrytown.
The new Perrytown has been extensively renovated, though it does pay homage to its predecessor. Elements of the old bar, for example, have been incorporated into the new one.
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The Perrytown also has an extensive beer and wine selection. As for the menu, Cannone said, “I think we have something to please everyone – from New York strip steaks and salmon to burgers and wings.”
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It took plenty of hard work to get the new bar and restaurant up and running, but Cannone said it was well worth the effort – for one reason in particular.
“I wanted to make my friend proud,” he said.
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