Chef Maria Perry, Executive Chef of The Bootlegger Italian Bistro and her husband Albert ‘Al’ Perry are iconic restaurant legends of Las Vegas. Generations of Las Vegans, celebrities, national & international visitors have patronized the family restaurants during their 73+ years in Nevada’s hospitality industry. From Bugsy Seigel to Howard Hughes, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., “The Rat Pack,” Liberace, Elvis Presley, and todays Las Vegas Strip Headliners, Chef Maria’s original recipes have established the family’s restaurant as “The Place in Las Vegas Where Locals & Celebrities Gather.”