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Lauded Austin estate restaurant Lutie's debuts new head chef and menu

Commodore Perry Estate's signature restaurant, Lutie's Garden Restaurant,has lifted the veil on a brand new menu under its ...
Forbes

Book A Suite At This Super-Chic 1928 Mansion For Your Next Trip To Austin

When I called two friends in Austin, separately, to tell them I was coming for a visit, I got the same excited response from each of them: “Where are you staying? Please tell me Commodore Perry.” Both ...

Perry's Black Ships were wooden, and they came from Shanghai, not across the Pacific

FunTrivia2[Bakumatsu trivia not taught in school] Perry's Black Ships were "wooden ships" and came from "Shanghai"!In 1853 ...
WKBW

First phase of the Commodore Perry redevelopment project set to begin

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown and the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) Board of Commissioners announced actions have been taken so that the first phase of the Commodore ...
Stars and Stripes

Black Ship Festival marks 171st anniversary of Commodore Perry’s landing in Japan

SHIMODA, Japan — Parades, fireworks and music livened the normally quiet streets of this coastal city over the weekend as throngs of people celebrated 171 years of history between the Japan and the ...